Category: Events

• Penn Manor school director receives PSBA Advocacy Award

  Penn Manor school board member Dr. Richard Frerichs has been named recipient of the Timothy M. Allwein Advocacy Award for advancing the cause of public education in Pennsylvania. Frerichs received the award Oct. 13 at the School Leadership Conference, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. “I am…

• Penn Manor Technology Director publishes ‘Open Schoolhouse’ book

  The Penn Manor technology team virtually wrote the book on implementing open source software in education with its innovative 1:1 Student Laptop Program, the largest of its kind in Pennsylvania. Now, the head of the school district’s tech team, Charlie Reisinger, has written a book explaining how other schools can do it, too. “The Open…

• PM English teacher earns national recognition

  Congratulations to Lindsay Feger, recently selected to receive the Pennsylvania Leadership Development Award from the National Council of Teachers of English. Feger, a first-year English teacher at Penn Manor High School, is one of only five teachers nationwide to receive the award, which recognizes an early-career teacher who has demonstrated a capacity for professional leadership.…

• PM German exchange marks 13th year

  Fourteen German exchange students and teachers celebrated with their American counterparts with a potluck dinner Sept. 28 at Penn Manor High School. The celebration marked the 13th year of the German American Partnership Program, a cultural exchange that brings Penn Manor students and teachers together with their German peers. This year, 12 students and two…

• Six PMHS students qualify for County Chorus

  Congratulations to the six talented Penn Manor High School students who qualified for County Chorus. They are Lauren Elledge (soprano 1), Veronica Cazillo (alto 1), Claudia Heitland (alto 2), Caitlin Moser (alto 2), Katherina Vanatta (alto 2) and Martin Zavadan (tenor 2). The students qualified following an audition Saturday at McCaskey High School. They had to…

• PM’s Roth named District III Athletic Director of the Year

  Congratulations to Penn Manor’s Jeff Roth for being named Athletic Director of the Year for District III of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. District III includes schools in Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties. Earlier this fall, Roth had been named Lancaster-Lebanon League Athletic Director of the Year. Jeff’s peers in…

• 2016-2017 school year off to a smooth start

  Under cool, sunny skies, Penn Manor welcomed more than 5,000 students back to its schools on Wednesday to start the 2016-2017 school year. The students were greeted by familiar faces, along with some new ones, as 22 new teachers and counselors began their new year at Penn Manor. Superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter visited all nine buildings —…

• Staff unites for Opening Day activities

  More than 400 Penn Manor staff members got revved up for the new school year at Opening Day activities at Penn Manor High School Monday. Attendees enjoyed a hot breakfast before superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter talked about Penn Manor’s increasingly diverse enrollment and how teachers and staff members need to inspire all students.  “We don’t just cater…

• Community celebrates Pequea ES reopening

  More than 200 parents, students, graduates and community members turned out Sunday to rededicate Pequea Elementary School, which is reopening this week after undergoing an $11.8 million renovation. Matthew Stem, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Education, addressed the overflow crowd during the Sept. 21 celebration, which included tours of the school and a picnic that featured…

• Penn Manor welcomes 22 new professional staff

  Penn Manor welcomed 16 new teachers, counselors and psychologists for the 2016-2017 school year during New Teacher Orientation Day, held Tuesday, Aug. 9, at Manor Middle School. In all, 22 professional staff members were hired for the coming year. Some of the teachers are familiar because they previously served in long-term substitute positions at Penn Manor…