Category: Awards

• Manor FFA members earn Keystone Degrees, jackets

  

  Ten senior members of Manor FFA received their Keystone Degrees at the Pennsylvania FFA Mid-Winter Convention, held in January. To qualify, the students had to participate in five school/service activities outside of the FFA chapter, complete over 25 hours of community service, and work 300 hours in a Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE) or invest $1,000…

• Nominees sought for Outstanding Educator /Employee

  

  Penn Manor has many outstanding teachers and staff members, and you can nominate them for the recognition they deserve through the Outstanding Educator/Employee Awards program. The school district will present the 2024-2025 awards for Outstanding Elementary Educator, Outstanding Secondary Educator and Outstanding Employee in May 2025. Nominations for these awards are being accepted through March…

• Three athletes, one coach and bowling team headed for Wall of Honor Jan. 10

  

  Penn Manor will induct three outstanding former student athletes, one coach and an athletic team into its Athletic Wall of Honor during a dinner and ceremony on January 10. This year’s inductees will include these individuals and teams: Jennifer Bradley (Class of 2009) was named All American, All League, and All State in field hockey…

• High school gym named in honor of Harry Frey

  

  Former players, colleagues and students of longtime Penn Manor coach and gym teacher Harry Frey packed the high school gymnasium December 6 to mark its renaming in honor of Coach Frey, who died December 9. Frey, 84, taught physical education for 41 years at Penn Manor and spent 30 years coaching the Comets’ mens’ and…

• PMEF awards grants totaling more than $35,000 to teachers, principals

  

  Many thanks to Penn Manor Education Foundation for awarding 19 Venture Grants to our teachers and principals totaling $35,414 for fall 2024. The grants will enable students to participate in educational field trips to Ellis Island, Gettysburg National Military Park, Fulton Theatre, Zoo America, and Kelly’s Run Nature Preserve. Other grants are funding world drumming…

• All Penn Manor elementary, middle schools earn ‘Best Schools’ designation

  

  All Penn Manor elementary and middle schools have earned a “Best Schools” designation from U.S. News & World Reports in the magazine’s latest school rankings, released November 14. Our schools earned the honors for placing among the top 40 percent of all schools in Pennsylvania, based on academic measures. Conestoga Elementary was ranked 146th of…

• High school gym to be named in honor of Coach Frey Dec. 6

  

  Penn Manor’s high school gymnasium will be named in honor of Harry Frey, a former longtime Penn Manor teacher and distinguished coach, in a ceremony on December 6. Coach Frey taught physical education for 41 years for Penn Manor and spent 30 years coaching the Comets’ mens’ and womens’ basketball, mens’ soccer and baseball teams.…

• Penn Manor Marching Unit earns honors in national competition

  

  The Penn Manor Marching Unit recently had a strong showing in the USBands Open Class National Championships, held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Penn Manor placed eighth overall among the 13 bands competing in the Group 3 Open Class of the competition on November 2. In the category of Individual Music and Percussion, the…

• FFA members receive gold and silver national awards

  

  Eight Manor FFA members earned gold and silver awards and five members earned American FFA Degrees at the National FFA Convention and Expo, held October 23 to 26 in Indianapolis. Agronomy Career Development EventThe agronomy team won a silver medal overall, and Ryan Brenneman won a gold. The other members, Nathaniel Frey, Weston Shertzer and…

• Ten PMHS students selected for District 7 Chorus

  

  Ten Penn Manor High School students have been selected to participate in the District 7 Chorus Festival in February, based on their performance during auditions held October 26. The auditions included students from 70 public and private schools spanning eight different counties – Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York.  The Penn Manor…