Author: Brian Wallace

• PMHS to present ‘Beauty and the Beast’ March 14, 15 and 16

  

      Penn Manor Productions will present the spring musical, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, March 14, 15 and 16 on the Penn Manor High School stage.    Performances are scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Thursday, March 14; 7:30 p.m. Friday, March 15; and 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, March 16. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7…

• Sen. Martin honors Manor FFA national award winners

  

  State Sen. Scott Martin visited Penn Manor High School February 9 to honor three groups of students who won awards at the FFA National Convention. The students, all Manor FFA members, earned gold or silver medals at the FFA National Convention and Expo, held October 30 to November 4 in Indianapolis. Sen. Martin presented certificates…

• School will be in session March 28

  

  Due to the cancellation of school on Tuesday, February 13, school will now be in session on Thursday, March 28, for all students. In the event of future closings, we will use weather make-up days in April.

• School board approves 2024-2025 district calendar

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has approved the district calendar for the 2024-2025 school year. The first day of school is scheduled for Monday, August 26, 2024, and the last day of school is projected to be June 5, 2025. Four weather make-up days are built into the calendar. View 2024-2025 calendar

• Nine PMHS students selected for Region V Chorus Festival

  

  Nine Penn Manor High School students have been selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s Region V Chorus Festival next month. The students are Bailey Floyd (alto 1), Ava Wolfersberger (alto 2), David Ferre (tenor 1), James Helm (bass 2), Cameron Thorne and Andrew Lebo (tenor 2), and Kaleb Kabakjian, Christian Lapp, and…

• Hambright teacher shares her kidney donation experience with students

  

  Students in Lorien Gilbert’s third-grade classroom at Hambright Elementary School recently got to meet someone who has a very strong bond with their teacher – Sarah Weiss, the recipient of one of Gilbert’s kidneys. Lorien donated her left kidney to Weiss on November 2. Two months later, on January 10, the two were reunited during…

• Kindergarten registration begins Monday, February 5

  

  Registration for kindergarten students for the 2024-2025 school year opens Monday, February 5. A child is eligible for our half-day kindergarten program if he/she will be 5 years old on or before September 1, 2024.  To begin the registration process, visit our enrollment page.  To ease the transition to kindergarten, all Penn Manor elementary schools…

• Penn Manor students qualify for state competition in 15 TSA events

  

  Penn Manor middle and high school students qualified for state competition in 15 different events at a recent Technology Student Association conference, where our students placed first in five events. In all, 25 Penn Manor students competed in the Pennsylvania TSA Region 2 Conference, held January 27 at Conestoga Valley High School. About 350 TSA…

• Penn Manor receives $3,000 TangerKids grant

  

  Many thanks to Tanger Outlets for donating $3,000 to Penn Manor through its TangerKids grant program. The money will be used to fund “Practice the Pause: Reset Your Mind,” a project to create “calming spaces” in each Penn Manor school where students can go to de-escalate when they are upset or frustrated. The grant is…

• CareerLink partnership helps PMHS students earn IT credits, certifications

  

  Thanks to a new partnership with Pennsylvania CareerLink of Lancaster County, Penn Manor students are completing an Information Technology course that will earn them college credit and an IT certification — tuition-free. Ava Ritchie, Aman Shaik, Ethan Lama and Nathan Lama have enrolled in the Foundations in Information Technology course offered by Harrisburg University of…