Category: Events

• 2024-2025 school year begins Monday, August 26

  

  Penn Manor is eager to welcome all of our students back on Monday, August 26, for the first day of the 2024-2025 school year. Students will follow a regular schedule on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday. There will be an early dismissal on Thursday, August 29. There is no PM Kindergarten that day. Early dismissal times…

• Link Crew makes incoming 9th-graders feel at home

  

  Penn Manor High School students and staff today welcomed nearly 400 new students to the school to participate in Link Crew orientation activities. The incoming ninth-graders and transfer students were linked with student volunteers, who led them on small group tours of classrooms, labs, offices, studios and athletic facilities. The new students also had the…

• Fall athletic teams celebrated at Kickoff Classic

  

  Penn Manor kicked off its 2024 fall athletics season August 20 during the 2024 Kickoff Classic on an unusually cool night at Comet Field. The event included food trucks, performances by the Penn Manor cheer squad and introductions to the fall sports teams – cross country, field hockey, football, golf, boys’ and girls’ soccer, girls’…

• Kickoff Classic August 20 at Comet Field

  

  Tonight’s the night to show your Comet pride at the Kickoff Classic, scheduled for Tuesday, August 20, at Comet Field. The event will include food trucks, beginning at 5:30 p.m., performances by the Penn Manor Marching Unit and cheerleaders, and introductions to Penn Manor’s fall sports teams and coaching staff, beginning at 7:30. Please join…

• Suren Clark named TSA national champion

  

  Suren Clark named TSA national champion Penn Manor High School graduate Suren Clark has earned two top-five awards, including a first-place finish, at the recent Technology Student Association (TSA) National Conference. The 2024 graduate placed first and is the new national champion in the Future Technology and Engineering Teacher event at the conference, held June…

• High school’s ‘Friday Fun’ wins national competition, earns $5,000 prize

  

  Penn Manor High School has won the top national prize for a program implemented this past school year to encourage students to bond with their peers and open up about their mental health challenges. “Friday Fun: Flexin’ To De-Stress and Check In on Our Mental Health” won the top prize and a $5,000 award in…

• Five Manor FFA teams place in the top three in state competition  

  

  Five teams of Manor FFA members placed among the top three in Pennsylvania during the FFA State Convention and Activities Week, held June 11 through 13 at Penn State University. During the competition, the Penn Manor High School ag students had to complete general knowledge tests, oral presentations, problem-solving team exercises, and practicums related to…

• Graduating seniors earn more than $152,000 in scholarships supported by Penn Manor community

  

  Members of the Penn Manor Class of 2024 received more than $152,000 in scholarships and awards during the 57th Annual Commencement Awards Ceremony, held May 23 at Penn Manor High School. A total of 115 students received over 150 scholarships to assist them with their college and career plans after high school. The awards included…

• Joe Herman honored for 50 years of coaching track and field

  

  Congratulations to Joe Herman, who celebrated his 50th year as a Penn Manor track and field coach. Mr. Herman was honored May 21 with more than 100 cards from former student athletes from across the country who benefitted from his mentorship. He joined the Penn Manor staff as a history teacher in 1975 and was…

• Loft seeking volunteers for summer meals program for Penn Manor students, families

  

  The Loft Community Partnership is seeking volunteers for its Gather and Nourish Summer Lunch Program for Penn Manor students and families. This new program is being funded by a grant provided by Kelloggs to combat student hunger over the summer. Volunteers will help pack and distribute up to 250 weekly food boxes at the Loft,…