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• Opening Day activities mark start of year for Penn Manor staff

  

  Penn Manor welcomed back more than 500 staff members for Opening Day activities at the high school on Monday, August 23, formally marking the start of the 2021-2022 school year. The first day of school for students is Monday, August 30. Teachers and staff enjoyed breakfast in the high school lobby before assembling in the new…

• Fowler named assistant principal at Penn Manor HS

  

  Mike Fowler, a former Penn Manor High School math teacher, has been named assistant principal at the high school. Mike worked as a math teacher from 2007 through the 2020-2021 school year, teaching primarily statistics and algebra. He also was an alternative education teacher. From 2012 to 2018, he was head coach of the Penn…

• Penn Manor welcomes new staff for 2021-2022 school year

  

  Penn Manor welcomed 23 new teachers for the 2021-2022 school year during New Teacher Orientation, held Aug. 11 and 12 at Manor Middle School. The new appointments, pending school board approval, include: Letort ElementaryKimberly Baker, academic support teacher. Hambright ElementaryTimothy Hite, health and physical education teacher; Annaliese Berkenstock, emotional support teacher; and Rachel Suter, first-grade…

• MU partnership to bring watershed education to Penn Manor schools

  

  Penn Manor is partnering with Millersville University on a $400,000 project to expand the teaching of watershed education in elementary schools. Millersville has received a three-year grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries to train Penn Manor teachers and MU elementary education majors to educate students about the impact of human activity on…

• Birch named Manor Middle School assistant principal

  

  Jerrell Birch, a former Penn Manor elementary school teacher, has been named assistant principal of Manor Middle School. Jerrell is returning to Penn Manor after serving as assistant principal at Stony Brook Elementary School in York. He began his teaching career in 2012 at Hambright Elementary before moving to Central Manor, where he taught fifth…

• Loft Community Partnership seeking donations of school supplies, clothing

  

  The 2021-2022 school year is rapidly approaching, and Loft Community Partnership is collecting clothing, backpacks and other school supplies for families who need assistance in obtaining these items for their children. Donations of school supplies and gently used children’s clothing may be collected by individuals, churches, businesses and other organizations and dropped off at the…

• Testing finds no problems with lead in water systems at PM schools

  

  Water testing recently completed at all 10 Penn Manor schools indicates there are no problems with lead in drinking water supplies at any district school. The testing, completed in May 2021 by Suburban Testing Labs, did not find any drinking water supplies that exceeded the lead “action level” of 0.015 milligrams per liter of water…

• Manor FFA members bring home awards in state competition

  

  Several Manor FFA teams and individuals were named state champions and earned other honors at the recent FFA State Convention and Activities Week. The Poultry Evaluation Team was named state champions and will compete at The National FFA Convention and Expo in October. Members are Cary Railing (1st place individual), Molly Gehr (2nd place individual),…

• Conestoga hosts cereal box domino event to benefit local food banks

  

  Conestoga Elementary School ended the year with an outdoor activity that gave the entire school something to celebrate, while helping the community. On June 1, Conestoga held a Cereal Box Domino Challenge as students lined up 372 boxes of cereal throughout the playground area. On cue, teacher Lori Graham tipped over the first box, and…

• Central Manor bus driver honored for 41 years behind the wheel

  

  Central Manor Elementary School recently honored its longtime bus driver, Ella Sensenig, who retired after 41 years behind the wheel. There were plenty of hugs and tears when Ella completed her final run on June 4. Two days earlier, the school presented her with a banner made by students that read “We Will Miss You…