Author: Brian Wallace

• Inspired by book, schools raise $2,700 for South Sudan water project

      Students, staff and parents at three Penn Manor elementary schools raised nearly $2,700 to support efforts to bring water to South Sudan after students were inspired by the book “A Long Walk to Water.”     The book is about an 11-year-old “Lost Boy” displaced by the Sudanese civil war who must walk through southern…

• Water testing reveals no problems with lead at PM schools

  Recently completed water testing at all 10 Penn Manor schools indicates there are no problems with lead in drinking water supplies at district schools. The testing was completed this month in compliance with new state regulations. The test results are listed here: Central ManorConestogaEshlemanHigh SchoolHambrightLetortManorMarticMarticvillePequea

• 417 members of Class of 2019 earn diplomas

  Members of the Penn Manor Class of 2019 received their diplomas Tuesday night before family and friends during an upbeat graduation ceremony at Franklin & Marshall College. In his address to the crowd, principal Dr. Phil Gale celebrated the many accomplishments of the 417 graduates, including state and national recognition in academics, technology, agriculture, the…

• Class of 2019 receives more than 200 local scholarships, awards

  Penn Manor High School seniors got a boost to their post-high school plans when members of the Class of 2019 received 203 scholarships and awards totaling more than $110,000 during the Senior Awards Ceremony, held May 23. The honors included $70,000 in scholarships awarded to 65 seniors through Penn Manor Education Foundation. Many thanks to the Penn Manor community…

• Penn Manor seniors honored with athletic awards, scholarships

  More than 60 Penn Manor High School student athletes were honored May 16 during the Senior Sports Awards Social in the high school cafeteria. In all, more than 40 awards were presented, including Coach of the Year to Larry Bellew and Assistant Coach of the Year to John Terscha. The top athletic awards went to: Outstanding Penn Manor Male and Female Athletes — Anna Sugra, Emma DeBerdine, Hunter Enck and…

• Six students to address Class of 2019 at June 4 commencement

      Six student speakers have been named for Penn Manor High School’s 2019 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports and Fitness Center.     The speakers are Derek Davis and Ryan Glenn, co-valedictorians; Sameeha Hossain, salutatorian; Jared Stephan, senior class president; and Cole Shenk and Erica Shaub.…

• Seven Penn Manor students win awards in journalism contest

  Congratulations to the seven Penn Manor elementary students who won awards in the LNP/Lancaster Online Journalism & Design an Ad Contest. Students from Hambright, Eshleman and Central Manor received honors in the contest, which was open to all students in Lancaster County. Here are the winners and their teachers: Writer’s Choice, Third Grade – Morgan…

• Penn Manor students celebrate their heritage through food

      Students at two Penn Manor schools recently celebrated their heritage with food.     Penn Manor High School students got to share the foods of their native countries with fellow students, teachers and staff during the third annual Multicultural Day, held May 2 in the high school gymnasium.     On May 9, Eshleman Elementary School…

• Penn Manor Quiz Bowl captain receives national award

      Penn Manor Quiz Bowl team captain Connor Mayers has been honored with a national award from the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence.     Connor, a high school junior, is recipient of the Benjamin Cooper Academic Ambassador Award, given each year to a member of the Quiz Bowl community who “embodies, by example, the ideals…

• Penn Manor retirees and Outstanding Employees honored at banquet

  Penn Manor honored 15 retirees with more than 360 years of  combined service during the 40th annual Employee Recognition Dinner in the high school cafeteria on May 7. Attendees watched a video presentation of comments (plus one spoof of a TV show) by seven of the retirees — Ellen Altdoerffer, Page Lutz, Deb Meckley, Cheryl Shaffer,…