Category: Academics

• Hambright Elementary and high school students collaborate on monsters project

  

  For Rachel Suter’s Hambright Elementary first-graders, monsters really can come to life, but they’re not scary at all. In fact, they’re adorable creatures lovingly made by hand. In April, Suter had her students describe in detail what an ideal monster would look like to them. She then passed along these descriptions and accompanying crayon drawings…

• Class of 2022 receives more than $150,000 in scholarships, awards

  

  Members of the Penn Manor Class of 2022 received more than $150,000 in scholarships and awards during the 55th Annual Commencement Awards Ceremony, held May 19 at Penn Manor High School. A total of 98 students received 127 scholarships – including 66 awards administered through the Penn Manor Education Foundation – to assist them with…

• Hambright teacher to visit Falkland Islands, Antarctica under Grosvenor Fellowship

  

  Hambright Elementary teacher Katie Harnish will be traveling to the Falkland Islands in November to begin a teacher fellowship sponsored by the National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions. Harnish, who teaches fourth grade, is one of only 50 teachers from the United States and Canada to be selected for the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship. Beginning November…

• Penn Manor High School ranked No. 3 in Lancaster County by U.S. News

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School students and staff for again earning top honors for their school from U.S. News & World Report. Penn Manor is ranked No. 3 of the 18 high schools in Lancaster County included in the magazine’s 2022 Best High Schools issue, released April 26. In addition, U.S. News ranked Penn…

• Education Foundation awards more than $37,000 in spring 2022 grants

  

  The Penn Manor Education Foundation has awarded more than $37,000 in grants to teachers, counselors and social workers to support Penn Manor students and their families for spring 2022. The grant awards are in addition to the more than $40,000 in Venture Grants awarded to Penn Manor teachers in fall 2021. This latest round of…

• Updates on search for new Penn Manor superintendent

  

  School board recommends the hiring of Dr. Phil Gale as superintendent (4/4/22) Superintendent search timetable announced (2/10/22) The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has announced a timetable for the search process for Penn Manor’s next superintendent. Applications are being accepted until February 18 through Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13. Mike Leichliter, Penn Manor’s current superintendent,…

• Pequea’s Elizabeth Raff named PA Teacher of Year for 2022

  

  Pequea Elementary sixth-grade teacher Elizabeth Raff has been named the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year for 2022! Mrs. Raff, a teacher at Pequea since 2014, was selected from 12 finalists who participated in the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Conference, held in Hershey from December 5 through 7. “We are thrilled that she is being…

• Penn Manor middle and elementary schools earn U.S. News honors

  

  Five Penn Manor schools have been ranked among the top 10 public schools in Lancaster County and among the top 25 percent of public schools in Pennsylvania by U.S. News and World Reports. Manor Middle School was ranked No. 3, and Marticville Middle was ranked No. 7 of the 22 public middle schools in Lancaster…

• Penn Manor staff contribute $19,000 to PMEF

  

  Penn Manor employees are providing a $19,000 boost to the Penn Manor Education Foundation. A total of 245 staff members gave one-time donations or signed up for an automatic payroll deduction in support of PMEF, which provides teacher grants, student scholarships and financial assistance to struggling Penn Manor families. Donations came from every school, the…

• 53 students inducted into Penn Manor National Honor Society

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 53 new members during an induction ceremony September 22 at Penn Manor High School. The Penn Manor High School 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,…