Category: Academics

• MU partnership to bring watershed education to Penn Manor schools

  

  Penn Manor is partnering with Millersville University on a $400,000 project to expand the teaching of watershed education in elementary schools. Millersville has received a three-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries to train Penn Manor teachers and MU elementary education majors to educate students about the impact of human activity on…

• Loft Community Partnership seeking donations of school supplies, clothing

  

  The 2021-2022 school year is rapidly approaching, and Loft Community Partnership is collecting clothing, backpacks and other school supplies for families who need assistance in obtaining these items for their children. Donations of school supplies and gently used children’s clothing may be collected by individuals, churches, businesses and other organizations and dropped off at the…

• Manor FFA members bring home awards in state competition

  

  Several Manor FFA teams and individuals were named state champions and earned other honors at the recent FFA State Convention and Activities Week. The Poultry Evaluation Team was named state champions and will compete at The National FFA Convention and Expo in October. Members are Cary Railing (1st place individual), Molly Gehr (2nd place individual),…

• Join us in celebrating Penn Manor’s 2021 retirees

  

  We invite the Penn Manor community to take a look at our video tribute to this year’s Penn Manor retirees. You can watch it here. These outstanding employees have more than 400 years of combined service to Penn Manor students and staff! They include Janice Adams, Doug Anderson, Tamara Baker, Mary Barnett, Trasee Bleacher, Beth…

• Keddie named principal of Conestoga Elementary School

  

     Dr. Scott Keddie, a longtime principal and teacher in Penn Manor School District, has been appointed principal of Conestoga Elementary School, effective July 1.    Keddie, who currently serves as assistant principal at Manor Middle School, will be replacing Tamara Baker, who is retiring from Conestoga at the end of the school year.    “I have full…

• PA Ag Secretary Redding visits Penn Manor HS to announce grants

  

     Pennsylvania Agriculture Secretary Russell Redding visited Penn Manor High School Wednesday morning to tour the school’s agricultural education classrooms and shops and announce the recipients of the 2021 Ag & Youth Program grants – one of which is Penn Manor.    Grants totaling $500,000 are being awarded to 57 projects in 33 counties across Pennsylvania for…

• Eshleman Elementary hosts Plant Week

  

     When Eshleman Elementary School was closed last year, students were unable to work on the school’s community gardens – one of the most popular hands-on learning activities that was lost to the pandemic.     So when it came time to replant the gardens this school year, Eshleman third-grade teachers decided to expand the activity…

• Penn Manor High School ranked No. 2 in county by U.S. News

  

     Penn Manor High School has been ranked the No. 2 high school in Lancaster County, based on academic and enrollment data, according to U.S. News & World Report.    Penn Manor improved upon last year’s fifth-place ranking among the county’ 18 public high schools, and improved in the statewide rankings to 71st out of 678…

• PMEF awards $72,000 in grants to help teachers, students and families

  

     Penn Manor Education Foundation is helping to make learning in a pandemic a little less challenging for teachers and students.    The nonprofit organization has awarded more than $53,000 in teacher Venture Grants this year, most of them designed to ease the transition from in-person to remote learning and help keep students and staff…

• Penn Manor approves 2021-2022 school calendar

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has approved the district calendar for the 2021-2022 school year. The first day of school for students will be Monday, August 30, 2021, and the school year is scheduled to end on June 3, 2022. You can view and download the full calendar here.