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• Penn Manor approves 2021-2022 school calendar

  

  The Penn Manor Board of School Directors has approved the district calendar for the 2021-2022 school year. The first day of school for students will be Monday, August 30, 2021, and the school year is scheduled to end on June 3, 2022. You can view and download the full calendar here.

• 17 PMHS seniors participate in National Signing Day

  

  Penn Manor hosted a live-streamed National Signing Day ceremony February 3 to honor 17 high school seniors who plan to participate in collegiate sports next fall. The group has an average GPA of 3.82 and includes eight multi-sport athletes and students who are involved in a wide range of co-curricular activities in addition to sports, including…

• Manor FFA members earn Keystone Degrees and jackets at state convention

  

     Penn Manor High School students representing Manor FFA earned several awards recently at the Pennsylvania FFA Mid-Winter Convention.   Eight students – Jordan Arms, Amanda Baker, Rebecca Barley, Laurel Barley, Sarah Bleacher, Morgan Harnish, Berklee Perry, and Isabella Peters – earned Keystone Degrees.   The Keystone is the fourth of five degrees FFA members can earn…

• Kindergarten Information Presentation explains Penn Manor’s program

  

  Penn Manor parents who would like to learn more about our kindergarten program now have a valuable resource that will explain the program, introduce our teachers and walk parents through the registration process. The online Kindergarten Information Presentation is available for viewing here. The video is designed to give parents all the information they need…

• Hambright students studying local stream health in STEM Alliance project

  

     Hambright Elementary School fifth-graders have been wading through the Little Conestoga Creek to conduct research to help make the local waterway a healthier habitat for trout.    They’re participating in a project called “Watershed Explorers: Examining and Protecting Our Local Waterways,” funded with a $5,000 grant from the Lancaster County STEM Alliance.   The project includes raising…

• Penn Manor HS earns national honors for engineering & technology program

  

     Penn Manor’s Applied Engineering and Technology Education program has been honored with a national award, and faculty member Molly Miller has been cited as a leader in the field.    Penn Manor has received the Program Excellence Award from the International Technology and Engineering Educators Association – the only high school technology/engineering program in…

• How we will announce school closings/delays this winter

  

  With the first snowstorm of the year approaching, we want to update our parents, students and staff of how we will share information on school closings, delays and early dismissals this winter. Information will be posted on the district and school websites/blogs and Twitter feeds and reported on local radio and television stations before 6…

• Governor orders pause in co-curricular activities from Dec. 12 to Jan. 4

  

  Governor Tom Wolf on Thursday announced new statewide restrictions that will pause all in-person school co-curricular activities from Saturday, December 12, until Monday, January 4. The order means that Penn Manor and other school districts in Pennsylvania must suspend all athletics, student clubs and other co-curricular activities, except those that are held virtually. All in-person athletic…

• Penn Manor formally agrees to updated PA health, safety standards

  

  Penn Manor School District has formally agreed to comply with updated health and safety standards for schools implemented by state officials in November due to increasing numbers of COVID-19 cases across Pennsylvania. Penn Manor superintendent Mike Leichliter and school board president Herk Rintz signed an attestation form stipulating that the district will comply with the…

• High school students injured in bus crash Thursday morning

  

  A Penn Manor school bus was involved in a crash Thursday morning that injured three high school students, one of whom was taken to the hospital. The accident occurred around 7 a.m. Thursday at Manor Boulevard and Charlestown Road when Eschbach bus No. 201 collided with a car. Sixteen Penn Manor High School students were on…