Author: Brian Wallace

• PMHS students to perform in All-State Festival

  Four talented Penn Manor High School musicians have been selected to perform this weekend at the Pennsylvania Music Educators All-State Festival. Seniors William Torres, Julianne Leddy and Luke Richardson will perform in the All-State Vocal Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Lower Dauphin High School in Hummelstown. On Saturday, April 2, senior oboe player…

• Collin Rineer earns national art award

  Kudos to Penn Manor High School senior Collin Rineer, who earned a Gold Medal in the national Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. His drawing, “Broken Keys,” won in the Drawing and Illustration category. Collin created the charcoal piece as a birthday gift for a friend who plays the piano. He entered the drawing in Scholastics — his…

• Keystone Star winner Bleacher honored

  Penn Manor school board Monday honored Katey Bleacher for earning the Keystone Star in Agricultural Placement as a member of Manor FFA. The statewide award is given to an FFA Keystone Degree recipient who exhibits premier leadership, personal growth and career success as demonstrated through an application and an interview with a panel of judges.…

• Penn Manor bowlers are state champs!

  The Penn Manor boys’ bowling team this weekend did something no other boys’ team in Lancaster County has ever done — won the state bowling championship! The boys defeated Conrad Weiser, two games to zero (210-165 and 167-125), to win the title Saturday after besting 10 other teams to reach the finals at North Versailles…

• PMHS freshman earns national writing award

  Congratulation to Peyton Cassel, winner of a Silver National Medal in the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards – the first such honor earned by a Penn Manor student since 2006! The Penn Manor High School freshman joins such luminaries as Sylvia Plath, Andy Warhol and Truman Capote in earning a national Scholastic Award. Only 1…

• PM Ed Foundation awards $46,000 in grants

  Manor Middle School teacher Chris Telesco wanted to take several male students on field trips as part of a program called Fusion that matches boys from broken homes with teacher mentors for after-school activities. But the cost of bus transportation and admission fees was prohibitive. Enter the Penn Manor Education Foundation, which awarded Telesco a…

• Old friend honors former Hambright principal

  Bob Stoner surprised an old friend Wednesday, when he presented him with two unusual gifts in honor of his long ties to the former Hambright Elementary School. Stoner gave Gerald Sheckart a brick from the original Hambright building, constructed in 1936, along with a framed photo of the school that appeared in Life magazine 80…

• Penn Manor students earn SkillsUSA awards

  Four Career & Technology Center students from Penn Manor were among the top finishers in the recent SkillsUSA District Competition. Lexie Hershey placed third in the restaurant service competition, and Breanne Swartzentruver placed third in crime scene investigation. Both students attend the Mount Joy campus of Lancaster County Career & Technology Center. Doug Ferguson placed second…

• PM’s 1:1 program earns national honor

  Penn Manor School District has been named a “District of Distinction” by a national magazine for its open source 1:1 Student Laptop Program. The school district is one of 30 honored this month by District Administration magazine under a program that recognizes school districts that implement innovative ideas that yield measurable benefits. At Penn Manor, every student in…

• Marticville takes students on virtual reality field trips

  Marticville Middle School students got to experience the future of learning when they participated in the Google Expeditions Pioneer Program Feb. 19. The school served as a beta test site for Google Expeditions, a new product that enables teachers to take their classes on virtual field trips to discover Mars, the Roman ruins, the stratosphere,…