Author: Brian Wallace

• PMHS students win business awards

  

  Two teams of Penn Manor students qualified for state competition, and two other teams and one individual student won awards in recent Future Business Leaders of America competitive events. The team of Cameron Steele and Jordan Wakefield placed first in entrepreneurship, and the team of Ryan Miller, Joey Cadmus and Jeremy Miller placed first in…

• Eight named to District Band, Chorus, Orchestra

  

  Eight talented students will represent Penn Manor High School when they participate in the upcoming District 7 Orchestra, Chorus and Band Festivals. The students qualified by scoring well in an audition process that involved more than 900 students from Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties. Penn Manor will be represented in…

• Manor FFA members earn agronomy awards

  

  Members of the Manor FFA chapter at Penn Manor High School earned awards recently in the National FFA Agronomy Career Development Event, held during the National FFA Convention & Expo in Louisville, Ky. The team, led by adviser Neil Fellenbaum, was awarded a Bronze emblem. In addition, individual members competed against 140 other participants for…

• Sale of Hambright nets $1.5 million for district

  

  Penn Manor School District this week completed the sale of the former Hambright Elementary School to Signature Senior Living LLC for approximately $1.5 million. The sale marks the end of the school’s 80-year existence, said superintendent Mike Leichliter. “While many students and teachers have fond memories of the old building, the school district is pleased that…

• Penn Manor HS student builds new Marticville sign

  

  When Gabe Kubicar learned that Marticville Middle School wanted to upgrade its roadside sign to display announcements for parents and students, he had an idea. Why not build the school a new sign as his Eagle Scout project? That’s exactly what the Penn Manor senior – who attended Marticville – did. With help from fellow…

• HS Master Plan presentation Nov. 18

  On Wednesday, Nov. 18, the district will hold its third public presentation on the Penn Manor High School Master Plan, beginning  at 7 p.m. in the high school cafeteria. Penn Manor School Board is considering four renovation/construction options for the high school and is seeking public input on how to proceed. The school, originally built in the…

• Manor MS named ‘High Achievement’ school

  

  Congratulations to Manor Middle School, which was recently recognized as a “High Achievement” Title I school by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Manor earned the honor by scoring among the top 5 percent of Title I schools in the state on math and English language arts PSSA tests and Keystone Exams. Manor Principal Dr. Dana…

• PM student earns award for essay on plastic pollution

  Penn Manor High School freshman Peyton Cassel has won an honorable mention and a $100 prize for her prose submission to the 2015 International Ocean Awareness Student Contest. As one of the selected winners from more than 1,100 submissions from 35 countries, Peyton’s writing will be featured in galleries and merchandise sent around the world. The…

• Leichliter testifies on substitue teacher shortage

  

  Penn Manor superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter testified Monday before a state congressional panel on the impact of a statewide substitute teacher shortage. Leichliter spoke before a hearing of the Senate and House Education Committees, which are gathering information on the issue. He talked about how the shortage creates a hardship for students and staff and…

• District explains options on upgrading/replacing HS

  

  Nearly 90 people turned out for the first public information meeting on the future of Penn Manor High School, held Thursday night in the high school auditorium. District residents and staff members heard about the four options Penn Manor School Board is considering to upgrade and/or renovate the school, which was originally built in the late…