Category: News

• Students honored by the Lancaster South Rotary Club

  

  Penn Manor High School seniors, Kate Umbarger and Charlie Wood, were named Rotary Students of the Month, by the Lancaster South Rotary Club.  Students are nominated by Penn Manor faculty and staff for demonstrating the characteristics and qualities of being a great Comet.  Kate Umbarger is a member of the girls’ lacrosse and tennis teams,…

• PMHS hosts Education Day/College and Career Expo

  

  The 33rd annual Education Day/College and Career Expo was held on Monday, November 3 in the high school gym.  Representatives from over 100 colleges, universities, trade schools, businesses and military attended the event. Prior to the event, students were encouraged to do their own research on the attending businesses and colleges and universities. “We are…

• PM technology trainer teaches lesson on digital literacy

  

  In an era where misinformation can appear anywhere, students from Letort Elementary in Mrs. Wenger’s class participated in a lesson to sharpen their digital literacy skills. Penn Manor School District technology trainer, Judy Keller, developed a game called ‘Digital Smart Kids: Navigating the Online World Safely.’ Keller developed this interactive game for her Google Education…

• Alumni Wall of Honor nominations open

  

  Penn Manor School District is seeking nominees for the 2026 Alumni Wall of Honor. The Wall of Honor is designed to celebrate graduates who have leveraged the strong educational foundation provided by Penn Manor High School to achieve success in their chosen career fields. Previous honorees were involved in the fields of business, arts, science,…

• 32 New inducted into the National Honor Society

  

  The Penn Manor Chapter of the National Honor Society honored the 32 new members during an induction ceremony on Monday, September 29 at Penn Manor High School. View the induction ceremony on our YouTube page. The juniors and seniors qualified for induction by maintaining a cumulative grade-point average of at least 4.0 and demonstrating the…

• PMHS students earn College Board honors

  

  Twenty-six seniors from Penn Manor High School were honored by the College Board National Recognition Program for their academic accomplishments. Maryam Alfayyadh, Caroline Binkley, Grant Bradburn, Alena Carrodo, Luke DeVinney, Seth Gansner, Sujit Ghimire, Lily Howry, Benjamin Leed, Ethan Markulik, Gillian Moss, Gage Myers, IzEldeen Salem, Sarah Souhrada, Carley Trimble, Thomas Trussell and William Wolfe…

• Meet the faces on the 2025 homecoming court

  

  Sixteen Penn Manor High School seniors are in the running for the title of 2025 Homecoming King and Queen. The members of the court will raise money for The Loft Community Partnership and MiniTHON. Alanna Addy, Viv Arnold, Seth Barrett, Grant Bradburn, Hayden Brown, Chace Egan, Eva Frankford, Oliver Hanna, Joelle Kroesen, Tommy Lebo, IzEldeen…

• Reavis shares the power of kindness with middle school students

  

  Marticville Middle School and Manor Middle School students embraced the power of kindness at an assembly during the first week of school. The assembly featured Doug Reavis, who is a National Kindness Speaker and founded YouUplift. Reavis grew up in a household with a younger brother, Chris, that had special needs. When his family moved…

• Penn Manor High School earns U.S. News ranking

  

  Penn Manor High School has been ranked by the U.S. News & World Report as one of the “Best High Schools” in the Nation on the latest 2025-2026 school rankings. Penn Manor is ranked 2,611th out of 17,901 high schools in the nation, 100th out of 741 high schools in the state of Pennsylvania, and…

• A strong start: kicking off the new school year

  

  With the sun shining, Penn Manor school district welcomed students on the first day of school, Monday, August 25. Superintendent Dr. Phil Gale, spent the day visiting the district schools, talking with teachers and students throughout the hallways.  “When students and teachers are in our schools on the first day, their presence makes the new…