Category: Academics

• Class of 2018 receives $150,000 in scholarships, awards

  Penn Manor High School seniors got a boost to their post-high school plans when members of the Class of 2018 received 192 scholarships and awards totaling nearly $150,000 during the Senior Awards Ceremony on May 24. The honors included 61 scholarships and awards administered by Penn Manor Education Foundation totaling more than $61,000. Many thanks to the individuals, organizations…

• Penn Manor’s Miller named Secondary STEM Teacher of Year

  Penn Manor technology education teacher Molly Miller has been named the Secondary STEM Teacher of the Year by the Lancaster County STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Alliance. Miller, who teaches Honors Engineering Principles, AP Computer Science, Applied Science and Exploring Tech courses at Penn Manor High School, was nominated for the award by assistant…

• Slates named Pennsylvania Outstanding Early Career Teacher

  Penn Manor agricultural education teacher Meagan Slates has been named recipient of the Pennsylvania Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award. Slates, who has taught at Penn Manor for four years, earned the award from the National Association of Agricultural Educators. The award was established to encourage young teachers to remain in the profession and recognize participation in…

• Five to speak at Penn Manor commencement June 6

  Five student speakers have been named for Penn Manor High School’s 2018 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. The speakers are Nicholas Fafel, Aniah Washington, Joshua Adams, Blake Martin and Kevin Ward. Nicholas, the son of Steve and Vicki Fafel of Conestoga, is class…

• Penn Manor Quiz Bowl team headed to national tournament

  Penn Manor High School’s Quiz Bowl team is headed for national competition after compiling an impressive 15-3 record this season. The team of sophomore Connor Mayers, juniors Sean Moore and Chad Hoglund and senior Kevin Ward will compete in the High School Quiz Bowl National Championship Tournament May 26-29 in Atlanta. But before they head…

• Letort students, teachers sample augmented reality teaching tool

  Students and teachers at Letort Elementary School this week got to experience the potential of augmented reality in the classroom when they participated in Google for Education’s Augmented Reality Pioneer beta program. The school was selected to sample the new technology, which will enable insects, dinosaurs, volcanoes, earthquakes, planets and other objects to come alive before their…

• Penn Manor students use new technology to create virtual tour of Lancaster farming

  Penn Manor High School students have created a virtual reality tour using technology that will allow people from across the globe to learn about farming in Lancaster County. Penn Manor was chosen to participate in a beta project for Google Tour Creator, a new software program that enables schools and other institutions to create virtual…

• PMHS earns fourth straight Silver Medal, No. 1 ranking in county

  For the fourth year in a row, Penn Manor High School has been honored with a Silver Medal from U.S. News & World Report and is ranked the No. 1 high school in Lancaster County! Penn Manor is ranked No. 36 in Pennsylvania, and No. 1,335 in the United States, based on the magazine’s 2018…

• Manor MS student earns Scholastic Writing poetry award

  Manor Middle School eighth-grader Ella Layton has earned a Scholastic Writing Award for a collection of poems she wrote over the past year. Ella chose five poems – “Unsaid,” “Hesitation,” “Bind,” “Paradise” and “Mess” — to submit to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. She earned a Silver Key, the second-highest award, for the…

• Manor FFA members help kick off 10 Million Trees campaign

  Six Manor FFA members on April 24 helped kick off of an effort to plant 10 million trees over the next seven years to help reduce pollution into the Chesapeake Bay. The students gathered at a Manheim farm, along with state and federal officials, to plant the first 100 trees in the Keystone 10 Million…