Author: Brian Wallace

• 11 students qualify for County, District Chorus festivals

  

  Congratulations to the eleven students who have qualified to represent Penn Manor High School in the upcoming County and District Chorus festivals. Nine students — Nicole Chen, Ella Layton, Elizabeth Lebo, Grace Fafel, Paige Wall, Emily Witmer, Kaleb Kabakjian, Matthew Perkins and Max Ponton  —  have qualified for the Pennsylvania Music Educators District 7 Chorus…

• Jesselin Lopez and Charlie Gonzalez earn homecoming crowns

  

  Congratulations to Jesselin Lopez and Charlie Gonzalez, who were named Homecoming Queen and – for the first time at Penn Manor High School – King at halftime of Penn Manor’s homecoming football game October 22. Congrats, also, to the entire homecoming court, which raised more than $5,000 and collected numerous supplies for the Loft Community…

• Penn Manor middle and elementary schools earn U.S. News honors

  

  Five Penn Manor schools have been ranked among the top 10 public schools in Lancaster County and among the top 25 percent of public schools in Pennsylvania by U.S. News and World Reports. Manor Middle School was ranked No. 3, and Marticville Middle was ranked No. 7 of the 22 public middle schools in Lancaster…

• 20 Penn Manor students participate in ‘Construction Wars’

  

      Twenty Penn Manor middle schoolers learned about the construction trades directly from professionals in the field by attending “Construction Wars,” a career exploration event held October 5 through 7 at the Keystone Center for Construction Careers in Manheim.     Eleven student from Manor Middle and nine from Marticville Middle took part,  building wooden benches,…

• Penn Manor staff contribute $19,000 to PMEF

  

  Penn Manor employees are providing a $19,000 boost to the Penn Manor Education Foundation. A total of 245 staff members gave one-time donations or signed up for an automatic payroll deduction in support of PMEF, which provides teacher grants, student scholarships and financial assistance to struggling Penn Manor families. Donations came from every school, the…

• Penn Manor receives $3,500 library book grant from Tanger

  

  Many thanks to Tanger Outlets for supporting Penn Manor school libraries and students! Tanger recently presented a $3,500 check to Penn Manor to pay for new books at school libraries throughout the district. Penn Manor applied for the grant earlier this year to help replenish library books that were misplaced or lost during the pandemic.…

• 53 students inducted into Penn Manor National Honor Society

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 53 new members during an induction ceremony September 22 at Penn Manor High School. The Penn Manor High School juniors and seniors qualified for induction by maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.85 and demonstrating the four pillars of the NHS – scholarship,…

• PA mask order is fully in effect on September 22

  

  Please read the important update below from Penn Manor superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter regarding the PA Department of Health order requiring face coverings at all schools in Pennsylvania. As you are aware, effective September 7, 2021, the Acting PA Secretary of Health issued an order for all school entities to require that all students wear…

• Important update on PA Dept. of Health face coverings order

  

  Please read this important update from Penn Manor superintendent Mike Leichliter regarding the face coverings order issued by the PA Department of Health for all schools and the process for seeking an exception. Effective September 7, 2021, the Acting PA Secretary of Health issued an order for all school entities requiring that all students wear…

• Penn Manor school board update on face covering order

  

  Penn Manor School District is providing an update on the required implementation of the Acting Secretary of Health’s face covering order, which took effect Tuesday, September 7, 2021. After meeting with legal counsel and listening to public comment, the school board approved the following action at its September 7 meeting: The district will extend until…