🍂 Kindergarten students were busy strengthening their fine motor skills! They created colorful leaves and used Play-Doh to practice forming the letters of the alphabet. 🔤
📷: Mrs. Carney
📷: Mrs. Carney
From Caterpillars to Butterflies: A Hands-On Life Cycle Adventure 🦋
Our third grade scientists have been busy exploring the amazing life cycle of butterflies! As part of our science learning, students had the opportunity to bring in caterpillars and milkweed to help us observe the life cycle up close.
Throughout our study, students learned about metamorphosis and the four stages of a butterfly’s life cycle: egg, caterpillar (larva), chrysalis (pupa), and adult butterfly. They watched with excitement as their caterpillars grew, formed chrysalises, and eventually emerged as beautiful butterflies!
This hands-on experience allowed students to see firsthand how living things grow and change over time. We carefully observed our caterpillars and butterflies, discussed their different life stages, and learned how each stage is an important part of the butterfly’s life cycle.
Our classroom was filled with excitement as we successfully hatched and released more than 25 butterflies! 🦋 Students were thrilled to watch their butterflies take their first flights and return to nature.
What an incredible way for our third grade scientists to experience science in action! We are so proud of the curiosity, care, and excitement our students showed throughout this amazing learning experience.
📷: 3rd Grade Teachers
Our third grade scientists have been busy exploring the amazing life cycle of butterflies! As part of our science learning, students had the opportunity to bring in caterpillars and milkweed to help us observe the life cycle up close.
Throughout our study, students learned about metamorphosis and the four stages of a butterfly’s life cycle: egg, caterpillar (larva), chrysalis (pupa), and adult butterfly. They watched with excitement as their caterpillars grew, formed chrysalises, and eventually emerged as beautiful butterflies!
This hands-on experience allowed students to see firsthand how living things grow and change over time. We carefully observed our caterpillars and butterflies, discussed their different life stages, and learned how each stage is an important part of the butterfly’s life cycle.
Our classroom was filled with excitement as we successfully hatched and released more than 25 butterflies! 🦋 Students were thrilled to watch their butterflies take their first flights and return to nature.
What an incredible way for our third grade scientists to experience science in action! We are so proud of the curiosity, care, and excitement our students showed throughout this amazing learning experience.
📷: 3rd Grade Teachers
📚 Fifth grade recently had a special visit from Mr. David Swank, a representative from Fort Ligonier! He taught us all about our local history and how people migrated to our area long ago.
We learned about the forts built by the British and French, and even got to dress up like people from that time period. Students had fun reenacting historical moments and imagining what life was like back then!
🎒 This exciting assembly was a great lead-up to the upcoming 5th grade field trip to Fort Ligonier, where students will step back in time to explore the fort, view fascinating artifacts, and meet actors portraying people from the 1700s!
👏 It was an awesome experience that got everyone excited about our local history!
💙 A special thank you to the Penns Manor PTG for making this exciting learning experience possible! We truly appreciate your support of our students and their education! 📚✨
📷: Mr. Shearer
We learned about the forts built by the British and French, and even got to dress up like people from that time period. Students had fun reenacting historical moments and imagining what life was like back then!
🎒 This exciting assembly was a great lead-up to the upcoming 5th grade field trip to Fort Ligonier, where students will step back in time to explore the fort, view fascinating artifacts, and meet actors portraying people from the 1700s!
👏 It was an awesome experience that got everyone excited about our local history!
💙 A special thank you to the Penns Manor PTG for making this exciting learning experience possible! We truly appreciate your support of our students and their education! 📚✨
📷: Mr. Shearer
📚✏️ THANK YOU, MARTIN’S GROCERY STORE! 💙
A big THANK YOU to Martin's Grocery Store, Indiana, for their generous donation of school supplies! 🎒📓✏️ Your support of our students and school community is greatly appreciated! 💙
Pictured with Martin’s employees are Emily Kenny, Peyton Somogyi, Elsie Skupaka, and Jakoby Bennett. 📸
💙📚 Thank you for supporting Penns Manor students! 🍎✏️
📷: Submitted Photo
📚🌟 Meet the Penns Manor Social Media Production Team & Yearbook Group! 🌟📚
Our team would like to wish everyone a wonderful start to the 2026-27 school year! 💙☄️
This year, Lilly Clutter, Brooklyn Trout, Kaitlyn Crowley, Aubrey Hood, Marley Smochek, Izabellah Woods, and Lexi Gilliland will be capturing and sharing news, photos, and highlights from events happening throughout the district!
We’re excited to share all the great things happening at Penns Manor and look forward to a fantastic school year! 📸📰✨
Let’s make it a great year, Comets! ☄️💙
Our team would like to wish everyone a wonderful start to the 2026-27 school year! 💙☄️
This year, Lilly Clutter, Brooklyn Trout, Kaitlyn Crowley, Aubrey Hood, Marley Smochek, Izabellah Woods, and Lexi Gilliland will be capturing and sharing news, photos, and highlights from events happening throughout the district!
We’re excited to share all the great things happening at Penns Manor and look forward to a fantastic school year! 📸📰✨
Let’s make it a great year, Comets! ☄️💙
🏀💙 Attention, Elementary Students! 💙🏀
Basketball sign-ups for students in grades 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be held TODAY, Wednesday, September 30, from 6:00–7:30 PM at the tailgate tent at the high school football field. 🏀⛹️♀️⛹️♂️
📣 This is the LAST opportunity to sign up!
If you would like to play basketball, make sure you stop by tonight! 🏀💙
📅 Wednesday, September 30
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 High School Football Field Tailgate Tent
We hope to see you there! 🏀💙
Basketball sign-ups for students in grades 3, 4, 5 & 6 will be held TODAY, Wednesday, September 30, from 6:00–7:30 PM at the tailgate tent at the high school football field. 🏀⛹️♀️⛹️♂️
📣 This is the LAST opportunity to sign up!
If you would like to play basketball, make sure you stop by tonight! 🏀💙
📅 Wednesday, September 30
⏰ 6:00–7:30 PM
📍 High School Football Field Tailgate Tent
We hope to see you there! 🏀💙
We had a bear-y special rescue mission in Pre-K! 🐻
After reading the classic favorite "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?", our little learners put on their brave rescue hats. A group of colorful bears found themselves floating in a giant tub of water, and it was up to us to save them!
Using only their trusty spoons as rescue tools, our students worked hard on their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination to scoop the bears to safety. Once the bears were dry, the real mission began: sorting our colorful friends into their matching homes to practice our color recognition.
We practiced patience, teamwork, and our colors all in one splashy activity! Check out our little heroes in action.
📷: Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Clement
*Addtional photos on PM Facebook page
After reading the classic favorite "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?", our little learners put on their brave rescue hats. A group of colorful bears found themselves floating in a giant tub of water, and it was up to us to save them!
Using only their trusty spoons as rescue tools, our students worked hard on their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination to scoop the bears to safety. Once the bears were dry, the real mission began: sorting our colorful friends into their matching homes to practice our color recognition.
We practiced patience, teamwork, and our colors all in one splashy activity! Check out our little heroes in action.
📷: Mrs. Horn, Mrs. Clement
*Addtional photos on PM Facebook page
💚 A heartfelt thank you to the Penns Manor and surrounding communities for coming together during our Green Out Football and Volleyball Games and for the incredible generosity shown in support of Zander Marshall and the Cure Mito Foundation.
Your donations are helping advance SURF1 gene therapy closer to clinical trial, bringing hope to families affected by Leigh syndrome. 💚
⏰ Only a couple of days remain in September! Donations are being matched through the end of the month, so if you missed the Green Out games, there is still time to make a difference!
💚 Double your impact and donate today:
oneshot.curemito.org
#LeighSyndrome #SURF1 #OneShotToLive #CureMito
📸:Marley Smochek, Jeanne Lockard, and submitted photos
*See PM Facebook page for additional photos.
Your donations are helping advance SURF1 gene therapy closer to clinical trial, bringing hope to families affected by Leigh syndrome. 💚
⏰ Only a couple of days remain in September! Donations are being matched through the end of the month, so if you missed the Green Out games, there is still time to make a difference!
💚 Double your impact and donate today:
oneshot.curemito.org
#LeighSyndrome #SURF1 #OneShotToLive #CureMito
📸:Marley Smochek, Jeanne Lockard, and submitted photos
*See PM Facebook page for additional photos.
📚 Yearbook Ordering Information 📚
Order your 2026–2027 Penns Manor Yearbook today! See the flyer for details.
Order your 2026–2027 Penns Manor Yearbook today! See the flyer for details.
🍎🍏 What a delicious day of learning! 🍎🍏
Our students were busy exploring all things apples! They learned about Johnny Appleseed, discovered the life cycle of an apple, taste-tested red, yellow, and green apples, sequenced the steps for making applesauce, and so much more! 🍎📚🥄
And as you can see from these amazing smiles, it was a deliciously amazing day of hands-on learning! 😍🍏🍎
📷: Kindergarten Teachers
*See PM Facebook page for additional photos
Our students were busy exploring all things apples! They learned about Johnny Appleseed, discovered the life cycle of an apple, taste-tested red, yellow, and green apples, sequenced the steps for making applesauce, and so much more! 🍎📚🥄
And as you can see from these amazing smiles, it was a deliciously amazing day of hands-on learning! 😍🍏🍎
📷: Kindergarten Teachers
*See PM Facebook page for additional photos
💚🏈 IT’S GREEN OUT NIGHT! 🏈💚
Come out tonight and cheer on the Penns Manor Comets as they take on Purchase Line! ☄️🏈
💚 Reminder: Don’t forget about the Basket Raffle supporting the Cure MITO Foundation and Zander Marshall! 🎟️💚
Not attending tonight’s game? You can still support this great cause! Basket raffle tickets will be available for purchase from 4:30–5:30 PM for $5 per sheet for those not attending the game. 🎟️
📸 Here’s a look back at last week’s Homecoming Game! 💙🏈✨ Jeanne Lockard, Ian Shultz
Come out, wear GREEN, and show your support! 💚☄️
*See PM Facebook page for many additional photos!
Come out tonight and cheer on the Penns Manor Comets as they take on Purchase Line! ☄️🏈
💚 Reminder: Don’t forget about the Basket Raffle supporting the Cure MITO Foundation and Zander Marshall! 🎟️💚
Not attending tonight’s game? You can still support this great cause! Basket raffle tickets will be available for purchase from 4:30–5:30 PM for $5 per sheet for those not attending the game. 🎟️
📸 Here’s a look back at last week’s Homecoming Game! 💙🏈✨ Jeanne Lockard, Ian Shultz
Come out, wear GREEN, and show your support! 💚☄️
*See PM Facebook page for many additional photos!
Mrs. Brody’s kindergarten class is off to a great start! 🌟 Enjoy these photos capturing some fun moments from their first few weeks of school. We’re excited to see all the learning and adventures ahead! 💙☄️
📸: Mrs. Brody
📸: Mrs. Brody
💙 Congratulations, Josie Matko - the 2026 Penns Manor Homecoming Queen! 👑
A warm welcome back to the 2025 PM Homecoming Queen, Miss Rena Fennell!
Congratulations to the entire 2026 PM Homecoming Court! 💫
Stay tuned for additional photos next week. 💙👑💫
📷: Marley Smochek, Sky Leasure
💙🏈👑 HOMECOMING GAME TONIGHT! 👑🏈💙
The Comets take the field tonight for our Homecoming Game! 🎉 Come out, show your Comet pride, and help us make it a night to remember! 📣💙
👑 Homecoming Court & Queen will be announced at halftime!
📻 Can’t make it to the game? Renda Media will be broadcasting tonight’s game! You can also tune in through their YouTube link. 🎥: https://youtube.com/live/3ClvhMyTGMc?feature=share
A special shoutout to our Computer Applications class for designing all of the spirit stickers for tonight’s Homecoming game and all of our fall activities! 💙 And a big THANK YOU to all of Mrs. Dolney’s classes for cutting out the stickers and getting them posted to the spirit board! ✂️📌💙
Let’s go, Comets! BE THERE. BE LOUD. BE PROUD! ☄️💙🏈📣
The Comets take the field tonight for our Homecoming Game! 🎉 Come out, show your Comet pride, and help us make it a night to remember! 📣💙
👑 Homecoming Court & Queen will be announced at halftime!
📻 Can’t make it to the game? Renda Media will be broadcasting tonight’s game! You can also tune in through their YouTube link. 🎥: https://youtube.com/live/3ClvhMyTGMc?feature=share
A special shoutout to our Computer Applications class for designing all of the spirit stickers for tonight’s Homecoming game and all of our fall activities! 💙 And a big THANK YOU to all of Mrs. Dolney’s classes for cutting out the stickers and getting them posted to the spirit board! ✂️📌💙
Let’s go, Comets! BE THERE. BE LOUD. BE PROUD! ☄️💙🏈📣
PENNY WAR! 🔥💥 It’s ON!
Penns Manor’s Ultimate PENNY WAR Challenge starts NOW! 💥🔥
The students think they’ve got what it takes… but the community says bring it on! 👊💰
This Friday, September 18th, our Penns Manor Elementary students will be walking through the stands during the Varsity Football game against Homer-Center to collect money. Every coin/dollar counts toward helping us buy stockings and supplies for local homeless veterans. ❤️🇺🇸
When you see our students coming around, be ready to drop your change and cheer them on!
Together, we can fill those stockings, honor our heroes, and have a little fun along the way! 🎄🪙
🎶💙 COME OUT & SUPPORT THE PENNS MANOR MARCHING BAND! 💙🎶
Come out tonight at 7:00 PM to the Cookport Fair to hear our amazing Penns Manor Marching Band! 🥁🎺🎷 We’d love to see you there! 👏💙 Enjoy these photos from the Indiana County Fair Band Night.
🎥 📸See a highlight video along with additional photos on the PMHS Facebook page!
We also had several Penns Manor students, alumni, retired director Mr. Rode, and new director Mr. Hamilton join the Indiana County Fife & Drum Corps for their Indiana County Fair performance.🥁
📸: Anthony Frazier (Fanzo Captures), Jeanne Lockard, and Mrs. Dolney
💙🎶 Go Comets! ☄️🥁
Come out tonight at 7:00 PM to the Cookport Fair to hear our amazing Penns Manor Marching Band! 🥁🎺🎷 We’d love to see you there! 👏💙 Enjoy these photos from the Indiana County Fair Band Night.
🎥 📸See a highlight video along with additional photos on the PMHS Facebook page!
We also had several Penns Manor students, alumni, retired director Mr. Rode, and new director Mr. Hamilton join the Indiana County Fife & Drum Corps for their Indiana County Fair performance.🥁
📸: Anthony Frazier (Fanzo Captures), Jeanne Lockard, and Mrs. Dolney
💙🎶 Go Comets! ☄️🥁
📸 Picture Retake Info! 📸
🏫 Elementary: October 2nd
🎓 High School: October 13th
**High school students who plan to have their pictures retaken, please sign up in the office with Ms. Gillo so we know how many photographers will be needed.
Thank you! 💙
📸: Social Media
🏫 Elementary: October 2nd
🎓 High School: October 13th
**High school students who plan to have their pictures retaken, please sign up in the office with Ms. Gillo so we know how many photographers will be needed.
Thank you! 💙
📸: Social Media
💚 GREEN OUT! 💚
Join us at the September 25th home football game for a GREEN OUT to support the Cure Mito Foundation and Hope for Zander! 💚🏈
The PMHS Cheerleaders will be holding a basket raffle! Check out the photos for information on how you can donate a basket.
Let’s fill the stands with GREEN and come together to support this cause! 💚
📸: PMHS Cheerleading
Join us at the September 25th home football game for a GREEN OUT to support the Cure Mito Foundation and Hope for Zander! 💚🏈
The PMHS Cheerleaders will be holding a basket raffle! Check out the photos for information on how you can donate a basket.
Let’s fill the stands with GREEN and come together to support this cause! 💚
📸: PMHS Cheerleading
✨💙 Back-to-School night will be held Thursday evening at both the elementary and high school! Hope to see you there! 💙✨
📸: Social Media Team
📸: Social Media Team
📸 SCHOOL PICTURE DAYS - THIS WEEK! 📸
It’s time to smile, Comets! 😊
🏫 Elementary Picture Day:
📅 Tuesday, September 8th
🎓 High School Picture Day:
📅 Wednesday, September 9th
📸 Senior Portraits will also be taken on Wednesday, September 9th.
🛍️ Want to order photos? Visit My.Lifetouch.com to place your order!
😊☄️
📸: Social Media
