The Penn Manor school board has approved a plan to extend the current Blended Learning format through November 5 while beginning to transition to a full, in-person learning format in November. The plan includes: Keeping students in their current Group A and Group B formats through the first marking period on November 5. Between now […]
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All Penn Manor students are now eligible to receive free breakfasts and lunches through the end of the 2020 calendar year under a school meals program that was recently extended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Beginning September 17, Penn Manor students can receive the standard breakfast or lunch offered at any of our schools […]
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Penn Manor is implementing spectator guidelines and rules for fall sports in compliance with current state restrictions limiting events to 25 people indoors and 250 people outdoors for the fall 2020 athletic season. Please note that this information is subject to changes as regulations are amended or updated. These rules will be in effect at all […]
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Penn Manor School District is seeking input from the community to help develop a recommendation for the Board of School Directors to consider during a public meeting on Monday, September 21. The administration is considering whether to recommend to the school board that all students (K-12) physically return to school five days a week instead […]
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Penn Manor High School students and staff got their first experience inside the school’s new STEM wing as the school district kicked off the 2020-2021 school year on Aug. 31. Students at all 10 district schools returned to classrooms under a Blended Learning schedule that provides in-school instruction for two days and online instruction for […]
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Our teachers and staff are looking forward to the return of students to our schools on August 31 for the first time since March, and we hope our families and students are as excited as we are! We want to remind you that students will follow an altered schedule for the first two weeks of […]
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Free webinars on dealing with the pandemic in a school setting are being offered to school employees and parents by Penn Medicine Lancaster General Health. Here are the sessions: “Strategies to Keep Calm in Difficult Times” for parentsRecorded session is available for viewing here. “Coping with Uncertainty” for school employeesRecorded session is available for viewing […]
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Penn Manor welcomed 12 new teachers for the 2020-2021 school year during New Teacher Orientation, held Aug. 5 and 6 at Manor Middle School. The new hires, pending school board approval, include: Penn Manor High SchoolAmanda Swords, learning support teacher; and Jennifer Elder, Spanish teacher. Hambright ElementaryErik Ballard, fifth-grade teacher; and Ay’Shia Gaston, fourth-grade teacher. […]
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The Penn Manor board of school directors on August 3 approved a Blended Learning approach to reopening schools. Below are the details of the plan, along with alternatives and general information on the health and safety measures that will be in place at Penn Manor schools when they reopen on August 31. The August 3 […]
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The following is an update from Penn Manor superintendent Mike Leichliter on plans to reopen schools for the 2020-2021 school year on Aug. 31: Dear Penn Manor Families & Staff, Since our last update on July 20, the school district has refined both our health and safety plan for reopening as well as the three […]
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The Penn Manor Board of School Directors will meet at 7 p.m. Monday. Aug. 3, in the board room at Manor Middle School. The agenda includes a vote on the school reopening plan for 2020-2021. The meeting will be simulcast live on the Penn Manor YouTube channel. You can watch the meeting, beginning at 7 […]
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For the fourth year in a row, the Penn Manor girls’ volleyball team has earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. The 2019 varsity team qualified by earning a cumulative grade-point average of 3.7. Four team members had GPAs of 4.0 or higher – Justine Fry, Jordan Schucker, Kailey Stoner […]
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Dear Penn Manor Families, In the three short weeks since our last update on June 30, there have been significant developments in relation to the start of the 2020-2021 school year which is scheduled to begin on August 31, 2020. On July 1, the Pennsylvania Secretary of Health modified previous guidance on the wearing of […]
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Penn Manor School District’s proposed school reopening plan has been shared with the board of school directors and can now be viewed here. The school board is scheduled to vote on the plan at its Aug. 3 meeting. It is important to note that this plan is subject to change, based on updated information and […]
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For the first time in months, Penn Manor student athletes are back on the practice fields. Team workouts began Wednesday morning for the girls’ and boys’ soccer, cross country and football teams, with new protocols in place as required under the school district’s COVID-19 athletic health and safety plan. All coaches and athletes are being […]
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