Category: Events

• Three athletes, one coach and bowling team headed for Wall of Honor Jan. 10

  

  Penn Manor will induct three outstanding former student athletes, one coach and an athletic team into its Athletic Wall of Honor during a dinner and ceremony on January 10. This year’s inductees will include these individuals and teams: Jennifer Bradley (Class of 2009) was named All American, All League, and All State in field hockey…

• High school gym named in honor of Harry Frey

  

  Former players, colleagues and students of longtime Penn Manor coach and gym teacher Harry Frey packed the high school gymnasium December 6 to mark its renaming in honor of Coach Frey, who died December 9. Frey, 84, taught physical education for 41 years at Penn Manor and spent 30 years coaching the Comets’ mens’ and…

• PMEF awards grants totaling more than $35,000 to teachers, principals

  

  Many thanks to Penn Manor Education Foundation for awarding 19 Venture Grants to our teachers and principals totaling $35,414 for fall 2024. The grants will enable students to participate in educational field trips to Ellis Island, Gettysburg National Military Park, Fulton Theatre, Zoo America, and Kelly’s Run Nature Preserve. Other grants are funding world drumming…

• Penn Manor students to perform holiday concerts

  

  Penn Manor students will be performing in holiday concerts at district schools and other venues in the coming weeks. These events are open to family members and the community. Here’s the schedule:

• High school gym to be named in honor of Coach Frey Dec. 6

  

  Penn Manor’s high school gymnasium will be named in honor of Harry Frey, a former longtime Penn Manor teacher and distinguished coach, in a ceremony on December 6. Coach Frey taught physical education for 41 years for Penn Manor and spent 30 years coaching the Comets’ mens’ and womens’ basketball, mens’ soccer and baseball teams.…

• Penn Manor Marching Unit earns honors in national competition

  

  The Penn Manor Marching Unit recently had a strong showing in the USBands Open Class National Championships, held at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. Penn Manor placed eighth overall among the 13 bands competing in the Group 3 Open Class of the competition on November 2. In the category of Individual Music and Percussion, the…

• FFA members receive gold and silver national awards

  

  Eight Manor FFA members earned gold and silver awards and five members earned American FFA Degrees at the National FFA Convention and Expo, held October 23 to 26 in Indianapolis. Agronomy Career Development EventThe agronomy team won a silver medal overall, and Ryan Brenneman won a gold. The other members, Nathaniel Frey, Weston Shertzer and…

• High school hosts Education Day/College and Career Expo

  

  Hundreds of Penn Manor High School students gave their college and career plans a jump start by attending the 32nd annual Education Day/College and Career Expo, held November 4 in the high school gym. More than 100 colleges, universities, trade schools, businesses and the military participated, providing information and brochures (plus some nifty swag) to…

• Ten PMHS students selected for District 7 Chorus

  

  Ten Penn Manor High School students have been selected to participate in the District 7 Chorus Festival in February, based on their performance during auditions held October 26. The auditions included students from 70 public and private schools spanning eight different counties – Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry, and York.  The Penn Manor…

• Penn Manor juniors learn personal financial lessons during REAL Life

  

  “I’m $6,000 in debt!” and “I’m broke!” were just a few of the comments Penn Manor High School juniors made this week as they learned practical financial lessons through engaging exercises as part of the REAL Life financial literacy program, sponsored by Junior Achievement of South Central PA. All 11th graders participated in REAL Life…