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Jeremy Starkweather, PHM Secondary Teacher of the Year

Debate Teacher & Coach Mr. Starkweather Named PHM Secondary Teacher of the Year

This week is National Teacher Appreciation Week and Penn-Harris-Madison Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker is making his rounds to surprise a couple of P-H-M's best educators with some good news. Today, Dr. Thacker with the help of Penn High School Principal Dr. Sean Galiher and Assistant Principal Jeanie Mitchell (a former PHM Teacher of the year herself), Jeremy Starkweather was taken off guard with the news ...
Fieldhouse Groundbreaking (5-7-24)

P-H-M Breaks Ground on Penn High School’s New Fieldhouse

This morning P-H-M School Board of Trustees members, Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker, and P-H-M administrators were joined by representatives from R. Yoder Construction Inc., and Fanney Howey for the groundbreaking of Penn High School’s new 80,000 square foot Fieldhouse. Click here to watch the video animation of the features that will be included. Click here to view a brochure with more details about what the ...

Early College Academy celebrates Signing Day for graduating seniors

Penn High School's Early College Academy celebrated Signing Day for its graduating seniors on Monday, May 6, 2024. More than 100 ECA seniors announced their plans for high education, careers or military service ...

Chen, Guarraci lead exceptional Penn showing at DECA Internationals

Penn students Chris Chen and David Guarraci placed second in Entrepreneurship TDME at the DECA International Career Development Conference. The event, April 27-30, in Anaheim, Calif., featured more than 23,000 students from around the world. Chen and Guarraci, who are both Juniors, received the DECA international Glass Plaque. They are the first Penn DECA students to place at ICDC. Penn’s Megan Zhang, Luna Liu and ...

Penn Musical earns WAVE Award nominations

Penn High School's Fine Arts Academy earned 11 nominations for the WAVE Awards, which celebrates area high school musical students and staff. Penn's nominations were for excellence in acting, direction and design in "The Music Man". Nominated students and staff will attend the WAVE Awards at 7 p.m., Wednesday, May 22, 2024, at Lake Michigan College's Mendel Center. Nominated students are eligible for scholarships. "We ...