Category: Academics

• Math Bowl champs named for 2019

  Teams from three different Penn Manor elementary schools earned first-place trophies in the Math Bowl, a spirited competition involving students from all seven Penn Manor elementary schools in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. A team from Hambright Elementary earned the first-place trophy for fourth grade. Eshleman took the fifth-grade crown, and Central Manor was the…

• 28 PM students qualify for state TSA competition

  Twenty-eight Penn Manor students have qualified to compete on the state level after their strong showing at the Technology Student Association regional conference Feb. 9 at Huesken Middle School. Ten students from Manor and Marticville middle schools and 20 Penn Manor High School students competed against their peers from Lancaster, Berks and Lebanon counties in…

• Penn Manor’s Fellenbaum named Outstanding PA Ag Teacher

  Penn Manor High School agricultural education teacher Neil Fellenbaum has been named Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teacher by the Pennsylvania Association of Agricultural Educators.     Fellenbaum was nominated for the award by his peers and is now in contention for a national award. “I am very humbled to receive the award, considering there are so many great…

• Neighborhood meeting on HS project to be held Feb. 26

  Neighbors of Penn Manor High School and interested parties are invited to attend an update on the high school project at 7 p.m. Tuesday, February 26, in the high school library. Topics will include construction phasing over the next three years, the impact of the project on the surrounding neighborhood, and communication methods to keep…

• 14 PMHS seniors honored on National Signing Day

  Family and friends gathered Wednesday in the Penn Manor High School library to honor 13 seniors who will participate in collegiate sports at 12 different colleges and universities next fall and one who will attend a military academy. The National Signing Day ceremony featured students who will participate in 10 different sports and honored one student,…

• Rep. Cutler visits Penn Manor HS classrooms

  State Rep. Bryan Cutler visited Penn Manor High School Jan. 24 to learn more about our programs and to congratulate Penn Manor’s Teacher of the Year finalist. Cutler visited the psychology classroom of Maria Vita, who was one of 12 finalists vying for the 2019 Teacher of the Year award. Cutler congratulated Ms. Vita, then…

• School board approves bids on high school renovation/construction project

  The Penn Manor board of school directors voted 8-1 Jan. 22 to approve bids on the high school renovation and construction project. The board approved construction bids totaling $82.7 million and the notice for contractors to proceed on the project, which will replace major portions of the school and renovate others. New classroom, agricultural education and…

• School board votes to advance HS renovation/construction project

  The Penn Manor board of school directors voted 7-1 Jan. 7 to advance the high school renovation and construction project. The board approved the notice of intent to award construction bids totaling $82.7 million for the project, which will replace major portions of the school and renovate others. New classroom, agricultural education and athletic wings will…

• HS students headed for state Future Business Leaders competition

  Ten Penn Manor High School students have qualified to compete at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Hershey in April. The students qualified by placing in the top three at the FBLA Region 18 Conference, held Dec. 18 at Cocalico High School. Penn Manor’s top finishers were: Max Forrey, first place,…

• Penn Manor/Hempfield team places second in HackHershey

  A team of students from Penn Manor and Hempfield was a top finisher in a statewide hacking competition held recently at Hershey High School.     Kyler Stigelman, Aidan Lewis and Tristen Martin of Penn Manor and Michael Pagano of Hempfield placed second overall in HackHershey, a 12-hour programming competition that attracted 21 student teams from across Pennsylvania.     The projects were judged on originality,…