Author: Brian Wallace

• State champion bowlers honored by school board

  Penn Manor school board Monday honored members of the high school bowling team for their championship season. The Comets compiled a record of 77-14 and were named Lancaster-Lebanon League Section I and L-L League champions and placed second in the PA Eastern Regionals. The Penn Manor boys’ team went on to win the state title, a…

• PMHS seniors receive 156 scholarships/awards

  Penn Manor High School seniors got a boost to their post-high school plans when members of the Class of 2016 received 156 scholarships and awards totaling $113,175 during the Senior Awards Ceremony on May 19. The honors included more than 30 scholarships and awards administered by Penn Manor Education Foundation totaling more than $60,000. The top recipients were Emily…

• Student speakers named for June 7 commencement

  Five student speakers have been named for Penn Manor High School’s 2016 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 7, at Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. Evan Toomey, John “Jack” Zimmerman, Danielle Wright, Emily Ferrick and Emily Thyrum will address the graduates and guests during the ceremony. Evan is class valedictorian.…

• HS Master Plan workshop to be held May 16

  Penn Manor school board will hold a workshop on Monday, May 16, on the High School Master Plan beginning at 5 p.m. in the auditorium of Manor Middle School. Board members will review the four construction options being considered for the high school and discuss feedback from the public and financing options. Public input is…

• Outstanding employees, retirees honored

  Penn Manor school district honored nine retirees with nearly 200 years of  combined service May 4 during the 37th annual Employee Recognition Dinner in the high school cafeteria. Attendees watched a video presentation of comments by the retirees, each of whom will be remembered with a brick in the courtyard outside the Penn Manor High School auditorium.…

• Penn Manor TSA students are tops in PA

  Penn Manor has four new state champions — when it comes to solving technology problems. Teams of two students each from the high school and Manor Middle School placed first in the Technology Problem Solving competition at the recent state conference of the Technology Student Association (TSA). The first-place finishes by Zach Schucker and Ray…

• High School earns second straight Silver Medal

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School faculty, staff, students and administration for earning a Silver Medal from U.S. News & World Report for the second straight year! The high school had the highest ranking of any school in Lancaster County for 2016 and was No. 35 in the state and No. 1,308 in the nation. The…

• PM students qualify for national FBLA conference

  Congrats to Penn Manor students Jordan Wakefield and Cameron Steele, who have qualified to compete in the national Future Business Leaders of America conference in Atlanta this summer. The two Penn Manor High School seniors qualified for the national competition by placing fifth this week in the Entrepreneurship category of the FBLA State Leadership Conference…

• Final HS Master Plan presentation April 21

  April 21 is the public’s final opportunity to attend a presentation on the Penn Manor High School Master Plan. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium and will follow the same format and present the same basic information as the four earlier master plan presentations. A question-and-answer period with school district officials and…

• Ulaky named first chair on oboe at PA festival

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School oboe player Allison Ulaky, who recently achieved the highest position possible for a student musician in the state of Pennsylvania. The Penn Manor senior placed first oboe in the highest level ensemble, the Wind Ensemble, at the All-State Music Festival over the weekend. According to Penn Manor music teacher Sara Masten,…