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• Documentary on Penn Manor 1:1 program debuts

  

  A film about Penn Manor’s innovative 1:1 Student Laptop Program debuted Tuesday before a crowd of 3,000 people attending a global open source conference in Boston. Click here to see why Penn Manor’s 1:1 program has attracted such international acclaim! The documentary, created by Red Hat Films, includes interviews of students, teachers and staff about…

• 400-plus seniors receive diplomas at commencement

  

  More than 400 Penn Manor High School seniors received their diplomas Tuesday night during commencement ceremonies at Franklin & Marshall College. Principal Dr. Phil Gale urged the graduates to “truly discover what you are passionate about, lean into it, not avoid it, and become someone who is making a difference in our world.” Valedictorian Alan…

• Six to speak at PMHS commencement June 2

  

  Six student speakers have been named for Penn Manor High School’s 2015 commencement, scheduled for 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 2, at Franklin & Marshall College Alumni Sports and Fitness Center. Andrew Mintzer, Craig Jahnke, Sarah Beth Ranck, Alan Dang, Hannah Willig and Hailey Kresge were selected to address the graduates and guests during the ceremony.…

• PM open source program subject of documentary

  

  A crew of filmmakers is in Penn Manor School District this week to create a documentary on the district’s innovative open source 1:1 laptop program, one of the first of its kind in the United States. The film will debut at an upcoming global open source conference. The film crew from Red Hat software company…

• PMHS named No. 1 high school in county

  

  Congratulations to the students, staff and faculty of Penn Manor High School, ranked the No. 1 high school in Lancaster County by U.S. News & World Report! The magazine’s annual Best High Schools issue evaluates public schools and awards gold, silver and bronze medals to those it considers the best at preparing students for college. Penn Manor is…

• Herr honored for state FFA service

  

  Penn Manor school board Monday honored Victoria Herr, a 2014 graduate of Penn Manor High School, for serving as FFA State Secretary this year. The board formally commended Herr, who joined six other FFA officers to represent the organization at events across Pennsylvania in 2014-15. Victoria told school board members she participated in leadership workshops and…

• Howe appointed Hambright ES principal 

  

  Eric Howe, a longtime Penn Manor teacher and administrator, has been named principal of Hambright Elementary School, effective July 1. Currently an assistant principal at Penn Manor High School, Howe will replace Jerry Egan, who is leaving Hambright to become Penn Manor’s assistant superintendent for elementary education. Howe began teaching social studies at Penn Manor…

• Manor MS student wins regional essay contest

  

  Manor Middle School eighth-grader Peyton Cassel’s fictional story about the Salem witch trials has earned her a top award in the 2015 Hershey Story History Contest. Peyton’s entry, Bewitched, won first-place honors in the senior fiction division. The story is a first-person account of an accused witch’s final day before she is put to death in July 1692.…

• Penn Manor honors Distinguished Alumni

  

  Four outstanding Penn Manor High School graduates were inducted Saturday into the Distinguished Alumni Wall of Honor during the Alumni Banquet in the high school cafeteria. Also honored at the banquet were members of the health care profession. The 2015 Distinguished Alumni are Kenneth Hackman, Class of 1955; Coleen Ortmann Kayden, Class of 1973; Tracy Goodman,…

• PMHS music ensembles perform at Pearl Harbor  

  

  Sixty-one Penn Manor High School students had the experience of a lifetime when they performed this month on the grounds of Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The school’s choral and orchestra groups performed April 3 in a tribute to the men and women who have served and continue to serve in the U.S. military and to honor…