Category: Events

• Manor FFA members earn honors in state competition

  Several Manor FFA teams and individuals were named state champions and earned other honors at the State FFA Activities Week, held June 11-13 at Penn State University. The Dairy Cattle Evaluation team was crowned state champions and will compete at the National FFA Convention and Expo Oct. 30-Nov. 2 in Indianapolis. Members include Colt Barley,…

• Penn Manor Quiz Bowl team places in top 50 nationally

     The Penn Manor Quiz Bowl Team recently placed in the top 50 in the nation in the High School National Championship Quiz Bowl Tournament.    The event featured 336 teams from across the country and was held May 24-27 in Atlanta.    The Penn Manor team went 6-4 in preliminary matches to make the…

• Inspired by book, schools raise $2,700 for South Sudan water project

      Students, staff and parents at three Penn Manor elementary schools raised nearly $2,700 to support efforts to bring water to South Sudan after students were inspired by the book “A Long Walk to Water.”     The book is about an 11-year-old “Lost Boy” displaced by the Sudanese civil war who must walk through southern…

• Water testing reveals no problems with lead at PM schools

  Recently completed water testing at all 10 Penn Manor schools indicates there are no problems with lead in drinking water supplies at district schools. The testing was completed this month in compliance with new state regulations. The test results are listed here: Central ManorConestogaEshlemanHigh SchoolHambrightLetortManorMarticMarticvillePequea

• 417 members of Class of 2019 earn diplomas

  Members of the Penn Manor Class of 2019 received their diplomas Tuesday night before family and friends during an upbeat graduation ceremony at Franklin & Marshall College. In his address to the crowd, principal Dr. Phil Gale celebrated the many accomplishments of the 417 graduates, including state and national recognition in academics, technology, agriculture, the…

• Class of 2019 receives more than 200 local scholarships, awards

  Penn Manor High School seniors got a boost to their post-high school plans when members of the Class of 2019 received 203 scholarships and awards totaling more than $110,000 during the Senior Awards Ceremony, held May 23. The honors included $70,000 in scholarships awarded to 65 seniors through Penn Manor Education Foundation. Many thanks to the Penn Manor community…

• Penn Manor seniors honored with athletic awards, scholarships

  More than 60 Penn Manor High School student athletes were honored May 16 during the Senior Sports Awards Social in the high school cafeteria. In all, more than 40 awards were presented, including Coach of the Year to Larry Bellew and Assistant Coach of the Year to John Terscha. The top athletic awards went to: Outstanding Penn Manor Male and Female Athletes — Anna Sugra, Emma DeBerdine, Hunter Enck and…

• Six students to address Class of 2019 at June 4 commencement

      Six student speakers have been named for Penn Manor High School’s 2019 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4, at Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports and Fitness Center.     The speakers are Derek Davis and Ryan Glenn, co-valedictorians; Sameeha Hossain, salutatorian; Jared Stephan, senior class president; and Cole Shenk and Erica Shaub.…

• Seven Penn Manor students win awards in journalism contest

  Congratulations to the seven Penn Manor elementary students who won awards in the LNP/Lancaster Online Journalism & Design an Ad Contest. Students from Hambright, Eshleman and Central Manor received honors in the contest, which was open to all students in Lancaster County. Here are the winners and their teachers: Writer’s Choice, Third Grade – Morgan…

• Penn Manor students celebrate their heritage through food

      Students at two Penn Manor schools recently celebrated their heritage with food.     Penn Manor High School students got to share the foods of their native countries with fellow students, teachers and staff during the third annual Multicultural Day, held May 2 in the high school gymnasium.     On May 9, Eshleman Elementary School…