Category: Community

• Important update on PA Dept. of Health face coverings order

  

  Please read this important update from Penn Manor superintendent Mike Leichliter regarding the face coverings order issued by the PA Department of Health for all schools and the process for seeking an exception. Effective September 7, 2021, the Acting PA Secretary of Health issued an order for all school entities requiring that all students wear…

• Penn Manor school board update on face covering order

  

  Penn Manor School District is providing an update on the required implementation of the Acting Secretary of Health’s face covering order, which took effect Tuesday, September 7, 2021. After meeting with legal counsel and listening to public comment, the school board approved the following action at its September 7 meeting: The district will extend until…

• Penn Manor students, staff kick off 2021-2022 year

  

  Penn Manor kicked off the 2021-2022 school year on Monday, August 30, with new faces in leadership roles at several schools and new spaces for students and staff to explore at the high school. A new humanities wing with about 50 English, social studies, foreign language, art and special education classrooms and studios has opened…

• Important updates for the start of 2021-2022 school year

  

  Please read the following letter from Penn Manor superintendent Mike Leichliter regarding procedures at our schools for the new year. Dear Penn Manor Families, We have a few updates to share with you as we approach the 2021-2022 school year, which begins on Monday, August 30, 2021.  PA Department of Education Health & Safety Plan:…

• Hundreds turn out to support fall athletics, band at 2021 Kickoff Classic

  

  Hundreds of Penn Manor fans braved the heat and turned out to cheer on members of the fall sports teams, marching unit and cheer squad during the 2021 Kickoff Classic, held August 25 at Comet Field. Prior to the event, food trucks from Au-Sam’s Trolley Stop, Dough Heads Stuffed Waffles and El Toro Barbacoa sold…

• Opening Day activities mark start of year for Penn Manor staff

  

  Penn Manor welcomed back more than 500 staff members for Opening Day activities at the high school on Monday, August 23, formally marking the start of the 2021-2022 school year. The first day of school for students is Monday, August 30. Teachers and staff enjoyed breakfast in the high school lobby before assembling in the new…

• Fowler named assistant principal at Penn Manor HS

  

  Mike Fowler, a former Penn Manor High School math teacher, has been named assistant principal at the high school. Mike worked as a math teacher from 2007 through the 2020-2021 school year, teaching primarily statistics and algebra. He also was an alternative education teacher. From 2012 to 2018, he was head coach of the Penn…

• Penn Manor welcomes new staff for 2021-2022 school year

  

  Penn Manor welcomed 23 new teachers for the 2021-2022 school year during New Teacher Orientation, held Aug. 11 and 12 at Manor Middle School. The new appointments, pending school board approval, include: Letort ElementaryKimberly Baker, academic support teacher. Hambright ElementaryTimothy Hite, health and physical education teacher; Annaliese Berkenstock, emotional support teacher; and Rachel Suter, first-grade…

• MU partnership to bring watershed education to Penn Manor schools

  

  Penn Manor is partnering with Millersville University on a $400,000 project to expand the teaching of watershed education in elementary schools. Millersville has received a three-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries to train Penn Manor teachers and MU elementary education majors to educate students about the impact of human activity on…

• Birch named Manor Middle School assistant principal

  

  Jerrell Birch, a former Penn Manor elementary school teacher, has been named assistant principal of Manor Middle School. Jerrell is returning to Penn Manor after serving as assistant principal at Stony Brook Elementary School in York. He began his teaching career in 2012 at Hambright Elementary before moving to Central Manor, where he taught fifth…