Category: Awards

• Penn Manor’s Miller named Secondary STEM Teacher of Year

  Penn Manor technology education teacher Molly Miller has been named the Secondary STEM Teacher of the Year by the Lancaster County STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Alliance. Miller, who teaches Honors Engineering Principles, AP Computer Science, Applied Science and Exploring Tech courses at Penn Manor High School, was nominated for the award by assistant…

• Three-time state champion bowlers honored at Capitol

  The Penn Manor boys’ bowling team was honored May 22 by members of the state Legislature for earning a third straight state bowling title this season. Team members visited the Senate chambers, where they were honored for winning the state championship in March by defeating Wilson, 2-1. It was the third state title in a…

• Slates named Pennsylvania Outstanding Early Career Teacher

  Penn Manor agricultural education teacher Meagan Slates has been named recipient of the Pennsylvania Outstanding Early Career Teacher Award. Slates, who has taught at Penn Manor for four years, earned the award from the National Association of Agricultural Educators. The award was established to encourage young teachers to remain in the profession and recognize participation in…

• Five to speak at Penn Manor commencement June 6

  Five student speakers have been named for Penn Manor High School’s 2018 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 6, at Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. The speakers are Nicholas Fafel, Aniah Washington, Joshua Adams, Blake Martin and Kevin Ward. Nicholas, the son of Steve and Vicki Fafel of Conestoga, is class…

• Penn Manor Quiz Bowl team headed to national tournament

  Penn Manor High School’s Quiz Bowl team is headed for national competition after compiling an impressive 15-3 record this season. The team of sophomore Connor Mayers, juniors Sean Moore and Chad Hoglund and senior Kevin Ward will compete in the High School Quiz Bowl National Championship Tournament May 26-29 in Atlanta. But before they head…

• Penn Manor’s Nick Fafel, Alyssa Schriver earn Brackbill Awards

  For only the second time in 30 years, two student athletes from the same high school have earned the prestigious A. Landis Brackbill Scholar-Athlete Award, which this year goes to Nick Fafel and Alyssa Schriver of Penn Manor High School. The award is given annually to a male and female senior student-athlete who maintains a…

• Coaches Association names Soto Field Hockey Coach of the Year  

  Penn Manor coach Matt Soto has been named Field Hockey Coach of the Year by the National High School Coaches Association. “We are extremely pleased to honor Coach Soto,” said Eric Hess, Executive Director of the Association. “Coach Soto has not only established Penn Manor as one of the top programs in Pennsylvania, but also as…

• PMHS earns fourth straight Silver Medal, No. 1 ranking in county

  For the fourth year in a row, Penn Manor High School has been honored with a Silver Medal from U.S. News & World Report and is ranked the No. 1 high school in Lancaster County! Penn Manor is ranked No. 36 in Pennsylvania, and No. 1,335 in the United States, based on the magazine’s 2018…

• Manor MS student earns Scholastic Writing poetry award

  Manor Middle School eighth-grader Ella Layton has earned a Scholastic Writing Award for a collection of poems she wrote over the past year. Ella chose five poems – “Unsaid,” “Hesitation,” “Bind,” “Paradise” and “Mess” — to submit to the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition. She earned a Silver Key, the second-highest award, for the…

• Penn Manor honors 2018 retirees, Outstanding Educators & Employee

  Penn Manor honored 18 retirees with nearly 450 years of  combined service May 2 during the 39th annual Employee Recognition Dinner in the high school cafeteria. Attendees watched a video presentation of comments (plus one song-and-dance number!) by 12 of the retirees — Jeff Roth, Marilyn Springer, Donna Brady, Anne Butterfield, Cheryl Dearolf, Frank Dell’Estate, Sue Frese,…