Category: Academics

• Penn Manor welcomes 41 new professional staff for 2022-2023  

  

  Penn Manor welcomed 41 new professional staff for the 2022-2023 school year during New Teacher Orientation, held Aug. 10 and 11 at Penn Manor High School and Manor Middle School. The new appointments, pending school board approval, include: Central Manor ElementaryHannah Brown, Grade 6Emily Gutierrez, Grade 1Megan Trevoy, Learning Support Conestoga ElementarySean Hermanns, Health and…

• Girls’ volleyball team earns Coaches Association Academic Award for sixth year in a row

  

  For the sixth year in a row, the Penn Manor girls’ varsity volleyball team has earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. The Comets also, for the fifth time, were named to the Team Academic Award Honor Roll for earning a cumulative grade-point average in the top 20 percent of…

• Krista Cox named assistant superintendent for secondary education

  

  Congratulations to Dr. Krista Cox, who has been named assistant superintendent for secondary education by the Penn Manor Board of School Directors. Dr. Cox, who has served as principal of Eshleman Elementary School for the past 10 years, replaces Dr. Phil Gale, who takes over as Penn Manor superintendent July 1. “It’s an honor and…

• 400 seniors earn Penn Manor diplomas at June 1 commencement

  

  A total of 400 members of the Penn Manor Class of 2022 received their diplomas Wednesday, June 1, before family and friends during a balmy outdoor ceremony at Millersville University’s Biemesderfer Stadium. It was the second year in a row that commencement was held outdoors and the final graduation ceremony for Mike Leichliter, who is…

• Four seniors to address graduates at tonight’s commencement

  

  Four members of the Class of 2022 will address graduates at this year’s commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, in Millersville University’s Biemesderfer Stadium. Please note: The weather forecast is calling for temperatures approaching 90 degrees at the start of the ceremony. There is no shade in the stadium, so we encourage all…

• 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…