Category: Academics

• 2025-2026 school year begins on Monday, August 25

  

  We’re excited to welcome all students back to Penn Manor on Monday, August 25, for the start of the 2025-2026 school year. Students K-8 will follow a regular schedule on […]

• Superintendent Gale shares back-to-school message

  

  Superintendent Dr. Phil Gale shares an encouraging message to the district in anticipation for the new school year. The first day of school is Monday, August 25, 2025. We look […]

• Penn Manor welcomes new teaching professionals for 2025-2026

  

  Twenty-nine professional educators are joining the Penn Manor family for the 2025-2026 school year. New Teacher Orientation took place the week of August 4 at Penn Manor High School. The […]

• Sixteen PM students participate in German American Partnership Program exchange

  

  Throughout the fall of 2024, 15 exchange students from Lahntalschule, located in Hessen, Germany, were hosted by Penn Manor families.  The Penn Manor students raised money to show the exchange […]

• Barney Peace named Secondary Science Teacher of Year

  

  Penn Manor High School science teacher Barney Peace has been named the 2024-2025 Secondary Science Teacher of the Year by Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 and the Lancaster County STEM […]

• Senior publishes first novel, “Susquehannock”

  

  Penn Manor senior Robert Ethan White has accomplished something that few high school students ever do: he wrote and published his own novel. Working under the direction of English teacher […]

• Freshmen learn about STEM jobs during two-day STEM Summit

  

  Penn Manor ninth-graders got to work with their hands – and their brains – as they completed activities in the high school gymnasium during the 2025 STEM Summit. Held February […]

• Penn Manor juniors learn personal financial lessons during REAL Life

  

  “I’m $6,000 in debt!” and “I’m broke!” were just a few of the comments Penn Manor High School juniors made this week as they learned practical financial lessons through engaging […]

• Middle school students learn about trades during ‘Construction Wars’

  

  Twenty Penn Manor middle schoolers learned about the construction industry directly from professionals in the field by attending “Construction Wars,” a career exploration event held October 15 through 17 at […]

• Sixteen PMHS students earn national academic awards

  

  Fifteen Penn Manor seniors have recently been honored with national awards for academic achievement. David Ferre, James Helm and Gavin Roberts were named National Merit Scholarship Commended Students for being […]