Author: Brian Wallace

• PM students earn Scholastic Writing Awards

  Congratulations to the 13 Penn Manor students who won awards for outstanding writing in the 2015-2016 Lancaster County Scholastic Writing Awards competition, sponsored by Lancaster Public Library. Penn Manor students won 14 Scholastic Awards, including three Gold Keys, the top honor, and six Silver Keys. Four Penn Manor students also earned writing awards in the Newspaper…

• PM students earn multiple TSA awards

  Forty-two Penn Manor high school and middle school students won multiple awards at the recent Pennsylvania Region 2 Technology Student Association competition at Conestoga Valley Middle School. Vying against hundreds of students from 16 neighboring school districts, TSA students from Manor and Marticville middle schools and Penn Manor High School competed in a variety of…

• Penn Manor hosts PA Education Secretary

  Pennsylvania Education Secretary Pedro Rivera got a firsthand look at Penn Manor’s award-winning agricultural education program Thursday when he participated in the “Beyond the Blue Jacket” showcase at Penn Manor High School. Rivera and other state officials toured the school’s ag facilities, including the greenhouse and shop, as students led demonstrations on veterinary science, floriculture, agricultural…

• Hambright staff get a piece of the school’s past

  

  When Tracy Stevens drove past the site of the former Hambright Elementary School recently, she felt sad. The school that she and her children had attended was being demolished to make way for a senior care center. So Tracy had an idea – why not see if she could salvage some bricks from the old school…

• Penn Manor HS student published in Teen Ink

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School sophomore Katherina Vanatta, whose poem was recently published in the national magazine, Teen Ink. “Can You Hear Me?” was selected from among hundreds of submissions to appear in the January 2016 issue, which focuses on teens and health. This is the fifth time Katherina’s writing has appeared on the…

• 23 Penn Manor students earn FFA awards

  

  Manor FFA member Katey Bleacher was named winner of the Keystone Star in Agricultural Placement at the recent Pennsylvania Farm Show. The statewide honor is one of several awards earned by 23 Penn Manor High School students during the event. Katey and 13 other Manor FFA members also received their Keystone Degrees, and nine first-year members…

• PM students to perform in music festivals

  More than two dozen Penn Manor high school and middle school students will be performing over the next month in music festivals in Lancaster County. Sixteen students will perform in the Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators’ County Band Festival concert Jan. 23 at Conestoga Valley High School. Eleven Penn Manor students will participate in the LLME County Orchestra Festival…

• HS implements calling system for absences

  

  Beginning Wednesday, January 6, Penn Manor High School will be using an automated calling system to alert parents/guardians of students who are absent from school. The calling process will begin at approximately 9:30 a.m. each morning.  The purpose of the call is to notify parents/guardians that their student is not in school on a particular day.…

• Central Manor student artwork in city gallery

  

  The artwork of 16 Central Manor students has been selected to appear in a new show, “Inspired by the Masters,” opening Jan. 1 at Red Raven Art Gallery in downtown Lancaster. The students’ work, based on the artwork of Jackson Pollack, Gustav Klimt, Albrecht Durer and Jim Dine, will be displayed alongside the works of…

• PM community steps up to help the needy

  

  The holidays will be a bit more special for more than 170 families in need, thanks to the generosity of the Penn Manor community. Toys, gifts, personal supplies, clothing and food are being distributed this week by the Penn Manor Family Fund at Millersville Brethren in Christ Church to 125 families experiencing economic difficulties. Also…