Category: Events

• PMHS student earns top 10 BMX ranking

  

  Congratulations to Penn Manor High School senior Healey Miller, who recently earned a No. 10 national ranking in BMX competition. Healey competed last month in the USA BMX Grand Nationals in Tulsa, OK, after riding in other BMX competitions throughout the United States and Canada. She finished the year with a National Age Group ranking…

• Two PM schools earn ‘High Achievement’ honors

  Two Penn Manor schools have been honored by the state Department of Education as “High Achievement” schools, based on improvements in student academic performance. Manor Middle School and Penn Manor High School are among only four schools in Lancaster County and fewer than 90 schools statewide to be designated “Reward High Achievement Schools.” They qualified…

• Field hockey team earns commendation

  

  Penn Manor school board Tuesday formally honored the Comets field hockey team with a commendation for “its outstanding performance and for the team’s distinction as PIAA State Champions.” Penn Manor won the Pennsylvania AAA Championship Nov. 15 after playing to a hard-fought 1-1 tie with Palmyra. After two exhausting, scoreless overtime periods, Penn Manor and Palmyra…

• Former Penn Manor leaders honored

  

  Former school board members and administrators were honored Tuesday at the Penn Manor School District Leadership Dinner. Held in the Manor Middle School cafeteria, the event brought together a wide range of former school leaders with a cumulative 115 years of experience, dating as far back as the 1960s. The guests included 11 former school board members, two…

• Wert honored for 16 years of school board service

  

  Congratulations to Donna Wert for being named to the Honor Roll of School Board Service for her 16 years serving on Penn Manor school board. Fellow board member Rich Frerichs, president of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association, presented Wert with a certificate of appreciation at Monday night’s school board meeting. “It’s been a pleasure and an honor…

• Penn Manor earns state field hockey title

  

  Congratulations to the Penn Manor field hockey team, which won the Pennsylvania AAA Championship title in field hockey after playing to a hard-fought 1-1 tie with Palmyra Saturday. Penn Manor was down 1-0 late in the game when Cassie Kline scored a goal with 4 minutes to go, sending the game into overtime. After two…

• PA Secretary of State addresses PM students

  

  Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele visited Penn Manor High School Thursday to talk to students about the importance of voting. Aichele heads the Pennsylvania Department of State, which administers Pennsylvania’s electoral process and oversees the licensing of nearly 1 million business, health care and real estate professionals. She urged students who are eligible…

• PM dedicates the new Hambright ES

  

  With the ringing of a historic bell, Penn Manor School District dedicated its new Hambright Elementary School Sunday before a crowd of more than 100 dignitaries and other guests gathered in the school’s bright, airy multipurpose room. Millersville University President Dr. John Anderson was keynote speaker for the ceremony, which marked the opening of the first…

• Keller gets All-America jersey

  

  It’s official: Matt Keller has accepted the jersey he’ll wear when he represents Penn Manor in the Under Armour All-America football game in January. The senior long-snapper for the Comets received his jersey Tuesday, when the Under Armour All-America Jersey Tour made a stop at the Penn Manor High School library. Joining Matt during the…

• Students, parents get first glimpse of Hambright

  

  More than 200 students, parents and family members got to explore Penn Manor’s brand-new school Thursday as Hambright Elementary School hosted an orientation prior to Monday’s start of the new year. Visitors got to tour classrooms in the school’s three color-coded wings, meet teachers, administrators and other staff and check out the brightly lit music and art…