Category: Community Announcements

• 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…

• Penn Manor hires HR director, approves principal changes

  

  The Penn Manor school board has approved the hiring of a new human resources director and appointed an interim dean of students at Hambright Elementary School. The new HR director is Courtney Kunes, who replaces Theresa Chiodi, who was with Penn Manor since March 2016.  Kunes is currently director of human resources and Title IX…

• Winter weather notification procedures 2023-2024

  

  As we approach the winter season, we want to remind parents/guardians of the procedures Penn Manor will follow in announcing changes to our school schedules caused by inclement weather. School closings and delays will be posted on the district website and X (Twitter) feed and shared with Lancaster Newspapers and local radio and television stations…

• Penn Manor Productions to present fall play Nov. 17 and 18

  

    Penn Manor Productions will present the fall play, Puffs – or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic, by Matt Cox, on November 17 and 18 in the high school auditorium.    Showtimes are 7:30 both nights, and tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for students. You can purchase them…

• Fall Fest to be held September 27 in HS gym

  

  Penn Manor High School will host Fall Fest from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, September 27, in the auxiliary gym. The event will include food trucks, an obstacle course, bounce house and games for all ages, including frisbee toss, corn hole, ladder golf, football toss, disc golf and a duck pond. Several student clubs will…

• Penn Manor’s longtime CFO Chris Johnston is retiring

  

  Penn Manor is bidding farewell to a beloved staff member, Chief Financial Officer Chris Johnston, who retires June 30. Johnston joined the Penn Manor staff in January of 1996 as assistant business manager and was named business manager in 2004. He has been CFO since 2022. “Chris has been a man of integrity and has…