Penn High School’s Girls Soccer Team hoisted the State Championship trophy last season, posting an unbeaten season.

Penn’s reputation as a Girls Soccer powerhouse has now spread nationwide, as Coach Jeff Hart’s Kingsmen are the Preseason No. 1-ranked high school Girls Soccer team in the Nation according to one of the Nation’s premiere  soccer publications, TopDrawer.com.

A photo gallery of the Penn Girls Soccer Team first practice of the season, held on Monday, July 31, is posted below.

Penn enters the season with four Division I commits – First-Team All-American Kristina Lynch (Florida State), Brooke Van Dyck (Notre Dame), Molly McLaughlin (Xavier) and Mackenzie Wood (Northwestern). 

Defending State Champion Penn opens the 2017 season on Friday, Aug. 18, at Lakeville’s Newton Park in the South Bend St. Joseph Indian Invitational. Click here for the 2018 Penn Girls Soccer season schedule.

Fan can purchase Penn High School Athletics season tickets by clicking here.

Penn Football players started their quest for excellence in the 2017 season at the first practice of the season.

Football practice for all Indiana High School Athletic Association members opened up on Monday, July 31.

Coach Cory Yeoman’s Kingsmen started the day in classrooms learning plays and techniques. Then the Kingsmen moved out onto the turf at TCU/Freed Field for drills.

Coach Yeoman’s Kingsmen, a perennial state power, finished the 2016 campaign with a 12-1 record. The Kingsmen captured Northern Indiana Conference, Sectional and Regional Championships.

Penn owns one of Indiana’s proudest football histories. The Kingsmen have won five state championships and reached the state championship game 11 times.

Fans can purchase season tickets through this link: https://penn.phmschools.org/2017-2018-kingsmen-all-sports-season-ticket-information.

Penn opens the 2017 season on Aug. 18 at Valparaiso. Click here for the 2017 Kingsmen Varsity Football schedule.

Penn High School's Marching Kingsmen are already tuning up for the Fall season.

Under the direction of Penn Fine Arts Academy Leader Glenn Northern, the Marching Kingsmen started their practices for the 2017-2018 school year in July.

Penn’s Marching Kingsmen are perennial contenders for the state championship, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

As part of the Indiana Department of Education’s 2017 Summer of eLearning series across the state P-H-M again hosted  TECHNOVATION 2017 at Penn High School.

The IDOE’s series was held over the span of 21 days in June and July at 22 host locations, and supported by the work of 51 school districts with the purpose of exposing Indiana’s teachers to the latest advancement and tools in education technology.

Hundreds of educators from 12 different school corporations essentially went came together on July 26 & 27 to take part in a choice of more than 70 different workshops! These workshops focused on the important role the latest technology programs, concepts and equipment can play in enhancing the classroom learning environment. Attendees were able to not only learn new information from the presenters, but also collaborate  with their colleagues discussing how schools can incorporate these tools into their curricula.

There were many fascinating concepts available to see and experience such as 3-D printing, interactive virtual reality, escape rooms and much more!

The two-day event was highlighted with two keynote speakers featuring P-H-M Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker on Day 1 and Brian Mull on Day 2. And if  teachers didn’t have a fun enough time learning and playing with all the cool toys, they also had a chance to win door prizes at the end of the mini conference

Please check out the photo gallery below to see the captured moments of TECHNOVATION 2017!

The beginning of the 2017-2018 school year is just around the corner. Please remember the Indiana State Department of Health requires parents/guardians to provide their child’s full immunization record to the student’s school health office on or before the first day of school, August 23, 2017.  Click here for details on 12^th grade immunization requirements. 

If your child will be participating in fall sports, click here for the week 1 schedule for all sports and click here for the required 2017-18 Athletic forms (printable and fill out/pay online options).

See the list below for important Penn dates and events to get the year started:

• week of July 24 – Kingsmen Band  practice starts
• week of July 31 – Athletic practices start *See link above for full schedule
• August 19 – Walk Around, 9 a.m.-12 p.m.
• August 23 – First Day of School
• August 25 – Penn vs. Merrillville, TCU Freed Field, 7:30 p.m.
• August 30 – Open house, 6:30-8:30 p.m.
• September 4 – Labor Day (No School)
• September 5 – Choir Ice Cream Social/Parent Information Night, CPA/Cafe, 6:30 p.m.
• September 9 – ACT Testing, 7:30 a.m.
• September 11 – Orchestra Potluck Dinner/Parent Meeting, Cafe, 6:30 p.m.; PTO Meeting, Staff Dining Room, 7 p.m.
• September 13 – College Information Night, CPA, 6:30 p.m.; Powderpuff Football, 7p.m.
• September 15 – Penn vs. Adams, Homecoming, TCU Freed Field, 7 p.m.
• September 23 – Carnival of Bands, 1 p.m.
• September 27 – Financial Aid Night, LGIA, 6 p.m.

Click here to see the 2017-18 P-H-M District Calendar of Events.

Register today for TECHNOVATION 2017  This is a great learning opportunity open to ALL TEACHERS in the state, and not just P-H-M teachers.  As part of the  Indiana DOE Summer of eLearning Program, P-H-M is one of 51 school districts all across our state  offering  high quality professional development mini conferences. This is the third year that P-H-M has hosted TECHNOVATION at Penn High School.

​What to Expect…

As part of the Summer of eLearning, educators are encouraged to go back to the classrooms to learn the latest technology tools, and then take them back to their classrooms in the fall and implement them effectively.  This is the second year Penn-Harris-Madison has offered Technovation. P-H-M’s  two-day conference will be held at Penn High school and will be centered around intentional placement and innovative practices.

Topics covered, everything from virtual reality to interactive formative assessment tools. Click here to scroll through the list of sessions offered.

Day One: July 26, Workshop Day

Day One will feature half day workshops centered around use of technology in instruction. 

Day Two: July 27, Concurrent Sessions

Day Two will feature keynote leading educator and Google certified trainer Brian Mull, as well as concurrent sessions and a chance to see what is new in technology from our valued partners.

*Lunch will be provided both days, and there are opportunities to win door prizes!

►Find out more at the Technovation 2017 eLearning conference website

►Click here for Online Registration 

2016 P-H-M Teacher of the Year and Top 10 Finalist for 2017 Indiana Teacher of the Year John ​Gensic has been named as a state-level finalist for the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Math and Science Teaching (PAEMST). His application will move on to the U.S. Department of Education for the next round of selection. Mr. Gensic, a Biology teacher at Penn, was a state PAEMST finalist last year as well. He will be recognized this fall at a luncheon to honor the Indiana finalists.

Three P-H-M school teams recently competed in the National TEAMS (Tests of Engineering Aptitude Mathematics and Science) Best in Nation Competition. The competition was held in Orlando the end of June.

Penn High School sent four groups to the competition. One of the two 9/10th grade teams placed in the Top 10 for engineering written competition; the other placed in the Top 10 for engineering written competition. The 11/12th grade team placed 3rd in prepared presentation and Top ten for engineering written competition.

For more information on Penn’s TEAMS, click here.

At the June 26th P-H-M Board Meeting, existing P-H-M administrators and new hires were introduced and welcomed by the School Board of Trustees.

Several of the positions were previously announced on June 20 and May 31. The following appointments were new: Derrick White to Assistant Principal of Penn High School and Lucas Fry to Assistant Principal of Schmucker Middle School.

Mr. Fry joined Penn in 2011 as a U.S. History, Government and Anthropology Teacher. He became dean of students in 2013. He now joins Schmucker Middle School as one of their two assistant principals.

Derrick White joins the P-H-M administrative team bringing 20 years of experience in the educational field, most recently as Assistant Principal at Riley High School. Before that, Mr. White served as Principal of the Navarre Intermediate Center for 10 years. He has also served as an assistant principal and dean of students at John Adams High School. He taught and Social Studies at Adams and Jackson Intermediate Center and was a seventh grade Special Education teacher at Navarre.

Mr. White has a wealth of experience in the area of instruction and professional development, participating in and leading a number of initiatives with South Bend Schools. He holds a Bachelors of Science in History and a Masters in Secondary Education from Ball State University, and earned his Administration Certification in Education Administration from Indiana University South Bend. A graduate of the Indiana Principals Leadership Academy (IPLA) and a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, Mr. White is also affiliated with the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development and worked with Community Foundation of St. Joseph County.

Mr. White will be joining Principal Sean Galiher, who was appointed May 31^st, and the rest of Penn teachers and staff as they welcome students back to school on Wednesday, August 23, 2017.

A season of firsts for the Penn High School Girls Soccer Program just added another elite accomplishment.

Kristina Lynch, who helped the Kingsmen capture their first state championship in Girls Soccer, is the first Penn Girls Soccer player to be named a USA Today First-Team All-American. Lynch was earlier named the Gatorade Indiana Girls Soccer Player of the Year, which was also a first for a Penn Girls Soccer Player.

“To be recognized as one of the top 11 high school soccer players in the country is an unbelievable honor for Kristina, her family, our coaching staff and the entire program,” Penn Girls Soccer coach Jeff Hart said. “The honor is well deserved. She has elite talent, but it is matched by her strong work ethic, her passion for daily improvement and her team-first approach to PGS (Penn Girls Soccer).”

Hart said that Lynch and the returning captains for Penn Girls Soccer have made a tremendous impact on the program.

“Kristina and our other returning captains, Brooke VanDyck and Molly McLaughlin, are wonderful role models for younger teammates on doing things the right way on and off the field – exceptional talents, outstanding students and each with a strong commitment to their teammate and school,” Hart said.

Lynch will be a senior midfielder for the Kingsmen in 2017. The Florida State University recruit helped Penn earned the Class 2-A State Championship with a goal and an assist in the State Championship Game in which Penn defeated defending state champion Brebeuf Jesuit, 2-0, in the title game.

Lynch finished the season with 38 goals and 26 assists, and has 86 goals and 49 assists in her career. She has a 4.11 GPA on a scale of 4.0.