Category: Community

• 14 PM students earn Scholastic Writing awards

  Congratulations to the 14 Penn Manor students who won awards for outstanding writing in the 2014-2015 Lancaster County Scholastic Writing Awards competition, sponsored by Lancaster Public Library. Another student, Veronica Cazillo, a high school freshman, won first-place for an editorial in the Newspaper in Education writing competition. Penn Manor students won 16 Scholastic Awards, including seven…

• Manor MS designated a ‘Distinguished School’

  

  Manor Middle School has been named a 2014-2015 Title I Distinguished School by the state Department of Education’s Division of Federal Programs. Only 96 of Pennsylvania’s more than 3,000 schools achieved the Title I Distinguished School designation this year. Manor earned the recognition based on progress made in the past year in narrowing the achievement…

• Former athletes, coaches named to Wall of Honor

  

  Four former Penn Manor athletes and coaches and one former team were inducted into the Penn Manor Athletic Wall of Honor during ceremonies Friday at the high school. The 2014 inductees are:    Ralph E. Byers (Class of 1962) – A three-sport (soccer, wrestling and baseball) athlete at Penn Manor, Byers was named to several all-star teams,…

• Two PM schools earn ‘High Achievement’ honors

  Two Penn Manor schools have been honored by the state Department of Education as “High Achievement” schools, based on improvements in student academic performance. Manor Middle School and Penn Manor High School are among only four schools in Lancaster County and fewer than 90 schools statewide to be designated “Reward High Achievement Schools.” They qualified…

• Field hockey team earns commendation

  

  Penn Manor school board Tuesday formally honored the Comets field hockey team with a commendation for “its outstanding performance and for the team’s distinction as PIAA State Champions.” Penn Manor won the Pennsylvania AAA Championship Nov. 15 after playing to a hard-fought 1-1 tie with Palmyra. After two exhausting, scoreless overtime periods, Penn Manor and Palmyra…

• Former Penn Manor leaders honored

  

  Former school board members and administrators were honored Tuesday at the Penn Manor School District Leadership Dinner. Held in the Manor Middle School cafeteria, the event brought together a wide range of former school leaders with a cumulative 115 years of experience, dating as far back as the 1960s. The guests included 11 former school board members, two…

• Wert honored for 16 years of school board service

  

  Congratulations to Donna Wert for being named to the Honor Roll of School Board Service for her 16 years serving on Penn Manor school board. Fellow board member Rich Frerichs, president of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, presented Wert with a certificate of appreciation at Monday night’s school board meeting. “It’s been a pleasure and an honor…

• Manor FFA members earn national awards

  

  Manor FFA and several of its members earned national awards recently at the National FFA Convention in Louisville, Ky. Three members who graduated from Penn Manor High School in 2012 – Tyler Bauman, Alex Cantey and Caleb Hess – received the American FFA Degree. Less than 1 percent of all FFA members earn that recognition,…

• School Performance Profiles released

  

  Penn Manor schools had mixed results on School Performance Profile academic measures released this week by the state Department of Education. The district’s secondary schools posted gains from last year, while elementary school scores declined. Of note, Manor Middle School received the highest SPP score (89.6) of all middle schools in Lancaster County. SPP scores…

• PM dedicates the new Hambright ES

  

  With the ringing of a historic bell, Penn Manor School District dedicated its new Hambright Elementary School Sunday before a crowd of more than 100 dignitaries and other guests gathered in the school’s bright, airy multipurpose room. Millersville University President Dr. John Anderson was keynote speaker for the ceremony, which marked the opening of the first…