Author: Brian Wallace

• 37 students qualify for state TSA competition

  Thirty-seven Penn Manor students have qualified to compete on the state level after their strong showing at the Technology Student Association regional conference, held Feb. 10 at Huesken Middle School. Seven students from Manor and Marticville Middle Schools and 32 Penn Manor High School students competed against their peers from Lancaster, Berks and Lebanon counties…

• PM students place in top three in Governor’s STEM Competition

  A team of Penn Manor High School students placed in the top three in the regional Governor’s STEM Competition, held Feb. 13 at Lancaster-Lebanon IU 13. Team members include senior Kevin Ward, sophomores Seretta Kelly and Ryan Buchwalder and freshmen Aidan Lewis and Moses Buckwalter. Their project was Smartpack, a backpack equipped with a built-in…

• Manor FFA members earn multiple awards at PA Farm Show

  Two dozen Penn Manor High School students, along with three sets of parents, won several awards recently at the Pennsylvania Farm Show representing Manor FFA. Keystone Degrees Ten students – Emily Aukamp, Tanner Bauman, Kenny Barley, Jonathon Eshbach, Hannah Gerberich, Clara Hess, Damian Kreider, Isaiah Smith,  Abby Reiff and Elizabeth Broderick – earned Keystone Degrees.…

• PMHS’s Maria Vita named Teacher of Year finalist

  Penn Manor High School psychology teacher Maria Vita is one of just 12 finalists for Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year for 2019. Vita, who has taught at Penn Manor since 2003, was nominated for the award by Superintendent Mike Leichliter and his wife, Mary Edith, whose three children all had Maria for class. “We could…

• PMHS students earn academic, writing awards

  Two Penn Manor High School students have received recognition for academics and writing. Senior Kevin Ward has been named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist – one of only 15,000 students (out of 1.5 million) from across the United States to earn the award. Junior Peyton Cassel has earned three Scholastic Writing Awards in poetry, personal…

• 22 Penn Manor seniors commit to college athletics

  Family and friends gathered Thursday in the Penn Manor High School library to honor 22 seniors who will participate in collegiate sports at 19 different colleges and universities next year. The National Signing Day ceremony featured students who participate in 11 different sports. Four students plan to play field hockey or football, three will play soccer,…

• Penn Manor school board adds two new directors

  Two new members — both alumni of Penn Manor High School — have recently joined the Penn Manor board of school directors. Mitchell Sweigart, a 2014 Penn Manor graduate, was sworn in February 5 to fill the unexpired term of former member Jeff Lyon, who stepped down last month. Sweigart will serve until December 2019.…

• PMHS singers qualify for District, Regional honors

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School singers Sierra Echavarria and Diane Imboden, who qualified to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators’ District 7 Jazz Festival in April. In addition, Penn Manor senior Alison Murphy qualified for Region V Chorus after auditioning at the PMEA District 7 Chorus Festival at Susquehannock High School Jan. 25-27. Sierra, a senior,…

• Emma DeBerdine, Matt Soto named Player, Coach of Year

  Add two more honors to Penn Manor’s outstanding 2017-2018 field hockey team — it boasts the national coach and player of the year! Max Field Hockey this week named Penn Manor junior Emma DeBerdine the National Player of the Year and the Pennsylvania/New Jersey Region Player of the Year. It also named Penn Manor coach…

• Conestoga Elementary pilots student-run food composting program

  Conestoga Elementary School students and staff are participating in a pilot food composting program that is designed to cut cafeteria waste while creating compost for the school’s garden. Students in December began diverting their biodegradable fruit and vegetable scraps from the trash during lunch and depositing them in composting buckets. The waste is weighed and…