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Check out the video on this year’s Penn Manor retirees
Congratulations and a big “thank you” to the 18 professional employees who are retiring from Penn Manor School District at the end of this school year. These individuals, who have a combined 433 years of service to Penn Manor, are being honored at school board meetings in May. If you want to find out about…
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School district, teachers agree to new three-year contract through ’28-29
Penn Manor school board and the Penn Manor Education Association have reached an agreement on a new three-year teachers’ contract that will run from July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The contract was approved May 5 by the Penn Manor Board of School Directors and the general membership of the education association. The three-year…
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Penn Manor Civitas Club members beautify Long’s Park
Penn Manor High School students are completing service projects to clean up public parks and schools, and members of the Civitas Club recently did their part to beautify a popular city park. On May 1, 61 club members participated in a day of service at Long’s Park, planting flowers, weeding, removing trash and debris, and…
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Barney Peace named Secondary Science Teacher of Year
Penn Manor High School science teacher Barney Peace has been named the 2024-2025 Secondary Science Teacher of the Year by Lancaster Lebanon Intermediate Unit 13 and the Lancaster County STEM Alliance. The award is based on a teacher’s instructional excellence; integration of math, science, and engineering practices; real-world connections; technology integration; hands-on learning; and overall…
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Senior publishes first novel, “Susquehannock”
Penn Manor senior Robert Ethan White has accomplished something that few high school students ever do: he wrote and published his own novel. Working under the direction of English teacher Scott Hertzog, Robert recently published Susquehannock, which follows Dean Higgins, a miserable old man living a hollow life in a small community along the Susquehanna…
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Penn Manor junior wins statewide suicide prevention poster contest
Penn Manor CTC student Khaira Omari has won a statewide contest to design a youth suicide prevention poster. Her design depicts black-and-white photos of nine smiling young people saying “You matter” in different languages. At the bottom, the poster reads, “Regardless of how you say it, you matter” and includes the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline…
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Penn Manor Quiz Bowl team headed for Nationals
Congratulations to Penn Manor High School’s Quiz Bowl team, which recently qualified for national competition for the first time since 2019. The team of Brady Mitchell (senior captain), junior Seth Gansner, and sophomores Natalie Aungst and Eliza Myer will be heading to the 2025 High School National Championships May 24 and 25 in Atlanta, Georgia.…
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Twenty seniors commit to continue athletic pursuits in college
Penn Manor hosted a Commitment Day ceremony April 22 to honor 20 high school seniors who are planning to participate in collegiate sports next fall. The students gathered in Ranck Auditorium at Penn Manor High School to sign college commitment letters and talk about their collegiate plans. The group has an average GPA of 3.64…
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Manor FFA members complete habitat restoration project at Pinnacle
Manor FFA members recently helped remove invasive species from the Pinnacle Overlook in a habitat restoration project designed to improve forest biodiversity. On April 4, eight students and their advisor spent about three hours removing honeysuckle bushes and vines and multiflora rose bushes from the Pinnacle Overlook in Susquehannock State Park. Removing these invasive species…
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Students clean park, schools for Day of Caring
Forty-two members of the Penn Manor National Honor Society (NHS) helped clean up the community as part of Penn Manor’s Day of Caring, held April 12. The students partnered with Manor and Conestoga Townships, and the Penn Manor Athletic and Building and Grounds Departments on several projects. They cleaned up litter and debris at the…
