2011 Penn Manor graduate Bryan Hess and current Penn Manor senior Sarah Scheaffer were recently awarded the coveted Brasler Prize by the National Scholastic Press Association for their story, “Life has a Different Meaning for Juveniles Tried as Adults.” The Brasler Prize is given for the Story of the Year. Their entry was chosen from [...]
First grade students at Martic Elementary cycled through Thanksgiving stations using different skills. The math station had students practice counting turkeys by tens. The students put together a Thanksgiving book using journaling skills. Making holiday placemats required students to use their small motor skills to cut out shapes. By the end of the morning, the [...]
The wonderful smells coming out of Mrs. Brandy Smith’s 3rd grade classroom at Hambright were due to the book “Cranberry Thanksgiving” by Wende and Harry Devlin. In the story, Grandmother almost loses her secret recipe for cranberry bread to one of the guests she invites for Thanksgiving dinner. The students read the story and discussed [...]
Mrs. Braun’s fifth grade class at Eshleman Elementary School participated in stations about Colonial Pennsylvania farm life. Students wrote with feather pens in their own Horn Book, learned the art of German paper cutting, made colonial toys such as spinning tops and Jacob’s Ladders, worked with flint and metal, and carded wool to make yarn. [...]
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Penn Manor High School freshman Kennedy Jet Kulish recently received the prestigious Jefferson Award for Public Service from local sponsor WGAL. She was one of the six people in Pennsylvania to be honored and has been chosen to represent Pennsylvania in June at the National Jefferson Awards in Washington D.C. The Jefferson Award recognizes ordinary [...]
On November 18 and 19 at 7:30 p.m., Penn Manor Productions will bring Dracula by William McNulty to the high school stage. The story is based on Bram Stoker’s classic good vs. evil struggle that plays out between Count Dracula of Transylvania and Professor Abram Van Helsing. The many confrontations between Dracula and his pursuers [...]
Parents are invited to an Internet safety briefing on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 6:30PM at Letort Elementary School. Charlie Reisinger, Penn Manor’s Technology Director, will discuss how the average student (and adult) leaves his or her personal footprints across the Internet and how technology and media companies track that information. Topics also include Facebook, [...]
All seven elementary schools in the Penn Manor School District hold a “Race for Education” fundraiser. Four of the schools hold it in the fall; three in the spring. The goal of each event is to raise money for the school PTO to sponsor field trips, assemblies and other student programs. The students obtain pledges [...]
From November 1 through November 14, MedExpress Urgent Care will be offering free flu shots for children ages 4 to 18 at their Lancaster office located at 4 Rohrerstown Road (at Columbia Avenue.) The phone number is 717-299-3627. MedExpress is open every day from 9 am until 9 pm. Patients do not need to make [...]
