Category: Alerts

• 32 teachers and professional staff hired for 2023-2024 school year

  

  The Penn Manor family now has 32 new members! Please join us in welcoming the 28 new teachers, two school psychologists, a counselor and a librarian who have joined the Penn Manor professional staff for the 2023-2024 school year. Penn Manor welcomed these new employees during New Teacher Orientation, held Aug. 8 through 10 at…

• Penn Manor High School Dedication Weekend is April 14-16

  

  Please join us in celebrating the completion of the Penn Manor High School project during Dedication Weekend, April 14-16. The high school will host several events that weekend to thank the community for its patience and support during the project and to formally dedicate the school. Activities will include: Thursday, April 13, through Sunday, April…

• Winter weather notification procedures for 2022-2023

  

  As we enter the winter season, we want to remind parents/guardians of the procedures Penn Manor will follow in announcing changes to our school schedule caused by inclement weather. School closings and delays will be posted on the district website and Twitter feed and shared with Lancaster Newspapers and local radio and television stations before…

• Meet the Penn Manor leadership team on November 10 & 14

  

  Community members are invited to meet Penn Manor’s new superintendent, Dr. Phil Gale, and the district’s leadership team during community meetings scheduled for Thursday, November 10, and Monday, November 14, at Penn Manor High School. In addition to introducing themselves to participants, district staff members will share important information about Penn Manor School District and…

• All Penn Manor schools to offer free breakfasts beginning October 3

  

  Beginning Monday, October 3, all Penn Manor students will be eligible for free breakfasts under a state-funded Universal Free Breakfast initiative that will continue through the end of the 2022-2023 school year. This program does not include free lunches, and families are still encouraged to apply for free and reduced-price meal benefits to qualify for…

• Families need to apply for free and reduced-price meals

  

  Penn Manor School District has, for the past two years, provided breakfast and lunch free of charge to all students. For the upcoming school year, the waivers that enabled school districts to offer free meals during the pandemic have expired.  This means that families that want to receive meals free of charge in the 2022-2023…

• Families need to apply now for free and reduced-price meals for 2022-2023

  

  Penn Manor School District has, for the past two years, provided breakfast and lunch free of charge to all students. For the upcoming school year, the waivers that enabled school districts to offer free meals during the pandemic have expired.  This means that families that want to receive meals free of charge in the 2022-2023…

• School board approves hiring of Dr. Gale as superintendent 

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has unanimously approved the hiring of Dr. Phil Gale as the new superintendent of Penn Manor School District, effective July 1, 2022. At its April 11 meeting, the school board approved a five-year contract with Dr. Gale, currently assistant superintendent for secondary education. He will be paid $185,000…

• School board recommending Dr. Phil Gale for Penn Manor superintendent

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors is recommending the appointment of Dr. Phil Gale as the new superintendent of Penn Manor School District, effective July 1, 2022. Dr. Gale, currently Penn Manor’s assistant superintendent for secondary education, was selected from three finalists who were interviewing for the position. The school board will formally vote…

• Pequea’s Elizabeth Raff named PA Teacher of Year for 2022

  

  Pequea Elementary sixth-grade teacher Elizabeth Raff has been named the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year for 2022! Mrs. Raff, a teacher at Pequea since 2014, was selected from 12 finalists who participated in the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Conference, held in Hershey from December 5 through 7. “We are thrilled that she is being…