Author: Brian Wallace

• Leilani Torres named 2019 Homecoming Queen

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School’s 2019 Homecoming Queen, Leilani Torres. Leilani was chosen from among the eight members of the Penn Manor homecoming court at halftime of the Oct. 18 football game against Hempfield High School. Last year’s queen, Janae Beiler, passed down the crown during a ceremony on the field. Leilani is the…

• Eight seniors vying for 2019 Penn Manor Homecoming Queen

  

  Eight Penn Manor High School seniors are vying for the title of 2019 Homecoming Queen while raising money to support families in need. Delaney Mercado, Kaitlyn Stauffer, Ella Hart, Miriam Badri, Kailey Stoner, Kayla Mills, Leilani Torres and Mary Anna Vozzella are this year’s candidates. The Homecoming Queen will be announced at halftime of the…

• Forty-eight students inducted into PMHS National Honor Society

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 48 new members during an induction ceremony Oct. 2 in the high school cafeteria. To qualify for NHS, the Penn Manor High School juniors and seniors had to maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.85 and demonstrate strong leadership, service and character traits. The…

• Fifteen PMHS students qualify for County Chorus

  

     Fifteen Penn Manor High School students have qualified to participate in the Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association County Chorus Festival in January.    The students auditioned Sept. 28 at ELCO High School before a panel of judges along with other students from public and private schools throughout Lancaster and Lebanon Counties.    All 15 Penn…

• PMHS student writes chapter in open-source technology book

  

     Not many high school students can boast that they’re published authors, but Penn Manor’s Max Bushong can make that claim at the ripe old age of 15.     Bushong, a sophomore at Penn Manor High School, wrote a chapter in the new book The Open Organization Guide for Educators about his experience as a…

• Letort Elementary named a 2019 National Blue Ribbon School

  

     Penn Manor School District’s Letort Elementary has been named a National Blue Ribbon School for 2019 – one of just 362 schools in America to receive the honor.    The Blue Ribbon awards were announced Thursday, Sept. 26, by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos.    Letort, with 312 students in kindergarten through grade six, was honored…

• Penn Manor staff members contribute nearly $20,000 to PM Ed Foundation

  

  Penn Manor employees this year contributed nearly $20,000 to the Education Foundation during the recent payroll contribution fund drive — the second increase in a row. More than 200 staff members contributed a total of $19,780 to help fund Penn Manor Education Foundation scholarships, Venture grants and Strong & Healthy Families program. PMEF expects to…

• Students, parents attend ‘Careers in Construction’ event at HS

  

  More than 40 students and parents learned about career opportunities in the construction field during a “Careers in Construction Exploration Event,” held at Penn Manor High School on Sept. 14. Participants got to handle construction tools and safety equipment and learned about the specific trades involved in the Penn Manor High School construction project. They…

• Manor teachers attend Energy Education conference

  

  Two Manor Middle School science teachers are bringing lessons about energy into their classrooms after attending the 2019 Energy Conference for Educators, sponsored by the National Energy Education Development Project, over the summer. Jennifer Ennis and Connie Jackson attended the conference in Galveston, Texas, from July 7 to 11, along with educators from as far…

• Rintz, Long honored for service to Penn Manor school board

  

  Congratulations to school directors Carlton “Herk” Rintz and Ken Long for their combined 28 years of service to the Penn Manor school board! At the Sept. 3 school board meeting, Rintz was honored for 16 years of service, and Long was honored for his 12 years of service to the all-volunteer board of school directors.…