Technology Initiatives
In September 2007, Penn Manor High School was awarded $585,907 as part of the Pennsylvania Classrooms for the Future Project (CFF). CFF funding was used to purchase 60 data projectors, 60 PolyVision interactive whiteboards, and 475 Macbook laptopss.
Penn Manor High School received a major technology renovation during the summer of 2009. The "Smart Classroom" renovation provided ceiling mounted data projectors, sound systems, and integrated multimedia switching boxes for most building classrooms. A new Meru wireless N network was also installed as part of the facility renovation.
Since June 2000, the high school has been one of the few Pennsylvania schools to provide a webcast of senior graduation ceremonies. The live commencement webcast has been viewed by hundreds of viewers around the country and around the world.
Launched in July 2007, the Penn Manor Technology Blog documents district instructional technology programs and projects.
Penn Points, the student news magazine of Penn Manor High School launched a new online version of the student newspaper in October 2009. With the launch of the online version of Penn Points, Penn Manor High School ceased all paper publications.
The Penn Manor Technology Department is a regional leader in Open source software in education. With over a fleet of over 1600 classroom Ubuntu laptops, the district's Linux deployment is possibly the largest school implementation in Pennsylvania.
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