Category: Academics

• 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,…

• 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…