Author: Cindy Rhoades

• Girls Soccer Team to Play in State Championship Game

  

  Congratulations to Coach Bill Zapata and the Girls Soccer team on their thrilling 1-0 overtime win over Lower Dauphin Thursday night at Hershey Park Stadium in the PIAA State Championship semi-final game. That advances the Comets to the State Championship game against Cumberland Valley on Saturday, June 11 at 11:00 am at Hershey Park Stadium. …

• Congratulations to the Class of 2011

  

  The Class of 2011 graduated on Tuesday evening, June 7 in front of nearly 4,000 family and friends at the Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports & Fitness Center with hundreds more watching the live webcast.  427 graduates were presented with their diplomas and recognized for their achievements by Principal Philip Gale.  Senior Katie Maisel…

• Manor MS Student Excels on National Spanish Exam

  

  Emma Evarts, an 8th grade Spanish student at Manor Middle School, recently earned the highest individual score and Gold Honors on the National Spanish Exam for 2011. This national exam, sponsored annually by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, tests students in grades 6-12 on vocabulary and grammar achievement and reading and…

• School Board Authorizes Design Work for a New Hambright Elementary

  

  At its regular meeting on Tuesday, May 17, the Penn Manor School Board authorized the administration to begin design work with architects and engineers for a new Hambright Elementary School on the campus of Manor Middle.  This begins a lengthy process which is estimated to take three years before moving in to a new facility.…

• Penn Manor Girls Shine at Track & Field L-L Championships

  

  At the Lancaster-Lebanon League Track and Field Championships on Saturday, May 14, Penn Manor had a number of champions crowned.  Freshman Greta Lindsley won the 3,200 meter run, the 1,600 meter run and was part of the winning 4 by 800 relay team which also included Megan Maisano, Emily Novak and Katie Maisel.  Junior Laura…

• Penn Manor Girls Soccer Team Captures L-L Championship

  

  Congratulations to the Penn Manor Girls’ Soccer Team for winning the 2011 Lancaster-Lebanon League Championship! The Comets defeated Hempfield  3-2 on penalty kicks to capture the crown on Saturday, May 14.  The team starts district play on Wednesday, May 18 at 7:00 p.m. at Comet Field where they will take on Carlisle. Admission is $5.00…

• Penn Manor Teachers Agree to Pay Freeze

  

  PENN MANOR SCHOOL DISTRICT AND PENN MANOR EDUCATION ASSOCIATION AGREE ON PAY FREEZE CONTRACT   At its meeting on Monday, April 4, 2011 the Penn Manor School Board voted in favor of a one year contract for teachers.  The Penn Manor Education Association approved the contract earlier in the day.  This agreement resulted from several…

• Senior Ben Clark Meets President Obama

  

  As a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, Penn Manor senior Ben Clark and some of this fellow competitors were invited to the White House to meet President Obama. This competition is considered to be one of America’s elite high school research competitions.  There were 1, 744 high school seniors who entered their research.…

• Athletic Wall of Honor Inducted

  

  The 2010 Athletic Wall of Honor induction ceremony was held Friday, January 14 prior to Penn Manor’s home basketball game against Warwick. Penn Manor 2010 Athletic Wall of Honor Inductees John A. Deibert (Class of 1959) John was the 1959 Male Athlete of the Year for Penn Manor’s senior class.  He lettered in Basketball (3…

• Ben Clark Earns 1st Place at National Competition

  

  Senior Ben Clark earned 1st place and a $100,000 college scholarship at the national finals of the Siemens Competition in Washington D.C. this morning. The year’s highest science honor for high school students was awarded to Ben for his astrophysics research on star formation.  According to their website, “The Siemens Competition in Math, Science &…