Category: Community

• Seven students earn top-10 finishes at state TSA conference

  

  Seven Penn Manor students placed in the top 10 in the state at the Pennsylvania Technology Student Association (TSA) State Conference, held April 17-20 in Seven Springs. Suren Clark was named state champion, with a first-place finish, in the Prepared Presentation event, during which he gave a 5-minute presentation with a slide deck on the…

• Eshleman student earns Hershey Story Museum writing award

  

  Congratulations to Eshleman Elementary School fifth-grader Teagan Collins, who recently earned an award in the Hershey Story Museum History Contest. Teagan placed second in the junior fiction category for her first-person story about a young girl’s experience on the Titanic.  Her entry was among the hundreds submitted by students in grades 5 through 8 from Lancaster,…

• Robotics team earns two top awards in Sea, Air & Land Competition

  

  Three Penn Manor High School students recently earned two top awards in a robotics competition at Millersville University. The team of Ben Thomas, Ethan Lama and Tyler Hudson placed first in the Air Division and second in the combined Air and Land Division of the Penn State/US Navy Sea Air & Land Robotics Competition, held…

• 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…