About 400 students received their diplomas Wednesday night before an enthusiastic crowd as Penn Manor High School held commencement at Franklin & Marshall College for the first time in three years. You can watch a recording of the graduation ceremony here. Graduation marked the end of a challenging four years for the Class of 2023, […]
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Five Penn Manor seniors will address the audience when Penn Manor High School’s Class of 2023 holds its graduation ceremony Wednesday, May 31, at Franklin & Marshall College. Commencement will begin at 7 p.m. at F&M’s Alumni Sports and Fitness Center, located on Harrisburg Pike, at the intersection of Race Avenue. Doors will open at […]
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When Penn Manor senior Kaitlyn Roth graduates next week, it will mark the completion of her high school career – and the publishing of her first novel. Kaitlyn has spent the last semester writing and editing the 226-page book, “Reset,” as an independent study project under the guidance of English teacher Scott Hertzog. The book […]
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Millersville University and Penn Manor School District are implementing a new partnership that will enable students to take college courses on MU’s campus each semester of their junior and senior year at no cost. Students will learn about college life, interact closely with faculty and industry experts, and be mentored by Millersville college students while […]
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Congratulations to Chloe Chen, a Central Manor Elementary School fourth-grader, for earning a top award in a magazine cover illustration contest. Chloe placed second in the 2023 Humpty Dumpty Cover Contest, and her illustration is featured on the back cover of the May/June issue of the national magazine. She submitted an illustration based on the […]
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More than 50 Penn Manor High School student athletes and coaches were honored May 10 during the Senior Sports Awards ceremony in the high school auditorium. In all, more than 40 awards and scholarships were presented, including Coach of the Year to Rachel Suter (field hockey) and Assistant Coach of the Year to Jamaal Millisock (football). The top awards for the Class of 2023 went to: You can see […]
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Penn Manor High School students had the opportunity to learn about the Vietnam War from a group of veterans who visited the school Monday. Six members of the Vietnam Veterans of America Lancaster Chapter 1008 presented a brief history of the war and talked about their experiences during an assembly that included about 100 students. […]
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Jake Bleacher, a chief exploration scientist with NASA, returned to his alma mater Friday to talk with students about his career path after graduating from Penn Manor High School in 1996. Bleacher encouraged students to take as many math courses as possible and to learn the value of collaboration in the workplace. Collaboration is key […]
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Penn Manor High School’s Agricultural Education and Family and Consumer Sciences departments recently collaborated on a project that brought two groups of students together to learn from each other. On April 26, Mindy Rottmund’s Nutrition & Food Sciences students worked with Mary Wurzbach’s Plant Science class to see how plants are grown using hydroponics in […]
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Penn Manor’s Elizabeth Raff has had quite a week. Over the course of six days, she met with legislators on Capitol Hill, attended an international teaching summit, toured the Smithsonian Institute, and met President Biden and his educator wife, Dr. Jill Biden. As Pennsylvania’s 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Raff joined other Teachers of […]
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Penn Manor honored 21 retirees with more than 500 combined years of service, along with three employees of the year and its longtime staff members during the Employee Recognition Night, held April 25 at Penn Manor High School. The 44th annual event included a catered reception, followed by recognition of the Outstanding Educators/Employee of the […]
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Two Penn Manor High School students took home a top prize in the Pennsylvania Technology Student Association State Conference, held April 19 through 22 at Seven Springs Resort. Suren Clark and Jordan Chen placed first in the state in the Debating Technological Issues competition, during which they participated in a debate about whether social media […]
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Congratulations to Lauren Ciemiewicz, Penn Manor High School choral director and music teacher, for being named Teacher of the Year by the Lancaster-Lebanon Music Educators Association. Lauren was nominated by an LLMEA member and selected for this honor by the entire association, which includes Lancaster and Lebanon Counties, at its April 18 banquet. “We congratulate Lauren […]
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The Penn Manor school board has approved key administrative staff changes in the district office and at Penn Manor High School and Marticville Middle School. High school principal Baron Jones will take over as principal at Marticville, replacing Chris Smith, who is retiring at the end of the school year. Doug Eby, currently an assistant […]
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Hundreds of community members, distinguished guests, Penn Manor staff and students turned out to celebrate Penn Manor High School during Dedication Weekend activities at the school. The weekend kicked off with the districtwide art show on Thursday, April 13, followed by the recognition on Friday of Distinguished Penn Manor Alumni Elizabeth Maine Allen, (Class of […]
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