Category: Academics

• Congratulations to the Class of 2012

  

  On June 5, 2012, 453 Penn Manor graduates received their diplomas. Valedictorian, Mikayla Herbert, and Salutatorian and Class President, Ellen Blazer, led the graduates into the  Franklin & Marshall Alumni Sports & Fitness Center. High School principal, Mr. Philip Gale, welcomed the students and their families and as well as special graduate, Mr. Philip Fisher,…

• Central Manor 2nd Graders Taste Test Indian Cuisine

  

  Mrs. Snyder’s second graders at Central Manor have been skyping with Miss Nithya, a journalist from Chennai, India.  The students have learned about the customs, foods and daily lives of the people of India during their skype sessions. The class had a food fair so they could taste some of the traditional foods. The chef…

• Morgan Flood to Appear on Jeopardy “Teen Challenge”

  

  Penn Manor High School junior Morgan Flood will appear on Jeopardy’s Teen Challenge episode on Thursday, May 3. Good luck, Morgan!  

• Kristen Longsderff wins National Art Award

  

  Penn Manor High School junior Kristen Longsderff created a ceramic piece featuring a rooster (pictured on the poster) and entered it in the Scholastic Art Awards and won a Gold Key award. The plate advanced in the competition and she was awarded a National Gold Key. Her work was then chosen for the National American…

• Congratulations to the Class of 2011

  

  The Class of 2011 graduated on Tuesday evening, June 7 in front of nearly 4,000 family and friends at the Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports & Fitness Center with hundreds more watching the live webcast.  427 graduates were presented with their diplomas and recognized for their achievements by Principal Philip Gale.  Senior Katie Maisel…

• Manor MS Student Excels on National Spanish Exam

  

  Emma Evarts, an 8th grade Spanish student at Manor Middle School, recently earned the highest individual score and Gold Honors on the National Spanish Exam for 2011. This national exam, sponsored annually by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, tests students in grades 6-12 on vocabulary and grammar achievement and reading and…

• Senior Ben Clark Meets President Obama

  

  As a finalist in the Intel Science Talent Search, Penn Manor senior Ben Clark and some of this fellow competitors were invited to the White House to meet President Obama. This competition is considered to be one of America’s elite high school research competitions.  There were 1, 744 high school seniors who entered their research.…

• Ben Clark Earns 1st Place at National Competition

  

  Senior Ben Clark earned 1st place and a $100,000 college scholarship at the national finals of the Siemens Competition in Washington D.C. this morning. The year’s highest science honor for high school students was awarded to Ben for his astrophysics research on star formation.  According to their website, “The Siemens Competition in Math, Science &…