Category: Awards

• 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…

• Four alumni, one sports team inducted into PM Athletic Wall of Honor

  Four individuals and one athletic team were inducted into the Penn Manor Athletic Wall of Honor during ceremonies in the high school January 18, 2019. This year’s inductees include:  Chas Alecxih (football), Greg Bervinchak (wrestling), Britney Clugston (field hockey), Aaron Dread (basketball) and the 2008 field hockey team. Chas Alecxih (Class of 2007) Chas Alecxih…

• Manor FFA members earn multiple awards at PA Farm Show

  Penn Manor High School students won several awards recently at the Pennsylvania Farm Show representing Manor FFA. Agriscience Fair Arilyn Tegtmeier-Oatman placed first in the state in the Animal Systems Division of the Agriscience Fair for her project on the effect of diet on blood glucose levels and weight gain in rats. Arilyn fed rats…