Category: Awards

• High school students honored with Young Artists & Scholastic Art Awards

  

  The artwork for 19 talented Penn Manor High School art students was accepted into the Lancaster County Young Artists competition. Their art will be on display in downtown Lancaster as part of the Scholastic Art Awards and the Lancaster County Young Artists Awards exhibitions. Nine of the students were honored with Regional Scholastic Art Awards:…

• Eshleman’s Aliza Becker named Teacher of the Year Semi Finalist

  

  Eshleman Elementary School fifth-grade teacher, Aliza Becker, is one of 24 Semi Finalists for the 2027 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Award. Aliza was nominated by Elizabeth Raff, PMSD K-12 Learning Facilitator. She was notified of being selected as Semi Finalist on Tuesday, February 17. Becker studied education at Messiah University and received a middle…

• High schoolers honored for participation in National German Exam

  

  Nine Penn Manor High School students received medals for their participation in the annual AATG National German Exam (NGE). The students receiving the medals were from German 3 and AP German. They were tested on their comprehension of spoken and written German. There were a number of participating PM students from German 3 and German…

• PM students bring home multiple TSA awards

  

  Penn Manor students from the secondary schools are celebrating their accomplishments from the Technology Student Association Regional 2 Conference, held at Conestoga Valley High School on Saturday, January 24. All of the students qualified to compete at the Pennsylvania TSA Conference in April. The mission of TSA is to enhance personal development, leadership, and career…

• Outstanding Employee and Educator nominations now open

  

  If you know of a teacher or other staff member who goes out of his or her way to help students and support our schools, please consider nominating them for an Outstanding Educator/Employee Award. The deadline for nominations is Friday, March 13, 2026. Nominations will be accepted online only. You can access the nomination form…

• Middle schoolers compete at County Band Festival

  

  Students from Manor Middle School and Marticville Middle School participated in the 2026 LLMEA Middle School County Band Festival, hosted at Lampeter Strasburg High School on Saturday, January 31. The festival consisted of top-performing students from schools across Lancaster and Lebanon counties who were nominated by their school’s band directors. Participants rehearsed from 8:00 a.m.…

• Manor FFA students honored at Mid-Winter Convention

  

  A number of Manor FFA students were honored at the PA FFA Mid-Winter Convention which took place at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex. 18 members of Manor FFA received the prestigious Keystone FFA Degree. This is the highest number of state degree recipients the club has ever received. To qualify, the students had to participate…

• High school eSports team celebrates fall success

  

  Penn Manor High School eSports team concluded a stellar fall season following their performance at the conference finals. Playoff week for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic eSports Association (PIEA) came to a close during the beginning of December. The Penn Manor eSports teams finished their regular season with the following records: The PIEA playoff matches took place…

• Five represent PM in District 7 Choral Festival

  

  Five high school chorus students represented Penn Manor at the PMEA District 7 Choral Festival on January 9 and 10 at Boiling Springs High School. District 7 includes over 70 public and private schools spanning eight different counties. The Penn Manor festival singers, Rayn Andreychek, Matthew Palmeri, Kenedi Phelan, Noah Tuel, and Aiden Whitfield, were…

• Manor Middle School student earns Patriot’s Pen award

  

  An eighth-grader from Manor Middle School, Eileen Peachey, has won a scholarship award in the Patriot’s Pen essay contest. The annual essay contest is run through the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW). It encourages young minds to explore America’s history and modern society by writing an essay based on a patriotic theme chosen by the…