Category: Academics

• National Honor Society welcomes 49 new members for 2023

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 49 new members during an induction ceremony October 11 at Penn Manor High School. The juniors qualified for induction by maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 4.0; for seniors the minimum was 3.85. NHS members also have to demonstrate the four pillars of…

• Penn Manor ag teacher spends month in Uganda under Fulbright-Hays program

  

  Many teachers broaden their skills over the summer, but few have gone as far as Mary Wurzbach – literally. The Penn Manor High School agricultural education teacher ventured to Africa to spend a month immersed in the culture and classrooms of Uganda, both teaching with and learning from her colleagues. Ms. Wurzbach was one of…

• Penn Manor senior earns rare perfect score on AP microeconomics exam

  

  It’s exceedingly rare for a student to earn a perfect score on an Advanced Placement exam, but a Penn Manor High School senior has done it.  Suren Clark is one of only 44 students from across the globe to achieve that feat on the AP Microeconomics test, out of about 96,000 students who took the…

• Penn Manor graduates earn American FFA Degrees  

  

     Recent Penn Manor graduates Madeleine Denlinger and Micah Frey have been honored with the American FFA Degree, the highest honor for a member of the FFA.   Maddy and Micah earned the honors as members of Manor FFA. Maddy graduated in 2019, and Michah graduated in 2020.    To qualify for an American Degree, members must earn…

• Penn Manor HS students earn College Board honors

  

  Five Penn Manor High School seniors have been honored with national recognition awards for academic achievement from the College Board. Gershom Magutu, Jireh Ellis, Londyn Scott and Slyvia Moenga each received a National African American Recognition Award, and Anayah Rosa received a National Hispanic Recognition Award. They are among 62,000 students from across the United States who…

• U.S. News ranks Penn Manor High School No. 2 in Lancaster County

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School students and staff for again earning top honors for their school from U.S. News & World Report. The magazine’s 2023 Best High Schools issue, released August 29, ranks Penn Manor High School No. 2 of the 18 high schools in Lancaster County included in the report. That’s an improvement…

• Penn Manor to host a Multilingual Family Night September 20

  

  Penn Manor will host a Multilingual Family Night on Wednesday, September 20, to assist families whose primary home language is not English. The event will be held from 6 to 7 p.m. at Manor Middle School, 2950 Charlestown Road, Lancaster. A team of teachers, translators and social workers will share information about about Penn Manor’s…

• Penn Manor kicks off the 2023-2024 school year

  

  Penn Manor schools opened their doors for more than 5,400 students on August 28 to kick off the 2023-2024 school year. This year’s opening went smoothly, according to Penn Manor superintendent Dr. Phil Gale, who is beginning his second year as Penn Manor’s top administrator. “There is great excitement on the first day of school as…

• Opening Day kicks off 2023-2024 school year for staff

  

  Penn Manor welcomed nearly 500 teachers and support staff back for the 2023-2024 school year on August 21 for Opening Day activities at Penn Manor High School.  This year’s theme was “Remix,” as staff members were encouraged to take a fresh look at what they do in our schools and think about what tweaks they…

• Public comment sought on school improvement plans for HS, Manor MS

  

  Penn Manor High School and Manor Middle School have been identified by the PA Department of Education as Targeted Support & Improvement (TSI) schools, based on data indicating some students did not meet academic targets.  In response, Penn Manor has developed proposed improvement plans designed to increase academic growth for students receiving EL (English language)…