Andrew Neely Named Kingsmen of the Year

Penn honors Class of 2025

Posted on June 9, 2025

Penn High School will hold its 2025 Commencement Ceremony at Notre Dame’s Purcell Pavilion on Monday, June 9, at 7 p.m. (click here for details). The event will celebrate the graduation of 852 members of the Class of 2025.

On Wednesday, May 14, the Penn Faculty, P-H-M Administrators and members of the Board of School Trustees gathered with graduating seniors and their families to celebrate the accomplishments of the Class of 2025 at the annual Senior Recognition Night. The event recognizes the academic success that members of the Senior Class have achieved recognizing them for awards, honors and scholarships that they’ve earned for graduation. Click here to see the full photo gallery.

Awards conferred at Senior Recognition included academic excellence, leadership, service to school and community, citizenship, attendance, athletic accomplishments and a whole host of other accomplishments. The majority of these awards are recognized in this web story.

A Photo Gallery by Penn student C.J. Vantine is posted below.

This year there are 18 Valedictorians and 4 Salutatorians.

Many students were recognized for winning private scholarships during the program. So far, the Class of 2025 graduates have earned approximately nearly $22 million in scholarships! This number will continue to grow as notifications for private scholarships continue to come in over the summer months. We encourage students to notify the Penn Counseling Office of all your scholarships, even after you’ve graduated; it helps us measure the success of our graduates.

The 2025 graduating class is the fifth class to receive recognition through the Latin Honors System:

A total of 49 students will graduate Summa Cum Laude, with the highest praise, by earning an Academic Honors diploma with a GPA greater than 4.25.
A total of 99 students will graduate Magna Cum Laude, with high praise, by earning an Academic Honors diploma with a GPA greater than 4.0.
A total of 105 students will graduate Cum Laude, with praise, with a GPA greater than 3.75.

A total of 429 students in the Class of 2025 are graduating with an Academic Honors diploma! To be eligible for an Academic Honors Diploma, students must accumulate a minimum of 47 credits in a prescribed curriculum and have a grade point average of 3.0.

A total of 261 students in the Class of 2025 are graduating with High Honors! These students have maintained a 3.5 grade point average or above for the first seven semesters of high school study.

The Core 40 with Technical Honors diploma is awarded to students who complete professional internships and or college courses in a technical area. A total of 87 students are graduating with Technical Honors.

The Class of 2025 is the eighth cohort of the Early College Academy. An impressive 98 are graduating with an Associate’s Degree from Ivy Tech Community College!

Award winners include:

Kingsman of the Year: Andrew Neely
Schmucker Award: Noah Shafer

Principal’s Citizenship and Service Awards: Joel Benavides, Adrienne DeMeyer, Jaanavi Kaushik, Janine Mbianda, Emma Rutledge, Nathaniel Temeles, Landon Graves, Aiden Deal