Category: Awards

• Thirteen seniors participate in National Signing Day

  

  Family members and friends gathered Wednesday, Feb. 5, in the Penn Manor High School library to honor 13 seniors who will participate in collegiate sports next fall. The National Signing Day ceremony featured 13 student athletes who will participate in six different sports in college. The group has a cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 and includes…

• Penn Manor students earn county, district music honors

  

  Several Penn Manor high school and middle school students recently earned county and district honors in music. High School sophomore Maggie Eckroat and juniors Eleanor Helm and Evelyn Weaver have been selected to participate in the Lancaster Lebanon Music Educators Association County Orchestra Festival. Eleanor, a violinist, will perform with the Sinfonia group. Maggie, a…

• Manor FFA members earn Keystones, jackets at PA Farm Show

  

  Penn Manor High School students won several awards recently at the Pennsylvania Farm Show representing Manor FFA. Nine students – Cody Hurlburt, Darby Conrad, Kylie Kreider, Brenna McDevitt, Lauren Sensenich, Jolene Fields, Austin Kolb, Madeleine Denlinger and Renee Eshbach – earned Keystone Degrees. The Keystone is the fourth of five degrees FFA members can earn. …

• 17 PM students qualify for state Future Business Leaders conference

  

     Seventeen Penn Manor High School students have qualified to compete at the Future Business Leaders of America state conference in Hershey in April.    The students qualified by placing in the top two or three at the FBLA Region 18 Conference, held Dec. 18 at Cocalico High School. In addition to Penn Manor, students…

• PM Quiz Bowl team wins MT Academic Challenge

  

     Penn Manor’s varsity Quiz Bowl team outscored 21 other teams to take first place in the Manheim Township Academic Challenge, held Dec. 16 at Manheim Township High School.    The Penn Manor team of Max Keefer, Gabe McGough, Connor Mayers and Audrey Ritchie went 5-0 in the morning rounds and swept all three afternoon…

• Foundation awards $93,000 in grants to Penn Manor teachers

  

  Penn Manor Education Foundation has awarded a record $93,000 in Venture Grants to help teachers enhance learning opportunities for Penn Manor students. The grants will enable elementary students to create podcasts of immigrant families’ personal stories, help support a therapy dog for middle school students and add 3D printing pens, a CNC router and vertical…

• Letort recognized by U.S. Rep. Smucker for Blue Ribbon award

  

  U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker visited Letort Elementary School Wednesday to formally recognize students and staff for earning the 2019 National Blue Ribbon School award. Smucker presented Letort principal Carly McPherson with a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in recognition of Letort’s “incredible achievement and committment to educational excellence.” Smucker also presented a…

• Letort receives National Blue Ribbon honor in D.C. ceremony

  

  It’s official – Ann Letort Elementary School is 2019 National Blue Ribbon School! The school was formally honored Friday, Nov. 15, during a Blue Ribbon Schools ceremony at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., near Washington, D.C. Letort was honored, along with 361 other public and private schools, by the…

• Manor FFA teams place in the top 20 nationally

  

     Two teams of Manor FFA members placed in the top 20 nationally during the National FFA Convention & Expo, held Oct. 30 to Nov. 2 in Indianapolis.    The Manor FFA Dairy Cattle Evaluation and Management team of Colt Barley, Alyssa Chalfant, Madeleine Denlinger and Berkee Perry placed 8th in the nation, earning a…

• Leilani Torres named 2019 Homecoming Queen

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School’s 2019 Homecoming Queen, Leilani Torres. Leilani was chosen from among the eight members of the Penn Manor homecoming court at halftime of the Oct. 18 football game against Hempfield High School. Last year’s queen, Janae Beiler, passed down the crown during a ceremony on the field. Leilani is the…