Category: News

• Penn Manor honors Distinguished Alumni

  

  Four outstanding Penn Manor High School graduates were inducted Saturday into the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Honor during the Alumni Banquet in the high school cafeteria. Also honored at the banquet were members of the health care profession. The 2015 Distinguished Alumni are Kenneth Hackman, Class of 1955; Coleen Ortmann Kayden, Class of 1973; Tracy Goodman,…

• Congressman honors Penn Manor HS artist

  U.S. Rep. Joseph Pitts recently honored a Penn Manor High School senior by recognizing her artistic accomplishments in a citation read into the official Congressional Record. It’s the latest honor for Alessandra Levato, who last year earned a $10,000 scholarship for her winning painting in a nationwide art competition. Pitts, an artist himself, met with Ali this…

• PMHS music ensembles perform at Pearl Harbor  

  

  Sixty-one Penn Manor High School students had the experience of a lifetime when they performed this month on the grounds of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The school’s choral and orchestra groups performed April 3 in a tribute to the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military and to honor…

• Fund-raiser aids good cause, gives principal a lift

  

  When Hambright students and staff set out to raise money for the American Heart Association’s Jump Rope for Heart, principal Dr. Jerry Egan issued a challenge: If they raised $5,000, he’d work for an hour suspended on a lift. On Friday, Egan fulfilled his promise, but instead of an hour perched 20 feet high on the…

• Egan named assistant superintendent

  Congratulations to Dr. Jerry Egan, whose appointment as Penn Manor assistant superintendent for elementary education was approved Tuesday night by the school board. Egan will replace Vickie Hallock, supervisor of elementary education, when she retires June 30 after 25 years with Penn Manor. In his new role, Egan will oversee curriculum and operations of the…

• Field hockey team gets championship rings

  

  Thanks to the generosity of Penn Manor families and area businesses, Comets field hockey players have a beautiful keepsake of their championship year. Every player and coach on Wednesday received a ring commemorating the 2014 season, which culminated with a state championship. Penn Manor was named AAA state co-champions Nov. 15 after playing to a 1-1 tie with Palmyra.…

• State Legislature honors field hockey team

  

  Penn Manor’s state championship field hockey team was recognized Tuesday by members of the Pennsylvania Legislature during formal ceremonies at the Capitol in Harrisburg. Members of the Senate and House presented citations to the team in honor of the 2014 state title. The Comets were named AAA state co-champions Nov. 15, after playing to a 1-1 tie…

• HS students, parents invited to MU College Fair

  

  Penn Manor students, parents and guardians are invited to attend a College Fair March 12 at Millersville University’s Student Memorial Center. High school juniors who would like to research colleges, universities and technical schools need to fill out a permission form and return it to the PMHS Counseling Office by Monday, March 2, to attend a morning…

• Teacher goes bald to benefit cancer patients

  

    All year, Central Manor Elementary teacher Lorien Gilbert has been teaching her students about empathy. And on Thursday, Gilbert practiced what she’s been teaching by getting her head shaved. The event was to acknowledge the efforts of Gilbert’s students, who raised more than $2,500 for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, which specializes in treating…

• 23 Penn Manor students earn TSA awards

  

  Twenty-three Penn Manor high school and middle school students won multiple awards at the Lancaster-Lebanon Technology Student Association regional competition  Feb. 7 at Conestoga Valley Middle School. Vying against more than 400 students from other schools in the area, TSA students from Manor and Marticville middle schools and Penn Manor High School competed in a variety of…