The students begin at the Kindergarten Academy then proceed to one of the elementary schools (grades 1-3): Shepherdstown, Upper Allen, Northside, or Broad Street.

[5] Along with this project, a complete overhaul of the old building changed its layout and left it stylistically consistent with the recent additions.

[6] On July 6, 2010, then-Governor Ed Rendell publicly signed Pennsylvania's $28 billion budget at Elmwood Elementary.

[8] Mechanicsburg High School sponsors a variety of extracurricular clubs and teams focusing on academic development.

Students can compete with interscholastic academic teams in Quiz Bowl, Speech, Memory, and Math.

Lift For Life, a charity weightlifting competition is held in early March at the High School to raise money for kidney cancer research, in honor of Don Shirley, a Mechanicsburg High School baseball coach who died of kidney cancer.

2006 Mechanicsburg Scholastic A class guard went to Dayton, Ohio for WGI (Winterguard International) championships, coming out eighth in the world.

In 2008, the Mechanicsburg Scholastic Open colorguard broke top 15 at world championships, making them a WGI finalist.

In 2011, Sal Salas, Joe Heininger, Kristy Templin and Jeff Kahley joined together to design the shows.

MASH is well known in the mid-state area for its musical theatre department, which has been under the leadership of Eric Dundore for more than two decades.

Currently, the district offers varsity and junior varsity opportunities in girls cheerleading, field hockey, and softball; boys baseball, football, lacrosse and wrestling; and boys and girls basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo.

All athletics are paid for by the school district and do not require a "pay to play" fee, with the exceptions of boys lacrosse and boys/girls water polo, which were accepted as varsity sports in 2008 under such condition.

In addition to being ranked 42nd on the Pennsylvania's all-time winners list, Mechanicsburg is the fourth-youngest program to reach its total.

In 2008, an artificial turf surface was installed at the facility, financed entirely through private fundraising efforts by the Wildcat Foundation.

[45] The program has existed since at least 1914 and has won 20 West Shore, CAC or Mid-Penn Conference Championships, with the most recent being in 2009.

In October 2005, the Wildcat baseball family lost 471 win, 32-year head coach Don Shirley to kidney cancer.

The Wildcats play at Shirley-Rickenbach Field at Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Park, named after the late Shirley and Bill Rickenbach, present head coach for the Mechanicsburg Cardinals Semi-Pro Twilight League team.

The boys' basketball program is listed in the AAAA classification in the PIAA, and competes in the Mid-Penn Conference's Keystone Division with rivals Cedar Cliff and Red Land.

The program has claimed Mid-Penn championships in 1986, 1987, 1994, 1995, 2005, and 2017 and won the PIAA District 3 AAA title in the 1994-1995 season.

In the 2016-2017 season, Mechanicsburg had 23 wins and lost in the second round of the PIAA AAAA Tournament The girls' basketball program won Mid-Penn Conference championships in 2000, 2010, 2014, and 2015.

[46] The school's soccer programs are listed in the AAA classification in the PIAA, and compete in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division.

Mechanicsburg has also trained a two-time PARADE High School All-American in Bobby Warshaw, currently with Ängelholms FF, on loan from FC Dallas, and a former Stanford University player.

The boys' and girls' Cross Country programs are listed in the AAA classification in the PIAA, and compete in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division.

The boys' and girls' Track programs are listed in the AAA classification in the PIAA, and compete in the Keystone Division of the Mid-Penn Conference.

The boys' and girls' swimming teams are listed in the AAA classification of the PIAA, and compete in the Mid-Penn Keystone division.

"[47] The association operates its Hall of Fame, which honors Mechanicsburg graduates who have excelled in high school and beyond in either Service to Humanity, Loyalty to Mechanicsburg High School, Outstanding Achievement in Athletics, and Outstanding Achievement in a Chosen Profession.