Category: Events

• Hambright students studying local stream health in STEM Alliance project

  

     Hambright Elementary School fifth-graders have been wading through the Little Conestoga Creek to conduct research to help make the local waterway a healthier habitat for trout.    They’re participating in a project called “Watershed Explorers: Examining and Protecting Our Local Waterways,” funded with a $5,000 grant from the Lancaster County STEM Alliance.   The project includes raising…

• Penn Manor HS earns national honors for engineering & technology program

  

     Penn Manor’s Applied Engineering and Technology Education program has been honored with a national award, and faculty member Molly Miller has been cited as a leader in the field.    Penn Manor has received the Program Excellence Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association – the only high school technology/engineering program in…

• COVID-19 case reported at Penn Manor High School

  Penn Manor School District has become aware of one member of the Penn Manor High School community who has tested positive for COVID-19. Below is a message from Superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter with more information. November 6, 2020 Dear Penn Manor Family:     We have recently learned that one member of the Penn Manor High School…

• Three Penn Manor students qualify for PMEA District 7 Chorus Festival

  

  Congratulations to Grace Fafel, Nicole Chen and Paige Wall for qualifying to participate in the PMEA District 7 Chorus Festival. Grace and Paige both qualified as Alto 1s, and Nicole qualified as a piano accompanist for the festival, which is sponsored by District 7 of the Pennsylvania Music Educators Association. The three student musicians were among…

• Brooke Hinkle named Homecoming Queen; court raises $4,235 for Loft

  

  Congratulations to Brooke Hinkle, the 2020 Penn Manor High School Homecoming Queen. Brooke was crowned by last year’s queen, Leilani Torres, during a ceremony Thursday night in the high school gymnasium that featured Penn Manor cheerleaders and band members. Brooke was one of nine Penn Manor seniors vying for the title. The other members of…

• 12 Manor FFA members earn honors at local fairs

  

  Twelve members of the Manor FFA recently earned awards at youth livestock shows at the Solanco and West Lampeter Fairs. Here are the results: Solanco Fair Sheep: Chloe Perry was named Reserve Champion Showman, Light Heavyweight Champion, Reserve Heavyweight Champion, and Reserve Grand Champion; Jenna Smith was named Champion Showman, Heavyweight Champion and Grand Champion. …

• Trio honored as Employee, Educators of the Year

  

  Penn Manor would like to honor three staff members who were named the Outstanding Educators and Employees for the 2019-2020 school year. A 21-year veteran of Penn Manor, she is a former learning support teacher at Pequea Elementary School who previously served as a middle school girls’ basketball coach. Shawn is a physical education teacher…

• Penn Manor HS National Honor Society welcomes 47 new members

  

  The Penn Manor chapter of the National Honor Society welcomed 47 new members during an induction ceremony Sept. 30 at Penn Manor High School that was live-streamed to family members and friends. To qualify for induction, the Penn Manor High School juniors and seniors had to maintain a cumulative grade-point average of at least 3.85…

• Free meals now offered for all Penn Manor students

  

  All Penn Manor students are now eligible to receive free breakfasts and lunches through the end of the 2020-2021 school year under a school meals program that was recently extended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Beginning September 17, Penn Manor students can receive the standard breakfast or lunch offered at any of our schools…

• Penn Manor begins 2020-2021 school year with opening of new STEM wing

  

  Penn Manor High School students and staff got their first experience inside the school’s new STEM wing as the school district kicked off the 2020-2021 school year on Aug. 31. Students at all 10 district schools returned to classrooms under a Blended Learning schedule that provides in-school instruction for two days and online instruction for…