Category: Academics

• Readathon to be held at all elementary schools in February & March

  

  The Penn Manor Readathon is coming to an elementary school near you, beginning February 9. Members of the Civitas Club at Penn Manor High School will read books, lead craft activities and encourage the love of reading for students in kindergarten, first and second grades. Readathon events will be held twice at each school from…

• Central Manor students featured in Google CS First video

  

  Students and staff at Central Manor Elementary School are among the “stars” of a new video created by Google to promote its CS First software, which helps students learn coding. The 3½ -minute video, “CS First: Unlock Opportunities for Students with Computer Science,”  was released to the public on January 3. View it here. Over…

• PA Education Secretary Eric Hagarty visits Penn Manor schools

  

  Penn Manor was honored to welcome Eric Hagarty, Pennsylvania’s acting secretary of education, to its schools on December 22. Hagarty, the top education official in the state, met with the district administrative team and toured the high school before visiting Hambright and Eshleman Elementary Schools. He was invited to Penn Manor by Elizabeth Raff, the…

• Manor FFA students earn awards in regional competition

  

  Several Penn Manor agricultural education students placed among the top third in several categories in the FFA Eastern Fall Regional Competition, held November 15 at Lebanon Valley Exposition Center and Fairgrounds. The students, all members of Manor FFA, were competing against other FFA members from Lancaster, Lebanon, Chester, Cumberland, Berks, Schuylkill and Philadelphia Counties.  In…

• STEM Summit gives freshmen a trial run at science and technology careers

  

  Penn Manor ninth-graders got to explore careers in science, technology, engineering, math and the trades during a two-day STEM Summit, held in the high school auxiliary gymnasium November 30 and December 1. Throughout both days, students rotated through seven different stations, where they got to conduct science experiments and participate in engineering and math competitions…

• 63 PMHS students inducted into National Honor Society

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 63 new members during an induction ceremony September 28 at Penn Manor High School. The juniors and seniors qualified for induction by maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.85 and demonstrating the four pillars of the NHS – scholarship, leadership, service and character.…

• Four Penn Manor HS seniors earn College Board national recognition

  

  Four Penn Manor High School seniors have been honored with national recognition awards from the College Board. Blessing Mmugambi and Gertrude Moenga received National African American Recognition Awards; Maximillian Ponton received a National Hispanic Recognition Award; and Wyatt Rohrer received a National Indigenous Recognition Award. They are among 62,000 students from across the United States…

• Penn Manor’s 2022-2023 school year gets off to a smooth start

  

  More than 5,400 students returned to the classrooms on August 29 as Penn Manor kicked off its 2022-2023 school year. This year’s opening day was the first for Dr. Phil Gale in his new role as superintendent. Dr. Gale was named superintendent effective July 1 after serving as assistant superintendent since 2019 and as Penn…

• Penn Manor welcomes back staff for 2022-2023 Opening Day

  

  Penn Manor welcomed more than 400 teachers and support staff back for the 2022-2023 school year on August 22 as it hosted Staff Opening Day activities at Penn Manor High School.  In a morning session in the auditorium, Penn Manor superintendent Dr. Phil Gale greeted staff members, many of whom are new to the district.…

• Penn Manor welcomes two new assistant principals for 2022-2023

  

  Penn Manor has welcomed two new assistant principals to its staff for the 2022-2023 school year. Kelli Eachus is the new assistant principal at Hambright Elementary, and Jenna Fisher is a new assistant principal at Penn Manor High School. Kelli replaces Melissa Mealy, who was named principal of Eshleman Elementary School this summer. “I am…