Congratulations to the Penn High School Academic Super Bowl teams on an outstanding showing in state competition. Penn's Academic Super Bowl social studies team placed first in the state for the fourth consecutive year with the expert coaching of Peter DeKever. This was the team's 16th consecutive victory and Penn's 12th state championship in social studies. The team answered all 25 questions correctly. Penn had five teams place in Class 1 competition, winning first place in social studies and finishing second in math, science, and interdisciplinary and third in English.  

Though Penn's State-qualifying Orchestra and Band have already wrapped up the season with outstanding spring concerts, and the Spring Children's Play was a huge success, there is much more to come from the Academy.  Catch the Spring Choir Concert "Greatest Hits" Thursday & Friday, May 9 & 10, 7:30 pm.  Tickets are $6 each, all ages.  The Spring Jazz Concert is always a treat and is set for Thursday, May 16 at 7:00 p.m. (not Friday the 17th as published earlier.) 

Senior Erika Kirgios has been named a Presidential Scholar in the 49th class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, which recognizes 141 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics or the arts.

Congratulations to our student-athletes who will attend the following colleges and universities to pursue their sport along with a degree. Josh Curcio, Concordia University, Wisconsin, wrestling; Grace Heise, University of St.

Three Penn High School students have been invited to participate in the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair held in Phoenix, Arizona later this month. 

Sara-Cate Baker, Alex Mobashery and Sam Sharkey will participate in the world’s largest international pre-college science competition which annually provides a forum for more than 1,500 high school students from about 70 countries, regions, and territories to showcase their independent research. 

Penn senior Nicholas Ortega has been identified as an academically outstanding Hispanic/Latino high school student by the National Hispanic Recognition Program of the College Board. Each year the NHRP honors about 5,000 of the highest-scoring students from over 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the PSAT/NMSQT. These students are from the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, the Mariana Islands and the Marshall Islands, as well as U.S. citizens attending schools abroad.

Penn High School initiated its sister school relationship with Shanghai Xinchang High School in March 2012. Shanghai American Penn High School program has started the admission process for the 2013-2014 academic year.

For detailed information in Chinese, please visit the Shanghai Xinchang High School Website: http://xczx.nh.edu.sh.cn

Students can sign up for driver's education in the Penn bookstore. New this year we will be offering the option of taking the classroom portion of driver’s education online for $80 payable to CIESC. The Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) requires 30 hours of classroom instruction and six hours of driving time.

Penn High School has been rated an A school by the Indiana Department of Education. the letter grades are calculated based on student performance on End of Course Assessments, student improvement, the graduation rate and college and career readiness. Here's a flyer that explains the A-F accountability system in more detail.  The Indiana Department of Education COMPASS website has more information about Penn High School.