Category: Awards

• Nineteen Penn Manor students selected for County Chorus

  

  Nineteen Penn Manor High School chorus students have been selected to participate in the Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association’s County Chorus Festival in January. The students qualified to perform in the ensemble following auditions on September 23 that included students from public and private schools in Lancaster and Lebanon Counties. The festival will be held on…

• 63 PMHS students inducted into National Honor Society

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 63 new members during an induction ceremony September 28 at Penn Manor High School. The juniors and seniors qualified for induction by maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.85 and demonstrating the four pillars of the NHS – scholarship, leadership, service and character.…

• Four Penn Manor HS seniors earn College Board national recognition

  

  Four Penn Manor High School seniors have been honored with national recognition awards from the College Board. Blessing Mmugambi and Gertrude Moenga received National African American Recognition Awards; Maximillian Ponton received a National Hispanic Recognition Award; and Wyatt Rohrer received a National Indigenous Recognition Award. They are among 62,000 students from across the United States…

• Penn Manor’s Hottenstein named PA’s 2022 Ambassador of School Safety

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor SRO Jason Hottenstein, who was recently named the 2022 Ambassador of School Safety by the Pennsylvania Association of School Resource Officers (PASRO). Officer Hottenstein was chosen for the award “for exemplifying the highest standards of school-based law enforcement” and for his service to Penn Manor students and the school community, according…

• Girls’ volleyball team earns Coaches Association Academic Award for sixth year in a row

  

  For the sixth year in a row, the Penn Manor girls’ varsity volleyball team has earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. The Comets also, for the fifth time, were named to the Team Academic Award Honor Roll for earning a cumulative grade-point average in the top 20 percent of…

• Manor FFA members earn top honors in state competition

  

  Three teams of Manor FFA members placed first or second in the recent Pennsylvania FFA Convention and Activities week, held June 7 through 9 at Penn State University.  The teams, all comprised of Penn Manor High School agricultural education students, participated in career development events (CDEs), competing against other teams from across the state in…

• 400 seniors earn Penn Manor diplomas at June 1 commencement

  

  A total of 400 members of the Penn Manor Class of 2022 received their diplomas Wednesday, June 1, before family and friends during a balmy outdoor ceremony at Millersville University’s Biemesderfer Stadium. It was the second year in a row that commencement was held outdoors and the final graduation ceremony for Mike Leichliter, who is…

• Class of 2022 receives more than $150,000 in scholarships, awards

  

  Members of the Penn Manor Class of 2022 received more than $150,000 in scholarships and awards during the 55th Annual Commencement Awards Ceremony, held May 19 at Penn Manor High School. A total of 98 students received 127 scholarships – including 66 awards administered through the Penn Manor Education Foundation – to assist them with…

• Senior student athletes, PM coaches honored with awards, scholarships

  

  More than 50 Penn Manor High School student athletes were honored May 12 during the Senior Sports Awards Social in the high school cafeteria. In all, more than 40 awards and scholarships were presented, including Coach of the Year to Megan Collins (girls’ basketball) and Assistant Coach of the Year to Cathy Riggs (softball). The top athletic awards went to: Outstanding Penn Manor Male and Female Athletes — Emily Riggs…

• Safe driving billboard designed by Penn Manor student

  

     A billboard designed by a Penn Manor High School student urging drivers to stay alert was unveiled Tuesday, May 17, along Route 462 (Columbia Avenue), near Donerville Road.    The billboard was designed by sophomore Kate Nikolaus as part of the “No Excuses Youth Traffic Safety Billboard Design Contest,” sponsored by State Farm Insurance…