Category: Community

• PMHS students earn academic, writing awards

  Two Penn Manor High School students have received recognition for academics and writing. Senior Kevin Ward has been named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist – one of only 15,000 students (out of 1.5 million) from across the United States to earn the award. Junior Peyton Cassel has earned three Scholastic Writing Awards in poetry, personal…

• 22 Penn Manor seniors commit to college athletics

  Family and friends gathered Thursday in the Penn Manor High School library to honor 22 seniors who will participate in collegiate sports at 19 different colleges and universities next year. The National Signing Day ceremony featured students who participate in 11 different sports. Four students plan to play field hockey or football, three will play soccer,…

• Penn Manor school board adds two new directors

  Two new members — both alumni of Penn Manor High School — have recently joined the Penn Manor board of school directors. Mitchell Sweigart, a 2014 Penn Manor graduate, was sworn in February 5 to fill the unexpired term of former member Jeff Lyon, who stepped down last month. Sweigart will serve until December 2019.…

• PMHS singers qualify for District, Regional honors

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School singers Sierra Echavarria and Diane Imboden, who qualified to participate in the Pennsylvania Music Educators’ District 7 Jazz Festival in April. In addition, Penn Manor senior Alison Murphy qualified for Region V Chorus after auditioning at the PMEA District 7 Chorus Festival at Susquehannock High School Jan. 25-27. Sierra, a senior,…

• Emma DeBerdine, Matt Soto named Player, Coach of Year

  Add two more honors to Penn Manor’s outstanding 2017-2018 field hockey team — it boasts the national coach and player of the year! Max Field Hockey this week named Penn Manor junior Emma DeBerdine the National Player of the Year and the Pennsylvania/New Jersey Region Player of the Year. It also named Penn Manor coach…

• Conestoga Elementary pilots student-run food composting program

  Conestoga Elementary School students and staff are participating in a pilot food composting program that is designed to cut cafeteria waste while creating compost for the school’s garden. Students in December began diverting their biodegradable fruit and vegetable scraps from the trash during lunch and depositing them in composting buckets. The waste is weighed and…

• Field hockey team ends year ranked No. 1 in the nation

  First it was the league championship, then the district crown and the state title. Now Penn Manor’s field hockey team has been ranked National Champions, earning the top spot in the MaxFieldHockey.com final national rankings of the 2017 season! Penn Manor compiled a perfect 28-0 record, outscoring opponents by 148-5 and posting 23 shutouts. The…

• Penn Manor students earn state theater honors

  Penn Manor students received several awards for their work during the PA Thespians State Conference over the weekend in York. Brianna Clow received a Superior rating in scenic design for her rotating stage design for this year’s fall play, “And Then There Were None,” during the conference, held Nov. 30 to Dec. 2 at Central…

• Manor FFA members earn honors at National Convention

  Congratulations to the team of five Manor FFA members who earned a silver medal in poultry judging at the National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis on October 26. During the National Poultry Judging Career Development Event, the students took a written exam on poultry management, evaluated live hens and broilers, graded and evaluated processed…

• PM students create artwork for Lancaster Museum of Art show

  Penn Manor students – and one alumnus – are participating in this year’s Trees Galore event, which opens Sunday, Nov. 26 at Lancaster Museum of Art. Manor FFA students Emily Aukamp, Abby Reiff and Liz Broderick decorated one of the trees that will be sold during a silent auction. Penn Manor English language learning students…