Category: Academics

• Two PM schools earn ‘High Achievement’ honors

  Two Penn Manor schools have been honored by the state Department of Education as “High Achievement” schools, based on improvements in student academic performance. Manor Middle School and Penn Manor High School are among only four schools in Lancaster County and fewer than 90 schools statewide to be designated “Reward High Achievement Schools.” They qualified…

• Manor FFA members earn national awards

  

  Manor FFA and several of its members earned national awards recently at the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky. Three members who graduated from Penn Manor High School in 2012 – Tyler Bauman, Alex Cantey and Caleb Hess – received the American FFA Degree. Less than 1 percent of all FFA members earn that recognition,…

• School Performance Profiles released

  

  Penn Manor schools had mixed results on School Performance Profile academic measures released this week by the state Department of Education. The district’s secondary schools posted gains from last year, while elementary school scores declined. Of note, Manor Middle School received the highest SPP score (89.6) of all middle schools in Lancaster County. SPP scores…

• PA Secretary of State addresses PM students

  

  Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele visited Penn Manor High School Thursday to talk to students about the importance of voting. Aichele heads the Pennsylvania Department of State, which administers Pennsylvania’s electoral process and oversees the licensing of nearly 1 million business, health care and real estate professionals. She urged students who are eligible…

• PM dedicates the new Hambright ES

  

  With the ringing of a historic bell, Penn Manor School District dedicated its new Hambright Elementary School Sunday before a crowd of more than 100 dignitaries and other guests gathered in the school’s bright, airy multipurpose room. Millersville University President Dr. John Anderson was keynote speaker for the ceremony, which marked the opening of the first…

• Crowther earns PA technology education honor

  

  Penn Manor technology education teacher Nick Crowther has received the Elementary Teacher Excellence Award from the Technology and Engineering Educators Association of Pennsylvania. He was nominated for the award by Krista Cox, principal of Eshleman Elementary School, where Crowther teaches applied engineering to students in grades one through six. He also teaches at Letort Elementary…

• Students, parents get first glimpse of Hambright

  

  More than 200 students, parents and family members got to explore Penn Manor’s brand-new school Thursday as Hambright Elementary School hosted an orientation prior to Monday’s start of the new year. Visitors got to tour classrooms in the school’s three color-coded wings, meet teachers, administrators and other staff and check out the brightly lit music and art…

• Penn Manor welcomes new staff members

  

  Penn Manor School District welcomed more than 30 new teachers and nurses to its staff this week during induction activities at the high school. Eleven secondary teachers have joined the staff for the 2014-15 school year, along with 18 elementary teachers and two elementary nurses. The new staffers were hired this summer following the retirement of…

• PMHS seniors earn 150 scholarships/awards

  

  Penn Manor High School seniors received more than $104,000 worth of scholarships and awards during a May 22 Senior Awards Ceremony in the high school auditorium. In total, 150 scholarships and awards were presented to 88 members of the Class of 2014. The top award recipients were Laura Bleacher, with 10; Chloe Vassot with nine; Coleman Hauber,…

• Sixth speaker added for June 3 commencement

  

  A sixth speaker has been added to the program for Penn Manor High School’s 2014 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 3, at Franklin & Marshall College’s Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. The new speaker is Laura Bleacher, the co-salutatorian, along with Justin Gaukler, of the Class of 2014. Lauren Longenecker has been named…