Category: Awards

• Rep. Smucker presents commendation to PA Teacher of Year Mrs. Raff

  

  Many thanks to U.S. Representative Lloyd Smucker, who visited the Pequea Elementary classroom of Elizabeth Raff, the 2022 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, on January 25 to observe her class and present her with a commendation. The congressman sat in on part of a lesson in which Mrs. Raff’s classroom was decorated like a spy…

• Fullerton elected president of the IU13 board of school directors

  

     Congratulations to Penn Manor school board member Dr. Joe Fullerton, who was recently elected president of the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 board of school directors.    IU13 is an education service agency that is governed by a 22-member board of directors that includes school board representatives from each of the 22 districts within IU13,…

• Penn Manor students earn awards at PA Thespian Conference

  

  Penn Manor students received several awards for their work during the PA Thespians State Conference, held December 3 and 4 at North Penn High School in Lansdale. Hannah Fogell received an All-Star Cast Member award for her portrayal of Mrs. Peacock in the recent Penn Manor production of “Clue.” Three students were named to the…

• 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…

• School board members honored for years of service to Penn Manor

  

  Congratulations to longtime Penn Manor school board member Dr. Richard Frerichs, who was honored by the school district and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association for his 24 years of service during his final school board meeting on November 15. Also honored during the meeting were school board members Chris Straub for 12 years of service…

• Manor FFA poultry team places among top 10 in nation

  

  Congratulations to the Manor FFA Poultry Evaluation Team, which placed in the top 10 nationally at the recent FFA National Convention.  The team of Lizzy Strickler, Jenna Smith, Carly Railing and Molly Gehr — all Penn Manor sophomores — earned a gold ranking and placed ninth out of 37 teams in the National Poultry Evaluation…

• 11 students qualify for County, District Chorus festivals

  

  Congratulations to the eleven students who have qualified to represent Penn Manor High School in the upcoming County and District Chorus festivals. Nine students — Nicole Chen, Ella Layton, Elizabeth Lebo, Grace Fafel, Paige Wall, Emily Witmer, Kaleb Kabakjian, Matthew Perkins and Max Ponton  —  have qualified for the Pennsylvania Music Educators District 7 Chorus…

• Jesselin Lopez and Charlie Gonzalez earn homecoming crowns

  

  Congratulations to Jesselin Lopez and Charlie Gonzalez, who were named Homecoming Queen and – for the first time at Penn Manor High School – King at halftime of Penn Manor’s homecoming football game October 22. Congrats, also, to the entire homecoming court, which raised more than $5,000 and collected numerous supplies for the Loft Community…

• Penn Manor middle and elementary schools earn U.S. News honors

  

  Five Penn Manor schools have been ranked among the top 10 public schools in Lancaster County and among the top 25 percent of public schools in Pennsylvania by U.S. News and World Reports. Manor Middle School was ranked No. 3, and Marticville Middle was ranked No. 7 of the 22 public middle schools in Lancaster…

• 53 students inducted into Penn Manor National Honor Society

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 53 new members during an induction ceremony September 22 at Penn Manor High School. The Penn Manor High School 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,…