Category: Awards

• Three from PMHS chosen for prestigious PA Governor’s School

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School students Nicholas Fafel, Emma Spearing and Vinny Vozzella, who were accepted into the prestigious Pennsylvania Governor’s School program for 2017. Emma, a sophomore, will attend the Governor’s School for Global & International Studies at the University of Pittsburgh June 18 to July 14. Her program will include lectures on human rights…

• Penn Manor HS earns third straight silver award from U.S. News

  For the third 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 improved its state ranking from No. 35 last year to No. 26 for 2017, and is the top-ranked high…

• Penn Manor students named tops in state in TSA competition

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School students Trey Erisman and Bryce Eberly, the top finishers in the Problem-Solving Competition at the Technology Student Association State Conference, held April 19-22 at Seven Springs Resort. Kudos, also, to the eight other Penn Manor students who finished in the top 10 in the competition, which included more than…

• State champion bowling team honored by school board

  Penn Manor school board Tuesday honored coaches and members of the Penn Manor bowling team for earning a second straight state title. It was the first time in history that a Penn Manor athletic team won back-to-back state titles. The seven members of the team that competed at states – Nick Fisher, Tanner Simet, Kyle Shertz,…

• Penn Manor student meets Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai

  Penn Manor High School student Gisela Espinosa got the shock of her life when she was asked to participate in a panel discussion this week and walked in the room to find Malala Yousafzai, the internationally known advocate for girls’ education, as the guest participant. “I was already scared to speak in public, and then Malala walks in!” Gisela recalled. “I was…

• Bowling team earns second straight state title

  For the first time in history, a Penn Manor athletic team has won back-to-back state titles. The boys’ bowling team accomplished that feat when it beat Ephrata, 194 to 160, to earn the PIAA Bowling Championship title March 18 at Dutch Lanes in Ephrata. “It was more exciting to win the second one than the first…

• Roth Named Region V Athletic Director of the Year

  Penn Manor athletic director Jeff Roth has received yet another honor from his peers. Roth, who has served as Penn Manor AD since 2001, will be honored this week as Athletic Director of the Year for Region V of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Directors Association. Region V includes schools in Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata,…

• Penn Manor students earn scholarships to study abroad

  Two Penn Manor High School students, Callie Clonch and Kiera Kirchner, have earned scholarships that will enable them to study in France and Belgium next school year. The Speedwell Foundation Study Abroad Scholarships, totaling about $16,000 each, are offered each year to 20 Central Pennsylvania high school students. Callie, a sophomore, and Kiera, a junior, have…

• PMHS students earn high marks in TEAMS competition

  Penn Manor students placed second and fourth in two divisions of the Tests of Engineering Aptitude, Mathematics, and Science (TEAMS) competition, held Feb. 28 at Warwick High School. The theme of the competition was “Engineering the Environment,” and students had to answer 80 multiple-choice questions on such topics as smart cars, biomimetic fluid dynamics and…

• 32 PM students earn TSA technology honors

  Thirty-two Penn Manor students have qualified to compete on the state level after their strong showing at the Technology Student Association regional conference, held Feb. 11 at Conestoga Valley Middle School. Eleven Penn Manor middle school students and 28 high school students competed against their peers from Lancaster, Berks and Lebanon counties in more than…