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• Fine Arts Day celebrates its 30th year

      Hambright Elementary students and staff enjoyed Fine Arts Day – what many call “the best day of the year” – on April 26.     This year’s daylong celebration of the arts was even more special because it marked the 30th year for the event, which was established in 1990 to give students and staff…

• Project helps Hambright teacher earn National Geographic certification

      Hambright Elementary School teacher Katie Lutz has been certified as a National Geographic Educator, thanks, in part, to a project that she and her fifth-graders completed to better understand the natural world around their school.    Called “The World in My Backyard,” the project uses virtual reality technology to tell the story of the…

• Sign Language Club forms at Hambright Elementary School

      About 30 Hambright students meet after school every Wednesday to learn a new language, with the goal of breaking down communication barriers with people who are different than themselves.     But the members of this club aren’t learning a traditional foreign language. They’re studying American Sign Language and Signed English under the direction of…

• Math Bowl champs named for 2019

  Teams from three different Penn Manor elementary schools earned first-place trophies in the Math Bowl, a spirited competition involving students from all seven Penn Manor elementary schools in fourth, fifth and sixth grades. A team from Hambright Elementary earned the first-place trophy for fourth grade. Eshleman took the fifth-grade crown, and Central Manor was the…

• No new lead cases reported at Penn Manor schools

  Penn Manor residents may be receiving a notice in the mail from their health insurance provider indicating that lead has been found in the drinking water in Penn Manor School District. While the issue of lead at schools has received media coverage recently, we want to assure community members that we are not aware of…

• Manor MS students participate in ‘Construction Wars’

    Nineteen Penn Manor middle schoolers got some hands-on experience while learning about construction trades during “Construction Wars,” held March 12-14 at the Keystone Center for Construction Careers in Manheim.     On the morning of March 14, the students donned hard hats and safety goggles and learned how to use a variety of tools, make…

• PM Quiz Bowl team headed for national competition

  Congratulations to the Penn Manor High School Quiz Bowl team for qualifying for national competition for the second year in a row.   Penn Manor finished third in the Lancaster-Lebanon League after a hard-fought series of matches against Manheim Township and Hempfield. Highlights of the season include participating in eight Saturday day-long tournaments, securing a second-place…

• PM boys’ soccer team named Academic Award Winner

  Congratulations to the Penn Manor boys’ soccer team for being named an Academic Award Winner by the United Soccer Coaches. The 2017-2018 team was one of just 107 boys’ teams nationwide to receive the honor for maintaining a team grade-point average of 3.25 or better. The Comets easily exceeded that threshold, with an average GPA…

• Penn Manor’s Miller named to Technology Leadership Academy

  Penn Manor High School teacher Molly Miller has been named to the 21st Century Leadership Academy by the Council on Technology & Engineering Teacher Education (CTETE).     Miller is one of only six educators named a Leadership Academy Fellow and is the only public school teacher selected for the honor. The other fellows are university…

• MiniTHON raises more than $41,000 to fight childhood cancer

  Thank you, Penn Manor students, staff, community members and businesses for making the 2019 Penn Manor MiniTHON such a success! The fundraising drive and dance marathon, which ran from Friday night to Saturday morning, raised $41,207 — far exceeding the goal of $30,000 and last year’s total of $26,694. The money will go to Four Diamonds, an…