Category: Community

• Two Penn Manor students to participate in All-State Music Festival

  

  Two Penn Manor High School students have qualified to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s All-State Music Festival. Senior Grace Fafel has qualified to perform in the All-State Chorus Concert as an alto 1 through her vocal all-state audition following regional chorus. Junior Nicole Chen has qualified to accompany the concert band on piano…

• Fifteen Penn Manor students receive Young Artists & Scholastic Art Awards

  

  The artwork of 15 talented Penn Manor High School students will be on display beginning March 12 in downtown Lancaster as part of the Scholastic Art Awards and the Lancaster County Young Artists Awards exhibitions. The Penn Manor students won awards in one or both of the competitions, with several students earning multiple awards. In…

• Masks no longer required on Penn Manor school buses

  

  Masks are no longer required to be worn on Penn Manor school buses, according to new guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The CDC announced that it is “exercising its enforcement discretion to not require that people wear masks on buses or vans operated by public or private school systems, including early care and…

• Seven PMHS students qualify for Regional Chorus Festival

  

    Seven Penn Manor students have been selected to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association’s Region V Chorus Festival in March.    Elizabeth Lebo (soprano 2), Paige Wall, Emily Witmer and Grace Fafel (alto 1); Kaleb Kabakjian (bass 1); and Nicole Chen (piano accompanist) all qualified to participate in the regional festival, to be…

• Penn Manor esports team wins state title

  

  Congratulations to the Penn Manor High School Rocket League varsity esports team, which won the state championship February 3 with a 3-0 win over Coatesville High School. The team of Tyler Moore, Seth Lyter, Nate Mintzer, and Alex Rivera finished the winter season with a 9-0 record and the Pennsylvania Scholastic Esports League state title.…

• Dr. Leichliter announcement to the community: Post-Penn Manor plan

  

  Dr. Mike Leichliter shared the following announcement and news with the Penn Manor School District community on Saturday, February 5, 2022.

• 21 student athletes honored at Penn Manor’s National Signing Day

  

  Penn Manor hosted a National Signing Day ceremony February 2 to honor 21 high school seniors who plan to participate in collegiate sports next fall. The group has an average GPA of 3.67 and includes several multi-sport athletes and students who are involved in a wide range of co-curricular activities in addition to sports, including Aevidum,…

• Rep. Smucker presents commendation to PA Teacher of Year Mrs. Raff

  

  Many thanks to U.S. Representative Lloyd Smucker, who visited the Pequea Elementary classroom of Elizabeth Raff, the 2022 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year, on January 25 to observe her class and present her with a commendation. The congressman sat in on part of a lesson in which Mrs. Raff’s classroom was decorated like a spy…

• Updates on search for new Penn Manor superintendent

  

  School board recommends the hiring of Dr. Phil Gale as superintendent (4/4/22) Superintendent search timetable announced (2/10/22) The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has announced a timetable for the search process for Penn Manor’s next superintendent. Applications are being accepted until February 18 through Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13. Mike Leichliter, Penn Manor’s current superintendent,…

• Fullerton elected president of the IU13 board of school directors

  

     Congratulations to Penn Manor school board member Dr. Joe Fullerton, who was recently elected president of the Lancaster-Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 board of school directors.    IU13 is an education service agency that is governed by a 22-member board of directors that includes school board representatives from each of the 22 districts within IU13,…