Author: Brian Wallace

• Trio honored as Employee, Educators of the Year

  

  Penn Manor would like to honor three staff members who were named the Outstanding Educators and Employees for the 2019-2020 school year. A 21-year veteran of Penn Manor, she is a former learning support teacher at Pequea Elementary School who previously served as a middle school girls’ basketball coach. Shawn is a physical education teacher…

• Penn Manor HS National Honor Society welcomes 47 new members

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 47 new members during an induction ceremony Sept. 30 at Penn Manor High School that was live-streamed to family members and friends. To qualify for induction, the Penn Manor High School juniors and seniors had to maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.85…

• School board approves transition to full in-person learning in November

  

    The Penn Manor school board has approved a plan to extend the current Blended Learning format through November 5 while beginning to transition to a full, in-person learning format in November.    The plan includes:   This plan is subject to alteration based on the status of COVID-19 cases in our schools and community and will be…

• Free meals now offered for all Penn Manor students

  

  All Penn Manor students are now eligible to receive free breakfasts and lunches through the end of the 2020-2021 school year under a school meals program that was recently extended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Beginning September 17, Penn Manor students can receive the standard breakfast or lunch offered at any of our schools…

• Input sought from parents on recommendation for full, in-person instruction

  

  Penn Manor School District is seeking input from the community to help develop a recommendation for the Board of School Directors to consider during a public meeting on Monday, September 21. The administration is considering whether to recommend to the school board that all students (K-12) physically return to school five days a week instead…

• Penn Manor begins 2020-2021 school year with opening of new STEM wing

  

  Penn Manor High School students and staff got their first experience inside the school’s new STEM wing as the school district kicked off the 2020-2021 school year on Aug. 31. Students at all 10 district schools returned to classrooms under a Blended Learning schedule that provides in-school instruction for two days and online instruction for…

• Penn Manor welcomes 12 new teachers for 2020-2021

  

  Penn Manor welcomed 12 new teachers for the 2020-2021 school year during New Teacher Orientation, held Aug. 5 and 6 at Manor Middle School. The new hires, pending school board approval, include: Penn Manor High SchoolAmanda Swords, learning support teacher; and Jennifer Elder, Spanish teacher. Hambright ElementaryErik Ballard, fifth-grade teacher; and Ay’Shia Gaston, fourth-grade teacher.…

• PM girls’ volleyball team earns fourth straight Team Academic Award

  

  For the fourth year in a row, the Penn Manor girls’ volleyball team has earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. The 2019 varsity team qualified by earning a cumulative grade-point average of 3.7. Four team members had GPAs of 4.0 or higher – Justine Fry, Jordan Schucker, Kailey Stoner…

• Penn Manor school reopening plan available to the public

  

  Penn Manor School District’s proposed school reopening plan has been shared with the board of school directors and can now be viewed here. The school board is scheduled to vote on the plan at its Aug. 3 meeting. It is important to note that this plan is subject to change, based on updated information and…

• Latest update on Penn Manor’s plans for the 2020-2021 school year

  

  Penn Manor superintendent Mike Leichliter has sent an email to parents to update them on the latest plans to resume in-person schooling for the 2020-2021 school year on August 31. Here is the text of his email: June 30, 2020 Dear Penn Manor Families, Since the 2019-2020 school year ended, Penn Manor School District has…