Author: Brian Wallace

• Coaches, student athletes honored at Sports Awards Ceremony

  

  More than 60 Penn Manor High School student athletes and coaches were honored May 12 during the Senior Sports Awards ceremony in the high school auditorium. In all, more than 50 awards and scholarships were presented, including Coach of the Year award to Paul Taylor (boys’ soccer) and Assistant Coach of the Year to Jason…

• Superintendent Gale shares end-of-year message

  

  Superintendent Dr. Phil Gale has shared a video with parents and staff that highlights the many good things that have happened, and continue to happen, in Penn Manor this school year. Watch the video.

• Students earn top finishes in Sea Air & Land robotics competition

  

  Three Penn Manor students recently earned two first-place finishes in a robotics design challenge at Millersville University. The team of Ben Thomas, Mushna Subba, and Wyatt Clare took first place in both the air/drone and the combined air and land competitions of the Sea, Air & Land Challenge, held April 22. SEAL is a Department…

• Check out the video on this year’s Penn Manor retirees

  

  Congratulations and a big “thank you” to the 18 professional employees who are retiring from Penn Manor School District at the end of this school year. These individuals, who have a combined 433 years of service to Penn Manor, are being honored at school board meetings in May. If you want to find out about…

• School district, teachers agree to new three-year contract through ’28-29

  

  Penn Manor school board and the Penn Manor Education Association have reached an agreement on a new three-year teachers’ contract that will run from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029.  The contract was approved May 5 by the Penn Manor Board of School Directors and the general membership of the education association. The three-year…

• Penn Manor Civitas Club members beautify Long’s Park

  

  Penn Manor High School students are completing service projects to clean up public parks and schools, and members of the Civitas Club recently did their part to beautify a popular city park. On May 1, 61 club members participated in a day of service at Long’s Park, planting flowers, weeding, removing trash and debris, and…

• Barney Peace named Secondary Science Teacher of Year

  

  Penn Manor High School science teacher Barney Peace has been named the 2024-2025 Secondary Science Teacher of the Year by Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 and the Lancaster County STEM Alliance. The award is based on a teacher’s instructional excellence; integration of math, science, and engineering practices; real-world connections; technology integration; hands-on learning; and overall…

• Senior publishes first novel, “Susquehannock”

  

  Penn Manor senior Robert Ethan White has accomplished something that few high school students ever do: he wrote and published his own novel. Working under the direction of English teacher Scott Hertzog, Robert recently published Susquehannock, which follows Dean Higgins, a miserable old man living a hollow life in a small community along the Susquehanna…

• Penn Manor junior wins statewide suicide prevention poster contest

  

  Penn Manor CTC student Khaira Omari has won a statewide contest to design a youth suicide prevention poster. Her design depicts black-and-white photos of nine smiling young people saying “You matter” in different languages. At the bottom, the poster reads, “Regardless of how you say it, you matter” and includes the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline…

• Penn Manor Quiz Bowl team headed for Nationals

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School’s Quiz Bowl team, which recently qualified for national competition for the first time since 2019. The team of Brady Mitchell (senior captain), junior Seth Gansner, and sophomores Natalie Aungst and Eliza Myer will be heading to the 2025 High School National Championships May 24 and 25 in Atlanta, Georgia.…