All Penn Manor School District activities, games and practices scheduled for Saturday, January 18, are cancelled due to the impending weather. All Penn Manor buildings will be closed.
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Penn Manor High School students won several awards recently at the Pennsylvania Farm Show representing Manor FFA. Nine students – Cody Hurlburt, Darby Conrad, Kylie Kreider, Brenna McDevitt, Lauren Sensenich, Jolene Fields, Austin Kolb, Madeleine Denlinger and Renee Eshbach – earned Keystone Degrees. The Keystone is the fourth of five degrees FFA members can earn. […]
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Kindergarten registration for the 2020-2021 school year opened Tuesday, January 7, and Penn Manor is hosting an information night February 4 to familiarize parents with the district’s kindergarten program and area preschools. Students registering for kindergarten must be 5 years old by Sept. 1, 2020, to be eligible to enroll for 2020-2021. Parents/guardians must begin […]
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Penn Manor School District would like to wish our students, staff members, parents and community members a safe and happy holiday season! All Penn Manor schools will be closed until classes resume on January 2, 2020. The district office will be open December 23, 26, 27, 30 and 31, with limited hours and staffing. Please […]
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Seventeen Penn Manor High School students have qualified to compete at the Future Business Leaders of America state conference in Hershey in April. The students qualified by placing in the top two or three at the FBLA Region 18 Conference, held Dec. 18 at Cocalico High School. In addition to Penn Manor, students […]
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Penn Manor’s varsity Quiz Bowl team outscored 21 other teams to take first place in the Manheim Township Academic Challenge, held Dec. 16 at Manheim Township High School. The Penn Manor team of Max Keefer, Gabe McGough, Connor Mayers and Audrey Ritchie went 5-0 in the morning rounds and swept all three afternoon […]
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School closings and delays will be reported on local radio and television stations before 6 a.m., whenever possible. They also will be posted on the district website and Twitter feed. You can also call the inclement weather hotline at 872-9500, ext. 2333, to find out the status of Penn Manor schools. When inclement weather conditions develop during the […]
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Penn Manor Education Foundation has awarded a record $93,000 in Venture Grants to help teachers enhance learning opportunities for Penn Manor students. The grants will enable elementary students to create podcasts of immigrant families’ personal stories, help support a therapy dog for middle school students and add 3D printing pens, a CNC router and vertical […]
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Students in an AP Seminar class at Penn Manor High School this week had an opportunity to watch a new film about Harriet Tubman and learn firsthand about the painstaking research undertaken by an acclaimed biographer and author who helped assure the movie’s authenticity. Kate Clifford Larson, author of the Tubman biography Bound […]
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Five members of the Penn Manor board of school directors were sworn in Tuesday to serve four-year terms on the board. District Judge Joshua Keller administered the oath of office to Donna Wert, Carlton “Herk” Rintz, Mitchell Sweigart, Joe Fullerton and newcomer Dell Jackson. All were elected last month to serve on the all-volunteer board […]
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Penn Manor students will present free holiday concerts and choral performances throughout the school district in December. All performances are free and open to the public. Here is the schedule: Dec. 4, 6:30 p.m. – Pequea Elementary Holiday Concert Dec. 4, 7 p.m. – Central Manor Elementary Holiday Concert Dec. 5, 6 p.m. – Letort Elementary Concert Dec. […]
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U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker visited Letort Elementary School Wednesday to formally recognize students and staff for earning the 2019 National Blue Ribbon School award. Smucker presented Letort principal Carly McPherson with a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in recognition of Letort’s “incredible achievement and committment to educational excellence.” Smucker also presented a […]
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Two local businesses are helping assure that students at four Penn Manor schools get the supplies they need this school year. Roberts Automotive in Mountville and Customs Classics Auto Body in Conestoga collected school supplies from their staff, customers and community members and donated them to Central Manor, Pequea, Conestoga and Eshleman elementary schools. Hundreds […]
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Nearly 200 senior citizens turned out Thursday night to enjoy “Dinner and a Show” at Penn Manor High School. The free program is open to Comet Classic cardholders and guests, who enjoyed a chicken pot pie dinner and a free performance of the fall play, “Almost, Maine” in the high school auditorium. Many thanks to […]
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It’s official – Ann Letort Elementary School is 2019 National Blue Ribbon School! The school was formally honored Friday, Nov. 15, during a Blue Ribbon Schools ceremony at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., near Washington, D.C. Letort was honored, along with 361 other public and private schools, by the […]
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