Category: Community

• Penn Manor hosts German Student Day with three other schools

  

  Penn Manor welcomed nearly 100 students to the high school on April 16 to celebrate all things  German during German Student Day. German language students from Penn Manor, Garden Spot, Cocalico and Conestoga Valley High Schools came together to play games, learn German folk dances and share a lunch of  traditional German foods. The games…

• Students clean up Penn Manor community for Day of Caring

  

  Nearly 100 members of the Penn Manor National Honor Society (NHS) are helping clean up their community, both indoors and out, as part of the Penn Manor Day of Caring.  On April 6, 50 students picked up litter, sticks and leaves and weeded sidewalks and curbs around the high school track and field area and…

• GIANT donates $3,700 to support Penn Manor food service program

  

    The GIANT Company has donated more than $3,700 to support the nutritional needs of Penn Manor students.   The donation was generated through the “GIANT Feeding School Kids Program,” during which customers were asked to round up their grocery purchases to the nearest dollar or convert their CHOICE Rewards points to grocery dollars.   GIANT matched these…

• Public input sought on Penn Manor superintendent’s performance

  

  Members of the Penn Manor Board of School Directors are seeking input from the public regarding the performance of Superintendent Dr. Phil Gale through this survey. The survey deadline is April 23. Here is a letter from the board to the Penn Manor community: Dear Community Member, As we continue our commitment to transparency and…

• Eclipse guidance for Monday, April 8

  

  A solar eclipse is a wondrous natural event, and we want to ensure that Penn Manor students and staff have a safe and enjoyable experience on Monday, April 8. During the eclipse, we will experience a period of diminished light, similar to twilight, beginning at 2:06 p.m. and peaking at 3:22 p.m. before ending at…

• HS senior writes, publishes fantasy novel in writing class

  

  All her life, Aila Vinn had been taught to fear the Exceptionals, a group of people who possessed otherworldly powers that made them a threat to others. But on her 16th birthday, Aila wakes up to find an “X” on her hand, a mark that she, too, is an Exceptional. Thus unfolds the plot of…

• U.S. Rep Smucker honors tech education teacher

  

  U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker stopped by Penn Manor High School March 25 to congratulate technology education teacher Dr. Molly Miller on her appointment as president-elect of the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association. Dr. Miller is serving one year as president-elect before assuming the presidency of the association in March 2025. The organization promotes the…

• Penn Manor HS store now selling merchandise online 

  

  Penn Manor High School’s student-run store is now filling orders for Penn Manor merchandise online via the new Comet Corner website. The site was created by Penn Manor students, led by senior Nicole Foutz, who learned to use Google Sites to create each merchandise display page, link them together and create an online order form. Nicole did…

• Tractors are the stars as high school kicks off Ag Week

  

  In honor of National Agriculture Week (March 17-24), Penn Manor High School held a Drive Your Tractor to School Day on March 18. A dozen rigs of all shapes and sizes arrived at the high school around 8 a.m. and were on display throughout the day as students stopped by to learn about the machines.…

• 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…