Category: Events

• Manor FFA members earn agronomy awards

  

  Members of the Manor FFA chapter at Penn Manor High School earned awards recently in the National FFA Agronomy Career Development Event, held during the National FFA Convention & Expo in Louisville, Ky. The team, led by adviser Neil Fellenbaum, was awarded a Bronze emblem. In addition, individual members competed against 140 other participants for…

• Sale of Hambright nets $1.5 million for district

  

  Penn Manor School District this week completed the sale of the former Hambright Elementary School to Signature Senior Living LLC for approximately $1.5 million. The sale marks the end of the school’s 80-year existence, said superintendent Mike Leichliter. “While many students and teachers have fond memories of the old building, the school district is pleased that…

• Penn Manor HS student builds new Marticville sign

  

  When Gabe Kubicar learned that Marticville Middle School wanted to upgrade its roadside sign to display announcements for parents and students, he had an idea. Why not build the school a new sign as his Eagle Scout project? That’s exactly what the Penn Manor senior – who attended Marticville – did. With help from fellow…

• Manor MS named ‘High Achievement’ school

  

  Congratulations to Manor Middle School, which was recently recognized as a “High Achievement” Title I school by the Pennsylvania Department of Education. Manor earned the honor by scoring among the top 5 percent of Title I schools in the state on math and English language arts PSSA tests and Keystone Exams. Manor Principal Dr. Dana…

• PM student earns award for essay on plastic pollution

  Penn Manor High School freshman Peyton Cassel has won an honorable mention and a $100 prize for her prose submission to the 2015 International Ocean Awareness Student Contest. As one of the selected winners from more than 1,100 submissions from 35 countries, Peyton’s writing will be featured in galleries and merchandise sent around the world. The…

• Leichliter testifies on substitue teacher shortage

  

  Penn Manor superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter testified Monday before a state congressional panel on the impact of a statewide substitute teacher shortage. Leichliter spoke before a hearing of the Senate and House Education Committees, which are gathering information on the issue. He talked about how the shortage creates a hardship for students and staff and…

• District explains options on upgrading/replacing HS

  

  Nearly 90 people turned out for the first public information meeting on the future of Penn Manor High School, held Thursday night in the high school auditorium. District residents and staff members heard about the four options Penn Manor School Board is considering to upgrade and/or renovate the school, which was originally built in the late…

• Future of high school is topic of Oct. 22 meeting

  

  You are invited to participate in an important meeting on the future of Penn Manor High School. On Thursday, Oct. 22, the district will hold the first of several public presentations on renovating or replacing the school. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. in the high school auditorium. Built in the 1950s and partially renovated beginning in…

• Penn Manor student earns national music honor

  

  Penn Manor High School senior Caleb Breidenbaugh has been selected to perform with some of the most talented student musicians from across the United States on the Grand Ole Opry Stage in Nashville in October. Caleb was named a member of the All-National Honor Ensemble, a group of “the best of the best” musicians from…

• Governor Wolf visits Hambright Elementary

  

  Gov. Tom Wolf visited Hambright Elementary School Thursday to talk about his education funding priorities during a stop on his “Schools That Teach” Tour. Wolf stressed the importance of increasing support for public education and talked about the impasse that has left Pennsylvania without a 2015-2016 budget. Prior to his address, Wolf greeted Penn Manor students, faculty…