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• Former Penn Manor school leaders honored

  Former school board members and administrators with ties to Penn Manor spanning more than 50 years were honored Monday night at the Penn Manor School District Leadership Dinner. Held in the Manor Middle School cafeteria, the event brought together a wide range of former school directors and administrators, including Dr. Elmer Berkebile, Penn Manor’s first superintendent following…

• Manor MS earns third straight Distinguished School honor

  For the third straight year, Manor Middle School has been named a Title I Distinguished School, one of only 96 of Pennsylvania’s more than 3,000 schools to achieve the honor. Manor is among the top 5 percent of Title I schools in the state, based on progress made in the past year to narrow the…

• Penn Manor school director receives PSBA Advocacy Award

  Penn Manor school board member Dr. Richard Frerichs has been named recipient of the Timothy M. Allwein Advocacy Award for advancing the cause of public education in Pennsylvania. Frerichs received the award Oct. 13 at the School Leadership Conference, sponsored by the Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators and the Pennsylvania School Boards Association. “I am…

• PM German exchange marks 13th year

  Fourteen German exchange students and teachers celebrated with their American counterparts with a potluck dinner Sept. 28 at Penn Manor High School. The celebration marked the 13th year of the German American Partnership Program, a cultural exchange that brings Penn Manor students and teachers together with their German peers. This year, 12 students and two…

• Six PMHS students qualify for County Chorus

  Congratulations to the six talented Penn Manor High School students who qualified for County Chorus. They are Lauren Elledge (soprano 1), Veronica Cazillo (alto 1), Claudia Heitland (alto 2), Caitlin Moser (alto 2), Katherina Vanatta (alto 2) and Martin Zavadan (tenor 2). The students qualified following an audition Saturday at McCaskey High School. They had to…

• PM’s Roth named District III Athletic Director of the Year

  Congratulations to Penn Manor’s Jeff Roth for being named Athletic Director of the Year for District III of the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association. District III includes schools in Adams, Berks, Cumberland, Dauphin, Franklin, Juniata, Lancaster, Lebanon, Perry and York counties. Earlier this fall, Roth had been named Lancaster-Lebanon League Athletic Director of the Year. Jeff’s peers in…

• 2016-2017 school year off to a smooth start

  Under cool, sunny skies, Penn Manor welcomed more than 5,000 students back to its schools on Wednesday to start the 2016-2017 school year. The students were greeted by familiar faces, along with some new ones, as 22 new teachers and counselors began their new year at Penn Manor. Superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter visited all nine buildings —…

• Staff unites for Opening Day activities

  More than 400 Penn Manor staff members got revved up for the new school year at Opening Day activities at Penn Manor High School Monday. Attendees enjoyed a hot breakfast before superintendent Dr. Mike Leichliter talked about Penn Manor’s increasingly diverse enrollment and how teachers and staff members need to inspire all students.  “We don’t just cater…

• PM adopts new elementary schedule for ’16-17

  Penn Manor is shifting from a six-day cycle to a four-day cycle at its elementary schools for 2016-2017 to improve consistency in the daily schedule and maintain or increase elementary instructional time in all subjects. The only subjects that will change from day to day are specials – art, physical education, music, library instruction and applied…

• Community celebrates Pequea ES reopening

  More than 200 parents, students, graduates and community members turned out Sunday to rededicate Pequea Elementary School, which is reopening this week after undergoing an $11.8 million renovation. Matthew Stem, Pennsylvania Deputy Secretary of Education, addressed the overflow crowd during the Sept. 21 celebration, which included tours of the school and a picnic that featured…