Category: Awards

• Students earn Science & Engineering Fair awards

  

  Two Penn Manor students recently won awards at the North Museum Science & Engineering Fair, held March 6 and 7 at Millersville University. High school senior Corinne Smith placed second in the Animal and Behavioral Science Division with her project titled “Fruit Flies’ Susceptibility to Becoming Addicted to Ethanol.” Corinne was competing for the second…

• Nineteen Penn Manor students honored with Lancaster County Young Artists Awards

  

  Nineteen talented Penn Manor students have earned 36 honors in the Lancaster County Young Artists Awards competition for 2024. Their work will be on display from March 8 to April 7 at Lancaster Museum of Art, 135 N. Lime St., Lancaster. Jason Joniec earned a gold medal for his photography portfolio, along with two individual…

• Suren Clark named National Merit finalist

  

  Penn Manor senior Suren Clark has been named a National Merit Scholarship finalist. He is among the 15,000 students who qualified for this honor from among the nearly 1.3 million students who took the qualifying exam. About 7,500 students are expected to win a National Merit Scholarship award. More than 7,800 scholarships with a combined…

• Sen. Martin honors Manor FFA national award winners

  

  State Sen. Scott Martin visited Penn Manor High School February 9 to honor three groups of students who won awards at the FFA National Convention. The students, all Manor FFA members, earned gold or silver medals at the FFA National Convention and Expo, held October 30 to November 4 in Indianapolis. Sen. Martin presented certificates…

• Nine PMHS students selected for Region V Chorus Festival

  

  Nine Penn Manor High School students have been selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s Region V Chorus Festival next month. The students are Bailey Floyd (alto 1), Ava Wolfersberger (alto 2), David Ferre (tenor 1), James Helm (bass 2), Cameron Thorne and Andrew Lebo (tenor 2), and Kaleb Kabakjian, Christian Lapp, and…

• Penn Manor students qualify for state competition in 15 TSA events

  

  Penn Manor middle and high school students qualified for state competition in 15 different events at a recent Technology Student Association conference, where our students placed first in five events. In all, 25 Penn Manor students competed in the Pennsylvania TSA Region 2 Conference, held January 27 at Conestoga Valley High School. About 350 TSA…

• Penn Manor receives $3,000 TangerKids grant

  

  Many thanks to Tanger Outlets for donating $3,000 to Penn Manor through its TangerKids grant program. The money will be used to fund “Practice the Pause: Reset Your Mind,” a project to create “calming spaces” in each Penn Manor school where students can go to de-escalate when they are upset or frustrated. The grant is…

• Nominees sought for 2024 Outstanding Employee and Educator awards

  

  If you know of a teacher or other staff member who goes out of his or her way to help students and support our schools, please consider nominating them for an Outstanding Educator/Employee Award. The school district will present the 2023-2024 awards for Outstanding Elementary Educator, Outstanding Secondary Educator and Outstanding Employee later this year.…

• PM Education Foundation awards $38,000 in grants to teachers

  

  Penn Manor Education Foundation has awarded more than $38,000 worth of Venture Grants to district teachers to support innovative teaching during its fall 2023 funding cycle. The grants are funding such projects as the Cardboard Regatta STEM challenge, visits to local colleges, artists in residence, cellos and musical instrument repair supplies, field trips, chicken incubators,…

• For second straight year, a Penn Manor student earns top anti-litter photography award

  

  For the second year in a row, a Penn Manor High School student has won the top prize in a statewide photography contest designed to raise awareness about litter. Jason Joniec, a Penn Manor senior, earned a first-place award in the student category of the 2023 Gene Capaldi Lens on Litter Photo Contest, sponsored by…