Category: Awards

• PMEF awards $72,000 in grants to help teachers, students and families

  

     Penn Manor Education Foundation is helping to make learning in a pandemic a little less challenging for teachers and students.    The nonprofit organization has awarded more than $53,000 in teacher Venture Grants this year, most of them designed to ease the transition from in-person to remote learning and help keep students and staff…

• Hambright teacher to participate in Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship

  

  Congratulations to teacher Katie Harnish, who has been selected to participate in the Grosvenor Teacher Fellowship, a professional development opportunity made possible through a partnership between the National Geographic Society and Lindblad Expeditions. Harnish, who teaches fifth grade at Hambright Elementary School, is one of only 50 educators in the United States and Canada selected for the program. As a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow, she will embark on…

• 17 PMHS seniors participate in National Signing Day

  

  Penn Manor hosted a live-streamed National Signing Day ceremony February 3 to honor 17 high school seniors who plan to participate in collegiate sports next fall. The group has an average GPA of 3.82 and includes eight multi-sport athletes and students who are involved in a wide range of co-curricular activities in addition to sports, including…

• Manor FFA members earn Keystone Degrees and jackets at state convention

  

     Penn Manor High School students representing Manor FFA earned several awards recently at the Pennsylvania FFA Mid-Winter Convention.   Eight students – Jordan Arms, Amanda Baker, Rebecca Barley, Laurel Barley, Sarah Bleacher, Morgan Harnish, Berklee Perry, and Isabella Peters – earned Keystone Degrees.   The Keystone is the fourth of five degrees FFA members can earn…

• Penn Manor HS earns national honors for engineering & technology program

  

     Penn Manor’s Applied Engineering and Technology Education program has been honored with a national award, and faculty member Molly Miller has been cited as a leader in the field.    Penn Manor has received the Program Excellence Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association – the only high school technology/engineering program in…

• Three Penn Manor students qualify for PMEA District 7 Chorus Festival

  

  Congratulations to Grace Fafel, Nicole Chen and Paige Wall for qualifying to participate in the PMEA District 7 Chorus Festival. Grace and Paige both qualified as Alto 1s, and Nicole qualified as a piano accompanist for the festival, which is sponsored by District 7 of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. The three student musicians were among…

• Brooke Hinkle named Homecoming Queen; court raises $4,235 for Loft

  

  Congratulations to Brooke Hinkle, the 2020 Penn Manor High School Homecoming Queen. Brooke was crowned by last year’s queen, Leilani Torres, during a ceremony Thursday night in the high school gymnasium that featured Penn Manor cheerleaders and band members. Brooke was one of nine Penn Manor seniors vying for the title. The other members of…

• 12 Manor FFA members earn honors at local fairs

  

  Twelve members of the Manor FFA recently earned awards at youth livestock shows at the Solanco and West Lampeter Fairs. Here are the results: Solanco Fair Sheep: Chloe Perry was named Reserve Champion Showman, Light Heavyweight Champion, Reserve Heavyweight Champion, and Reserve Grand Champion; Jenna Smith was named Champion Showman, Heavyweight Champion and Grand Champion. …

• Trio honored as Employee, Educators of the Year

  

  Penn Manor would like to honor three staff members who were named the Outstanding Educators and Employees for the 2019-2020 school year. A 21-year veteran of Penn Manor, she is a former learning support teacher at Pequea Elementary School who previously served as a middle school girls’ basketball coach. Shawn is a physical education teacher…

• Penn Manor HS National Honor Society welcomes 47 new members

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 47 new members during an induction ceremony Sept. 30 at Penn Manor High School that was live-streamed to family members and friends. To qualify for induction, the Penn Manor High School juniors and seniors had to maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.85…