Category: Awards

• PM students place in the top 10 in state TSA competition

     Eight Penn Manor students placed in the top 10, including two who qualified for national competition, at the recent Technology Student Association (TSA) State Conference at Seven Springs Resort.   The students were competing against more than 1,900 of the brightest STEM students from 130 TSA chapters across Pennsylvania in a variety of events…

• Penn Manor HS rated among top third of high schools in county

  

      Penn Manor High School is among the top third of high schools in Lancaster County in academics, according to a revised ranking system adopted by U.S. News & World Report.     Penn Manor was ranked sixth in Lancaster County among 18 public high schools and 105th in the state out of 677 high schools…

• Project helps Hambright teacher earn National Geographic certification

      Hambright Elementary School teacher Katie Lutz has been certified as a National Geographic Educator, thanks, in part, to a project that she and her fifth-graders completed to better understand the natural world around their school.    Called “The World in My Backyard,” the project uses virtual reality technology to tell the story of the…

• Math Bowl champs named for 2019

  Teams from three different Penn Manor elementary schools earned first-place trophies in the Math Bowl, a spirited competition involving students from all seven Penn Manor elementary schools in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. A team from Hambright Elementary earned the first-place trophy for fourth grade. Eshleman took the fifth-grade crown, and Central Manor was the…

• PM boys’ soccer team named Academic Award Winner

  Congratulations to the Penn Manor boys’ soccer team for being named an Academic Award Winner by the United Soccer Coaches. The 2017-2018 team was one of just 107 boys’ teams nationwide to receive the honor for maintaining a team grade-point average of 3.25 or better. The Comets easily exceeded that threshold, with an average GPA…

• Penn Manor’s Miller named to Technology Leadership Academy

  Penn Manor High School teacher Molly Miller has been named to the 21st Century Leadership Academy by the Council on Technology & Engineering Teacher Education (CTETE).     Miller is one of only six educators named a Leadership Academy Fellow and is the only public school teacher selected for the honor. The other fellows are university…

• 28 PM students qualify for state TSA competition

  Twenty-eight Penn Manor students have qualified to compete on the state level after their strong showing at the Technology Student Association regional conference Feb. 9 at Huesken Middle School. Ten students from Manor and Marticville middle schools and 20 Penn Manor High School students competed against their peers from Lancaster, Berks and Lebanon counties in…

• Penn Manor’s Fellenbaum named Outstanding PA Ag Teacher

  Penn Manor High School agricultural education teacher Neil Fellenbaum has been named Pennsylvania’s Outstanding Teacher by the Pennsylvania Association of Agricultural Educators.     Fellenbaum was nominated for the award by his peers and is now in contention for a national award. “I am very humbled to receive the award, considering there are so many great…

• Rep. Cutler visits Penn Manor HS classrooms

  State Rep. Bryan Cutler visited Penn Manor High School Jan. 24 to learn more about our programs and to congratulate Penn Manor’s Teacher of the Year finalist. Cutler visited the psychology classroom of Maria Vita, who was one of 12 finalists vying for the 2019 Teacher of the Year award. Cutler congratulated Ms. Vita, then…

• Penn Manor musicians earn district, regional honors

  Two Penn Manor High School students recently earned district and regional music honors. Penn Manor senior trumpet player Julia Young has been named to the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association Central Region Orchestra and Region V State Band. Garrison Webster earned a spot in the PMEA District 7 Jazz Festival, following an audition Jan. 18 that…