Category: Awards

• 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…

• Penn Manor student follows sister, plays in New Year’s Day Rose Parade

  When Elise Thyrum marched in the Rose Parade in Pasadena, California, on New Year’s Day, she was continuing a family tradition. Four years ago, Elise’s older sister, Emily, marched in the same band as part of the Rose Parade, an annual New Year’s Day event. Emily played the piccolo. Elise, a senior horn player, represented Penn…

• HS students headed for state Future Business Leaders competition

  Ten Penn Manor High School students have qualified to compete at the Future Business Leaders of America State Leadership Conference in Hershey in April. The students qualified by placing in the top three at the FBLA Region 18 Conference, held Dec. 18 at Cocalico High School. Penn Manor’s top finishers were: Max Forrey, first place,…

• Penn Manor/Hempfield team places second in HackHershey

  A team of students from Penn Manor and Hempfield was a top finisher in a statewide hacking competition held recently at Hershey High School.     Kyler Stigelman, Aidan Lewis and Tristen Martin of Penn Manor and Michael Pagano of Hempfield placed second overall in HackHershey, a 12-hour programming competition that attracted 21 student teams from across Pennsylvania.     The projects were judged on originality,…

• PM students to participate in county, district music festivals

  More than two dozen Penn Manor students have been selected to participate in upcoming county and district band, orchestra and chorus festivals. Here are the festivals and the participating students: Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association Middle School County Band South Festival, Jan. 19 at Lampeter-Strasburg HS.     Jerica Strohmeyer, Lexi Wilson, Allison Burkholder, Drew Lebo, Abigale…

• Ms. Vita honored as finalist for Teacher of the Year award

  Congratulations to Maria Vita, who was honored this weekend as a finalist for Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year award for 2019. Vita, who has taught at Penn Manor since 2003, was one of 12 finalists who participated in the Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Conference in Hershey. She was introduced at the conference by former…

• PM’s Slates earns regional Outstanding Early Career Teacher award

  Penn Manor agricultural education teacher Meagan Slates has been honored as the Outstanding Early Career Teacher for the Northeastern United States. Slates, who has taught at Penn Manor for four years, earned the award – one of only six in the nation – from the National Association of Agricultural Educators during its annual convention in…