Author: Brian Wallace

• Students become teachers at “Strings Share” concert

  

  Marticville Middle School hosted a recent concert by Penn Manor elementary students that featured a twist – the show closed with audience members, not students, performing. The January 17 “Strings Share” concert featured about 50 strings players from all seven Penn Manor elementary schools, who performed songs for their parents and family members. The music…

• Manor FFA Members earn Keystone Degrees and jackets at PA Farm Show 

  

  Manor FFA members from Penn Manor High School received several awards at the Pennsylvania Farm Show, held January 7 through 14 at the Farm Show Arena in Harrisburg. The awards were presented during the Farm Show’s FFA Mid-Winter Convention. Here are this year’s award recipients: Keystone DegreesFour Students – Chloe Perry, Ezekiel Smith, Timothy Frey,…

• Teams, athletes and coach to be inducted into Wall of Honor January 20

  

  Penn Manor will induct two former student athletes, a coach and two athletic teams into its Athletic Wall of Honor during a dinner and ceremony on January 20. This year’s inductees include: Joe Herman, a longtime coach and supporter of Penn Manor athletics. A former Penn Manor teacher, Joe was the Comets’ head and assistant…

• Readathon to be held at all elementary schools in February & March

  

  The Penn Manor Readathon is coming to an elementary school near you, beginning February 9. Members of the Civitas Club at Penn Manor High School will read books, lead craft activities and encourage the love of reading for students in kindergarten, first and second grades. Readathon events will be held twice at each school from…

• Central Manor students featured in Google CS First video

  

  Students and staff at Central Manor Elementary School are among the “stars” of a new video created by Google to promote its CS First software, which helps students learn coding. The 3½ -minute video, “CS First: Unlock Opportunities for Students with Computer Science,”  was released to the public on January 3. View it here. Over…

• Penn Manor senior places first in anti-litter photo contest

  

  When Maddie Whited was exploring the woods at her family’s cabin in Huntingdon in early November, she came across a pile of trash that, while unsightly, proved to be an inspiration. Among the debris was a discarded television set with leaves and twigs where the screen used to be. Maddie snapped several photos of the…

• Lunch & Learn activities offered to pre-schoolers beginning January 31

  

    Beginning January 31, each of our seven elementary schools will welcome preschool children and their parents/guardians to story time, crafts, lunch and a visit to the school library to check out books that will be returned the following month.     Called Lunch & Learn, this program is designed to familiarize future students and their…

• Cardboard Regatta sets sail at Millersville University pool

  

  It was sink or swim on December 21 as Penn Manor High School Physics students set sail in the Cardboard Regatta at the Millersville University swimming pool. The event pitted teams of students against one another to determine which boats — constructed entirely out of cardboard and duct tape — could stay afloat the longest.…

• PA Education Secretary Eric Hagarty visits Penn Manor schools

  

  Penn Manor was honored to welcome Eric Hagarty, Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of education, to its schools on December 22. Hagarty, the top education official in the state, met with the district administrative team and toured the high school before visiting Hambright and Eshleman Elementary Schools. He was invited to Penn Manor by Elizabeth Raff, the…

• Happy holidays from Penn Manor School District

  

  As we approach winter break, we’d like to wish all Penn Manor students, staff, families and community members a very happy holiday season and a relaxing break. Penn Manor schools will be closed from December 26 through January 2, 2023. Classes will resume on January 3. Below is a holiday message from Penn Manor superintendent…