Category: Academics

• 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…

• PM’s agriculture program named tops in PA

  

  Penn Manor High School’s agricultural education program has been named the Outstanding Secondary Program in Pennsylvania by the state Association of Agricultural Educators. The program, which enrolls about 250 students, is now in the running for national recognition. The state award “is a testament to the dedication and teamwork of our teachers and the hard work…

• PMHS students honor mothers — in Spanish

  

  Students in a Penn Manor High School Spanish class delivered an unusual Mother’s Day greeting Friday when they read their moms original poems about motherhood – in Spanish. The mothers were invited to class to hear their children’s poetry and to receive a red rose, along with hugs from their kids. Twelve pupils in Katharine Rodriguez’s…

• Penn Manor HS earns Governor’s Academic Award

  

  Penn Manor High School’s strong academic performance in a new state assessment has earned it a prestigious honor. The high school was named a recipient of the Governor’s Award for Excellence in Academics for scoring more than 90 points on the Pennsylvania School Performance Profile assessment system. The school earned 91.8 points out of a…

• 1:1 laptop distribution under way

  

  After months of planning and preparation, the computers are finally in the hands of Penn Manor High School students! About half of the 1,725 Acer laptops being provided under the 1:1 Student Laptop Program had been distributed as of Wednesday morning. The distribution will continue through Thursday, January 30. Every student is receiving a custom-designed…