Category: Academics

• PMHS teacher publishes book tracing family’s 400-year history

  When Scott Hertzog was in the eighth grade, he interviewed his grandmother and created a family tree for a school genealogy project that sparked an interest in his family’s centuries-old farm outside Ephrata. Now, 30 years later, Hertzog has published an ambitious 330-page book that traces the history of the historic property, from the late 1600s to today, called “My…

• Manor FFA members earn multiple state awards

  Five teams of Manor FFA students placed in the top three in the recent Pennsylvania FFA Convention at Penn State University, with several students earning the right to compete regionally and nationally. The Penn Manor High School students competed in career development events to demonstrate their skills in several areas. Here are the results: Poultry…

• More than 400 in Class of 2017 receive diplomas

  More than 400 Penn Manor seniors earned their diplomas Tuesday night before family and friends during a joyous graduation ceremony for the Class of 2017. Held at Franklin & Marshall College, commencement celebrated the many accomplishments of the graduates, including state and national recognition in the fields of technology, performing arts, athletics and academics. Principal…

• New Literacy Outreach brings books to kids in their neighborhoods

  More than 50 children received 100 new books – and ice cream cones – as part of a new Literacy Outreach designed to keep students interested in reading over the summer. Funded by a $1,300 grant from Penn Manor Education Foundation, the program also exposed students to the Lancaster County Bookmobile and provided their parents…

• Penn Manor seniors receive 170 scholarships and awards

  Penn Manor High School seniors got a boost to their post-high school plans when members of the Class of 2017 received 170 scholarships and awards totaling $118,375 during the Senior Awards Ceremony on May 18. The honors included 44 scholarships and awards administered by Penn Manor Education Foundation totaling more than $50,000. Many thanks to the individuals, organizations and…

• Five students to speak at June 6 commencement

  Five student speakers have been named for Penn Manor High School’s 2017 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 6, at Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. They are Mark Battle, Christine Bye, Brooke DeBerdine, Danielle Althouse and Jordan Martzall. Mark, the son of Catherine and Thomas Battle of Lancaster, is class valedictorian.…

• Manor FFA members earn multiple awards at banquet

  Manor FFA members earned multiple awards at the chapter’s 57th annual banquet, held recently in the Penn Manor High School cafeteria. Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Gregory Hostetter and PA State FFA Officer Garrett Jenkins were the speakers at the event, which celebrated the hard work of chapter members during the school year. Members received the…

• PM staffer honored with ‘Impact of the Individual’ award

  Penn Manor School District’s director of technology, Charlie Reisinger, was honored today with the premiere of a video about his positive impact on the district’s students, teachers and staff. “Charlie Reisinger: Impact of the Individual,” a short film honoring Charlie, premiered this morning at the Red Hat Summit, a global open-source technology conference that attracted…

• Three from PMHS chosen for prestigious PA Governor’s School

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School students Nicholas Fafel, Emma Spearing and Vinny Vozzella, who were accepted into the prestigious Pennsylvania Governor’s School program for 2017. Emma, a sophomore, will attend the Governor’s School for Global & International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh June 18 to July 14. Her program will include lectures on human rights…

• District shares schematic designs for Penn Manor HS

  Nearly 40 people turned out, despite the rain, to see schematic design proposals for the Penn Manor High School construction and renovation project Tuesday night. The district plans to rebuild the high school on its current site beginning in the summer of 2019 in a project that is expected to take three years to complete…