Author: Brian Wallace

• Egan named assistant superintendent

  Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Egan, whose appointment as Penn Manor assistant superintendent for elementary education was approved Tuesday night by the school board. Egan will replace Vickie Hallock, supervisor of elementary education, when she retires June 30 after 25 years with Penn Manor. In his new role, Egan will oversee curriculum and operations of the…

• Field hockey team gets championship rings

  

  Thanks to the generosity of Penn Manor families and area businesses, Comets field hockey players have a beautiful keepsake of their championship year. Every player and coach on Wednesday received a ring commemorating the 2014 season, which culminated with a state championship. Penn Manor was named AAA state co-champions Nov. 15 after playing to a 1-1 tie with Palmyra.…

• State Legislature honors field hockey team

  

  Penn Manor’s state championship field hockey team was recognized Tuesday by members of the Pennsylvania Legislature during formal ceremonies at the Capitol in Harrisburg. Members of the Senate and House presented citations to the team in honor of the 2014 state title. The Comets were named AAA state co-champions Nov. 15, after playing to a 1-1 tie…

• HS students, parents invited to MU College Fair

  

  Penn Manor students, parents and guardians are invited to attend a College Fair March 12 at Millersville University’s Student Memorial Center. High school juniors who would like to research colleges, universities and technical schools need to fill out a permission form and return it to the PMHS Counseling Office by Monday, March 2, to attend a morning…

• Teacher goes bald to benefit cancer patients

  

    All year, Central Manor Elementary teacher Lorien Gilbert has been teaching her students about empathy. And on Thursday, Gilbert practiced what she’s been teaching by getting her head shaved. The event was to acknowledge the efforts of Gilbert’s students, who raised more than $2,500 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which specializes in treating…

• 23 Penn Manor students earn TSA awards

  

  Twenty-three Penn Manor high school and middle school students won multiple awards at the Lancaster-Lebanon Technology Student Association regional competition  Feb. 7 at Conestoga Valley Middle School. Vying against more than 400 students from other schools in the area, TSA students from Manor and Marticville middle schools and Penn Manor High School competed in a variety of…

• Six Manor FFA members earn Keystone Degrees

  

      Six Penn Manor High School students recently received their FFA Keystone Degrees during a ceremony at the Pennsylvania Farm Show. Of nearly 7,000 Pennsylvania FFA members, only 3 to 4 percent each year qualify for a Keystone Degree. The honor is offered to high school seniors or graduates who have demonstrated leadership abilities and…

• Manor principal Edwards named Research Fellow

  Congratulations to Manor Middle School principal Dr. Dana James Edwards, who has been named a Research Fellow by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators. Edwards, who has been a principal at Manor for 13 years, recently received a doctoral degree in educational administration from Immaculata College. His dissertation topic was “Teacher and Administrator Perceptions of…

• 14 PM students earn Scholastic Writing awards

  Congratulations to the 14 Penn Manor students who won awards for outstanding writing in the 2014-2015 Lancaster County Scholastic Writing Awards competition, sponsored by Lancaster Public Library. Another student, Veronica Cazillo, a high school freshman, won first-place for an editorial in the Newspaper in Education writing competition. Penn Manor students won 16 Scholastic Awards, including seven…

• Manor MS designated a ‘Distinguished School’

  

  Manor Middle School has been named a 2014-2015 Title I Distinguished School by the state Department of Education’s Division of Federal Programs. Only 96 of Pennsylvania’s more than 3,000 schools achieved the Title I Distinguished School designation this year. Manor earned the recognition based on progress made in the past year in narrowing the achievement…