Category: News

• New school year gets off to a smooth start

  

  Under bright, sunny skies, Penn Manor schools opened their doors to more than 5,400 students Monday, August 26, to kick off the 2024-2025 school year. This year’s opening went smoothly, according to Penn Manor superintendent Dr. Phil Gale, who visited district schools throughout the day. “It is exciting to see our schools and classrooms filled…

• Guidelines issued for home football game attendance

  

  Please read this message from Doug Eby, Penn Manor High School principal, regarding expectations for those attending home football games in 2024-2025. Dear Penn Manor Community, The high school football season is an exciting time of year for the athletes, band members, cheerleaders and the community as a whole. The Penn Manor School District is…

• 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…

• 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…

• Penn Manor hires 34 new teaching professionals for 2024-2025

  

  Thirty-four professional educators have joined the Penn Manor family for the 2024-2025 school year. We welcomed these new employees during New Teacher Orientation, held the week of August 5 at Penn Manor High School. In addition to orientation sessions, activities included a bus tour of all district schools and a luncheon with administrators and school…

• Staff positions still available for 2024-2025 school year

  

    Applications are being accepted for several open positions for the 2024-2025 school year at Penn Manor School District, which has switched to a new HR software platform.   Penn Manor now utilizes Red Rover, a web-based system for managing open positions and tracking applicants that is designed to simplify the process.   The following positions are currently…

• Detter, Telesco named assistant principals at Manor MS, high school

  

  The Penn Manor School Board has approved the appointments of Patty Detter as assistant principal at Manor Middle School and Chris Telesco as assistant principal at Penn Manor High School. Detter will work with Dr. Shirley Murray, who took over as Manor principal upon the retirement of Dr. Dana Edwards at the end of the…

• 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…