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• Girls’ volleyball team earns Coaches Association Academic Award for sixth year in a row

  

  For the sixth year in a row, the Penn Manor girls’ varsity volleyball team has earned the United States Marine Corps/American Volleyball Coaches Association Team Academic Award. The Comets also, for the fifth time, were named to the Team Academic Award Honor Roll for earning a cumulative grade-point average in the top 20 percent of…

• Families need to apply now for free and reduced-price meals for 2022-2023

  

  Penn Manor School District has, for the past two years, provided breakfast and lunch free of charge to all students. For the upcoming school year, the waivers that enabled school districts to offer free meals during the pandemic have expired.  This means that families that want to receive meals free of charge in the 2022-2023…

• Incoming superintendent Dr. Gale seeks feedback from Penn Manor community

  

  Dr. Phil Gale, who officially takes over as Penn Manor superintendent on July 1, is interested in feedback from the community as he begins this next chapter of our school district. Please complete this survey, which will be active until July 15. Here is the message Dr. Gale has sent to community members: It is…

• Penn Manor families can sign up now for the Power Packs summer food program

  

  Families interested in receiving food and recipes through Power Packs Project should sign up now to participate in the summer program, which runs from June 22 to August 10. Food will be distributed Wednesdays, from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Loft, 222 N. George Street, Millersville. Sign up here or by using the QR…

• Krista Cox named assistant superintendent for secondary education

  

  Congratulations to Dr. Krista Cox, who has been named assistant superintendent for secondary education by the Penn Manor Board of School Directors. Dr. Cox, who has served as principal of Eshleman Elementary School for the past 10 years, replaces Dr. Phil Gale, who takes over as Penn Manor superintendent July 1. “It’s an honor and…

• 400 seniors earn Penn Manor diplomas at June 1 commencement

  

  A total of 400 members of the Penn Manor Class of 2022 received their diplomas Wednesday, June 1, before family and friends during a balmy outdoor ceremony at Millersville University’s Biemesderfer Stadium. It was the second year in a row that commencement was held outdoors and the final graduation ceremony for Mike Leichliter, who is…

• Four seniors to address graduates at tonight’s commencement

  

  Four members of the Class of 2022 will address graduates at this year’s commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 1, in Millersville University’s Biemesderfer Stadium. Please note: The weather forecast is calling for temperatures approaching 90 degrees at the start of the ceremony. There is no shade in the stadium, so we encourage all…

• Hambright Elementary and high school students collaborate on monsters project

  

  For Rachel Suter’s Hambright Elementary first-graders, monsters really can come to life, but they’re not scary at all. In fact, they’re adorable creatures lovingly made by hand. In April, Suter had her students describe in detail what an ideal monster would look like to them. She then passed along these descriptions and accompanying crayon drawings…

• Pat Tocci named new Penn Manor Athletic Director

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has appointed Pat Tocci as the school district’s new athletic director, effective June 20. Tocci, currently senior director and chief revenue officer at the National Wrestling Coaches Association, will replace Steve Kramer, who was Penn Manor AD from July 2019 until April 2022. “I am very thankful to…

• Class of 2022 receives more than $150,000 in scholarships, awards

  

  Members of the Penn Manor Class of 2022 received more than $150,000 in scholarships and awards during the 55th Annual Commencement Awards Ceremony, held May 19 at Penn Manor High School. A total of 98 students received 127 scholarships – including 66 awards administered through the Penn Manor Education Foundation – to assist them with…