Category: Awards

• 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…

• Former board members, superintendents honored at Leadership Dinner

  Former Penn Manor school board members and superintendents were honored Monday night for their service as Penn Manor hosted its biennial Leadership Dinner. Held in the Manor Middle School cafeteria, the event brought together former school directors and superintendents, including Dr. Elmer Berkebile, Penn Manor’s first superintendent following school consolidation, who served from 1967 to 1983. Other…

• Ed Foundation awards $55,000 in Penn Manor teacher Venture Grants

  Penn Manor students will be creating virtual tours of the Fulton Opera House, building robots for competitions, using drones to study agriculture and physics, and benefitting from the expertise of a visiting book illustrator and a professional actress under projects funded with Penn Manor Education Foundation Venture Grants. PMEF has awarded 47 grants totaling more…

• Manor FFA members earn gold at National Convention

  A group of Manor FFA members earned a gold medal in Poultry Evaluation at the National FFA Convention and Expo, held Oct. 24-27 in Indianapolis. The team of Sarah Bleacher, Renee Eshbach, Morgan Harnish and Megan Reen – all Penn Manor High School sophomores – placed 11th in the nation to earn the gold. Sarah and Renee…

• Seven Penn Manor students named to District, County Chorus    

  Seven Penn Manor High School students have qualified to participate in the Lancaster-Lebanon County Chorus Festival, and three have earned a spot in the PMEA District 7 Chorus Festival. Diane Imboden (soprano 2), True Herbert (bass 1) and Leilani Torres (alto 2), were named to District 7 Chorus after auditioning before judges Saturday. They were among the more than 700 students from schools spanning eight counties competing…

• Wert honored for 20 years of service to Penn Manor school board

  Congratulations to Donna Wert for being named to the Honor Roll of School Board Service for her 20 years serving on Penn Manor school board. Karen Devine, of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, presented Wert with a certificate of appreciation at Monday night’s school board meeting. Wert, a retired teacher who joined the all-volunteer board of school…

• Janae Beiler named Homecoming Queen for 2018

  Congratulations to Janae Beiler, who was crowned the 2018 Penn Manor High School Homecoming Queen. Janae was chosen from among the eight members of the Penn Manor homecoming court at halftime of the Oct. 5 football game against Cedar Crest High School. Last year’s queen, Sierra Echavarria, was on hand to pass down the crown…

• Four Manor FFA members earn Big E honors

  Four Manor FFA members have earned awards at the Eastern States Exposition, held Sept. 15 in Springfield, Mass. The dairy judging team of Austin Kolb, Alyssa Chalfant, Laurel Barley and Madeleine Denlinger placed third overall. In addition, Austin placed first and Alyssa placed sixth in the individual dairy judging competition. Austin also was honored as…