Category: Events

• PM Quiz Bowl team wins MT Academic Challenge

  

     Penn Manor’s varsity Quiz Bowl team outscored 21 other teams to take first place in the Manheim Township Academic Challenge, held Dec. 16 at Manheim Township High School.    The Penn Manor team of Max Keefer, Gabe McGough, Connor Mayers and Audrey Ritchie went 5-0 in the morning rounds and swept all three afternoon…

• Here’s how to stay notified of weather-related closings/delays

  

  School closings and delays will be reported on local radio and television stations before 6 a.m., whenever possible. They also will be posted on the district website and Twitter feed. You can also call the inclement weather hotline at 872-9500, ext. 2333, to find out the status of Penn Manor schools. When inclement weather conditions develop during the…

• Foundation awards $93,000 in grants to Penn Manor teachers

  

  Penn Manor Education Foundation has awarded a record $93,000 in Venture Grants to help teachers enhance learning opportunities for Penn Manor students. The grants will enable elementary students to create podcasts of immigrant families’ personal stories, help support a therapy dog for middle school students and add 3D printing pens, a CNC router and vertical…

• Nationally recognized Tubman researcher, author visits Penn Manor class

  

     Students in an AP Seminar class at Penn Manor High School this week had an opportunity to watch a new film about Harriet Tubman and learn firsthand about the painstaking research undertaken by an acclaimed biographer and author who helped assure the movie’s authenticity.     Kate Clifford Larson, author of the Tubman biography Bound…

• Five sworn in to serve on Penn Manor school board

  

  Five members of the Penn Manor board of school directors were sworn in Tuesday to serve four-year terms on the board. District Judge Joshua Keller administered the oath of office to Donna Wert, Carlton “Herk” Rintz, Mitchell Sweigart, Joe Fullerton and newcomer Dell Jackson. All were elected last month to serve on the all-volunteer board…

• Letort recognized by U.S. Rep. Smucker for Blue Ribbon award

  

  U.S. Rep. Lloyd Smucker visited Letort Elementary School Wednesday to formally recognize students and staff for earning the 2019 National Blue Ribbon School award. Smucker presented Letort principal Carly McPherson with a flag that was flown over the U.S. Capitol in recognition of Letort’s “incredible achievement and committment to educational excellence.” Smucker also presented a…

• Businesses collect supplies for four Penn Manor schools

  

  Two local businesses are helping assure that students at four Penn Manor schools get the supplies they need this school year. Roberts Automotive in Mountville and Customs Classics Auto Body in Conestoga collected school supplies from their staff, customers and community members and donated them to Central Manor, Pequea, Conestoga and Eshleman elementary schools. Hundreds…

• Nearly 200 attend Dinner & Show at PMHS

  

  Nearly 200 senior citizens turned out Thursday night to enjoy “Dinner and a Show” at Penn Manor High School. The free program is open to Comet Classic cardholders and guests, who enjoyed a chicken pot pie dinner and a free performance of the fall play, “Almost, Maine” in the high school auditorium. Many thanks to…

• Letort receives National Blue Ribbon honor in D.C. ceremony

  

  It’s official – Ann Letort Elementary School is 2019 National Blue Ribbon School! The school was formally honored Friday, Nov. 15, during a Blue Ribbon Schools ceremony at the Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center in National Harbor, Md., near Washington, D.C. Letort was honored, along with 361 other public and private schools, by the…

• Family Fun Night held Nov. 12 for Penn Manor immigrant families

  

     Nearly 60 immigrant students and their family members attended the first of three Family Fun Nights on Nov. 12 to help them transition to life in Penn Manor School District.    The event, held at Hambright Elementary School, included dinner, bingo, arts and crafts and raffles. Attendees also learned about Penn Manor schools and…