Author: Brian Wallace

• Penn Manor honors 2023-2024 retirees, Educators and Employee of the Year

  

  Penn Manor honored 17 retirees with more than 400 combined years of service, along with three Employees of the Year and its longtime staff members during Employee Recognition Night, held May 1 at Penn Manor High School. The 45th annual event included a catered reception, followed by recognition of the Outstanding Educators/Employee of the Year…

• Penn Manor student athletes commit to athletics at 22 different colleges

  

  Penn Manor hosted a Commitment Day ceremony April 23 to honor 29 high school seniors who plan to participate in collegiate sports next fall. This group of students has an average GPA of 3.76 and includes nine multi-sport athletes. The student athletes also have been involved in a wide range of co-curricular activities in addition…

• Manor FFA members and supporters earn awards at annual banquet

  

  Manor FFA hosted its annual banquet to showcase the hard work and dedication that students have put into their FFA journey throughout the year.  Two state officials spoke at the event, held March 21 at Penn Manor High School – Pennsylvania FFA State Treasurer Grace McCarty and Lisa Graybeal, ​Deputy Secretary for Animal Health and…

• Seven students earn top-10 finishes at state TSA conference

  

  Seven Penn Manor students placed in the top 10 in the state at the Pennsylvania Technology Student Association (TSA) State Conference, held April 17-20 in Seven Springs. Suren Clark was named state champion, with a first-place finish, in the Prepared Presentation event, during which he gave a 5-minute presentation with a slide deck on the…

• Eshleman student earns Hershey Story Museum writing award

  

  Congratulations to Eshleman Elementary School fifth-grader Teagan Collins, who recently earned an award in the Hershey Story Museum History Contest. Teagan placed second in the junior fiction category for her first-person story about a young girl’s experience on the Titanic.  Her entry was among the hundreds submitted by students in grades 5 through 8 from Lancaster,…

• Robotics team earns two top awards in Sea, Air & Land Competition

  

  Three Penn Manor High School students recently earned two top awards in a robotics competition at Millersville University. The team of Ben Thomas, Ethan Lama and Tyler Hudson placed first in the Air Division and second in the combined Air and Land Division of the Penn State/US Navy Sea Air & Land Robotics Competition, held…

• Penn Manor hosts German Student Day with three other schools

  

  Penn Manor welcomed nearly 100 students to the high school on April 16 to celebrate all things  German during German Student Day. German language students from Penn Manor, Garden Spot, Cocalico and Conestoga Valley High Schools came together to play games, learn German folk dances and share a lunch of  traditional German foods. The games…

• Students clean up Penn Manor community for Day of Caring

  

  Nearly 100 members of the Penn Manor National Honor Society (NHS) are helping clean up their community, both indoors and out, as part of the Penn Manor Day of Caring.  On April 6, 50 students picked up litter, sticks and leaves and weeded sidewalks and curbs around the high school track and field area and…

• GIANT donates $3,700 to support Penn Manor food service program

  

    The GIANT Company has donated more than $3,700 to support the nutritional needs of Penn Manor students.   The donation was generated through the “GIANT Feeding School Kids Program,” during which customers were asked to round up their grocery purchases to the nearest dollar or convert their CHOICE Rewards points to grocery dollars.   GIANT matched these…

• Public input sought on Penn Manor superintendent’s performance

  

  Members of the Penn Manor Board of School Directors are seeking input from the public regarding the performance of Superintendent Dr. Phil Gale through this survey. The survey deadline is April 23. Here is a letter from the board to the Penn Manor community: Dear Community Member, As we continue our commitment to transparency and…