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Penn girls basketball games for Tues., Jan. 12, 2016, postponed

Due to inclement weather, the Penn varsity and junior varsity girls basketball games against New Prairie, scheduled for Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2016, have been postponed. The games have been rescheduled to Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2016, at Penn. The junior varsity game is scheduled to start at 6 p.m. ET, and the varsity game will follow. Also, due to inclement weather, the Penn freshmen girls basketball ...

Sophomores will take ISTEP this school year. ISTEP Experience can help students prepare.

Parents of Penn sophomores, new this year, 10th graders will be required to take ISTEP! The Indiana Department of Education has released the testing windows for ISTEP+ for the 2015-2016 school year. ISTEP will begin in late February. In most cases, part 1 of ISTEP will be done with paper/pencil and Part 2 will be done online. New this year: In preparation for 2016 ISTEP+, ...

Penn Robotics Team 135 awaits worldwide release of FIRST Robotics FRC Game Challenge

Penn High School’s Robotics Team 135 is awaiting the worldwide release of the FIRST Robotics FRC Game Challenge on Saturday, January 9. The event, which is open to the public, will start at 10 a.m. ET. It will be held in Penn’s Large Group Instruction Room A (enter through rear Door J). After the game release, Penn Robotics Team 135 begins its journey to design ...

Penn Talent Show scheduled for Jan. 14

Grant Brenner performing at last year’s Talent Show Penn High School Student Talent Show will be Thursday, Jan. 14 at 7 p.m. in Penn’s Center for Performing Arts. Cost to attend the talent show is $5 at the box office the night of the show. There will be 11 acts, ranging from a Barbershop quarter, to belly dancing. The talent shows have showcased the diversity ...

Penn STEM Academy Student Earns $1,400 Donation for HOPE Ministries

Sophomore STEM Academy student Kaitlin “Kait” Kelsey talks to her class about the $1,400 donation to HOPE Ministries. Thanks to one industrious engineering Penn High School student, South Bend’s HOPE Ministries received $1,400! As a member of Everence, Kaitlin “Kait” Kelsey participated in the Everence Week of Generosity to secure the valuable donation for HOPE. On Thursday (Dec. 17) morning, Kait presented Jessie Klein, Director ...