Author: Brian Wallace

• Former athletes, coaches named to Wall of Honor

  

  Four former Penn Manor athletes and coaches and one former team were inducted into the Penn Manor Athletic Wall of Honor during ceremonies Friday at the high school. The 2014 inductees are:    Ralph E. Byers (Class of 1962) – A three-sport (soccer, wrestling and baseball) athlete at Penn Manor, Byers was named to several all-star teams,…

• County commissioners honor field hockey team

  

  Penn Manor’s field hockey team was honored Wednesday by the Lancaster County Commissioners for “displaying the highest levels of skill, dedication and courage” in earning a state title. The three-member board of commissioners presented the players with a commendation praising the team as “a shining example of the great strength that is born when individuals choose…

• PMHS student earns top 10 BMX ranking

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School senior Healey Miller, who recently earned a No. 10 national ranking in BMX competition. Healey competed last month in the USA BMX Grand Nationals in Tulsa, OK, after riding in other BMX competitions throughout the United States and Canada. She finished the year with a National Age Group ranking…

• Two PM schools earn ‘High Achievement’ honors

  Two Penn Manor schools have been honored by the state Department of Education as “High Achievement” schools, based on improvements in student academic performance. Manor Middle School and Penn Manor High School are among only four schools in Lancaster County and fewer than 90 schools statewide to be designated “Reward High Achievement Schools.” They qualified…

• Field hockey team earns commendation

  

  Penn Manor school board Tuesday formally honored the Comets field hockey team with a commendation for “its outstanding performance and for the team’s distinction as PIAA State Champions.” Penn Manor won the Pennsylvania AAA Championship Nov. 15 after playing to a hard-fought 1-1 tie with Palmyra. After two exhausting, scoreless overtime periods, Penn Manor and Palmyra…

• Former Penn Manor leaders honored

  

  Former school board members and administrators were honored Tuesday at the Penn Manor School District Leadership Dinner. Held in the Manor Middle School cafeteria, the event brought together a wide range of former school leaders with a cumulative 115 years of experience, dating as far back as the 1960s. The guests included 11 former school board members, two…

• Wert honored for 16 years of school board service

  

  Congratulations to Donna Wert for being named to the Honor Roll of School Board Service for her 16 years serving on Penn Manor school board. Fellow board member Rich Frerichs, president of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, presented Wert with a certificate of appreciation at Monday night’s school board meeting. “It’s been a pleasure and an honor…

• Penn Manor earns state field hockey title

  

  Congratulations to the Penn Manor field hockey team, which won the Pennsylvania AAA Championship title in field hockey after playing to a hard-fought 1-1 tie with Palmyra Saturday. Penn Manor was down 1-0 late in the game when Cassie Kline scored a goal with 4 minutes to go, sending the game into overtime. After two…

• Manor FFA members earn national awards

  

  Manor FFA and several of its members earned national awards recently at the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky. Three members who graduated from Penn Manor High School in 2012 – Tyler Bauman, Alex Cantey and Caleb Hess – received the American FFA Degree. Less than 1 percent of all FFA members earn that recognition,…

• School Performance Profiles released

  

  Penn Manor schools had mixed results on School Performance Profile academic measures released this week by the state Department of Education. The district’s secondary schools posted gains from last year, while elementary school scores declined. Of note, Manor Middle School received the highest SPP score (89.6) of all middle schools in Lancaster County. SPP scores…