Penn High School students won 49 awards at the 2017 Scholastic Art Awards event.  In all P-H-M students from Schmucker, Grissom and Penn High School won a total of 58 awards in the 2017 competition.

All work listed below will be on display at the Century Center in the South Bend Museum of Art from February 3^rd though Saturday March 11^th, 2017.

The reception for the exhibition, “Meet Me in the Gallery,” is Feb. 3, from 5 p.m.-9 p.m. at the South Bend Museum of Art. Entry for this event is $5 for everyone other than award winners and their art teachers.

The Award Ceremony for the award winners and their families is Sunday, Feb. 5, in the Bendix Theater in the Century Center. The ceremony for 7th and 8th grades is at 1:30, and 9th-12th grades is at 2:30 followed by a reception in the Warner Gallery. We hope you can join us in celebrating the exceptional talent of the young artists in our school corporation and our region.

Please note the exhibit at the SBMA will be on display for a week longer than usual, therefore the Scholastic Winning pieces from our corporation will not be on display until the final show of the year in the Penn Kingsmen Art Gallery which will be April 24 – May 9.

Penn High School Scholastic Award Winners 2016-2017

By CARTER DeJONG

Student Reporter

Georgia O’Keeffe was a very progressive artist during the 1900s, and her influence is touching students at Penn High School in the 2000s.

O’Keeffe’s art was unlike any other of the time period, and it is relevant in today’s era. Penn High School art instructor Mrs. Becky Hope had her art classes participated in a project using elements of Georgia O’Keeffe’s art style, and blended with political expression, which O’Keeffe often did through her art. The students were asked to draw or paint a skull and use the background of the painting to express their feelings about the election.

Kara Harvey is one of the students that took part in the project. “I had mixed feelings, but was mostly upset with the outcome”  Kara said when asked about her feeling of the election. Her project used emojis to express her feelings.

Students were also asked to complete a small writing prompt to compliment their art. Most responses described mixed feelings of the election. Some students responded with optimism, while others brought up how the election has separated the country.  

Penn High’s Kingsmen turned in a dominating fourth-quarter effort, outscoring Northridge 28-15, to earn a tough 57-47 victory on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

Penn has won four of its last five games. In those four wins, Penn has rallied from deficits of 8 (New Prairie), 11 (Glenn), 17 (No. 12 Valparaiso) and 7 (Northridge) points.

Brian Doslak led Penn with 15 points – hitting 3 three-pointers and finishing off the Raiders with 6-of-6 free-throw shooting down the stretch.

Noah Applegate triggered an 11-0 Kingsmen run and finished with 10 points, nine in the second half. Applegate, a 6-foot-5 sophomore, also had seven rebounds and six assists.

Matt McCown scored 10 points, Connor Schneider scored nine points, and Drew Lutz scored eight points for the Kingsmen.

PENN 57 – Drew Lutz 8, Drew Schneider 0, Brian Doslak 15, Beau Ludwick 3, Noah Applegate 10, Noah Krathwohl 2, Matt McCown 10, Connor Schneider 9, Riley Smith 0.

Northridge 47 – Connor Utley 7, Braden Tadeo 0, Justin Wine 0, Jackson Erekson 2, Nick Yoder 11, Luke Morrison 21, Kyle Carson 2, Micah Yoder 2, Zack Welker 2.

PENN             8          7          14        28 – 57

Northridge     12        8          12        15 – 47

Three-pointers: PENN 6 (Doslak 3, Lutz 2, Ludwick 1), Northridge 3 (Morrison).

Penn High School and principal Steve Hope honored 613 Academic Award winners with Academic Letters and Chevrons.

Hope presented awards prior to the Penn Boys Basketball game on Tuesday, Jan. 17.

“Academic success is what we are all about at Penn High School,” Hope said. “We had 613 students receive academic awards for their scholarly pursuits. Learning how to learn is the greatest skill we impart upon our students and these skills will serve our students well, no matter what their future brings.

“The academic awards are a culmination of the diligence and hard work of our students, the support of our parents and the professionalism and determination of the Penn staff,” Hope said. “We are proud of all of our academic award recipients.” 

An academic letter is awarded to all students with a cumulative GPA of better than 3.50 after their fourth and sixth semesters. The letter, with a lamp of knowledge, is white with black and gold trim.

Qualifying students who received letters after the fourth semester receive a chevron after the sixth semester. The chevrons will match the academic letter in color and design.

The Teachers Credit Union ‘Dash for Cash’ is scheduled to take place at Penn High School during the Kingsmen girls’ basketball game against South Bend St. Joseph on Thursday, January 19, at 7:30 p.m.

‘Dash for Cash’ tickets will be handed out by TCU staffers before the game as fans enter the main arena. During halftime, a ticket number will be called and one lucky person will get a chance to win free cash.

In ‘Dash for Cash,’ $500 dollars in different denominations is placed on the gym floor. The contestant will have 30 seconds to collect as much cash as possible.

Teachers Credit Union has been organizing ‘Dash for Cash’ for many years to support its relationship with local schools. Past winners have collected hundreds of dollars from the gym floor. This event is always exciting for all the fans and people of all ages are encouraged to participate.

By LANCE TRIBBETT

Pennant Reporter

The Penn Wrestling Team took care of business at the Northern Indiana Conference tournament on Saturday, Jan. 14, as the Kingsmen swept by the competition by more than 100 team points.

Penn finished first in the 13-team field with 301 ½ points. Mishawaka finished second with 198 points.

Penn won the NIC crown for the sixth consecutive time.

Every Kingsmen wrestler placed in the tournament.

Capturing championships for the Kingsmen were Evan Light(106), Kory Cavanaugh (113), Tanner DeMein (120), Trace Manspeaker (138), Haden Hensley (145) and Jarod Swank (170).

Taking second-place honors were Jeffery Harper (126), Preston Risner (132), Rockne Hurley (160), and Max Chaffee (182).

Winning third-place bouts were Noah Brown (152), Dustin Hochstedler (195) and Lance Tribbett (220). Hezzy Devault (285) finished 5th.

The Kingsmen look to keep their winning ways going as they battle for sectional honors on Saturday, Jan. 28, at Mishawaka.

By JAROD SWANK

Pennant Reporter

On Wednesday, Jan. 18, the Kingsmen wrestling team will honor its seniors when Penn takes on Adams. The seniors will be honored just before the start of the 7 p.m. meet.

The seniors who will be honored as well as competing in the match are: Kory Cavanaugh (113), Trace Manspeaker (138), Haden Hensley (145), Bailey Mott (152), Jarod Swank (170), Dustin Hochstedler (195), Travis Trost (160), Rashid Fahim (170), Lance Tribett (220), Will Vakalahi (220), Lennon Young (220), and Matthew Eitler (285).

When asked about this year’s senior class, Coach Harper had this to say, “Kingsmen Strong means: Character, respect, discipline, sportsmanship, domination. Our senior class is Kingsmen Strong.”

Come out and support the Penn wrestlers against Adams on Wednesday, and the seniors as they compete at Penn High School for the last time.

Penn High’s Girls Swim Team will seek its 21st consecutive Northern Indiana Conference championship on Saturday, Jan. 14, when the Kingsmen host the NIC conference meet.

The spectator gallery opens at 8:15 a.m. at Penn. Diving starts at 9 a.m., and the swim events start at 12:30 p.m. Tickets are $5 for adults and $4 for students.

Penn’s Kionna Clayton, a University of Hawaii recruit, led Penn last season with four blue ribbons.

Coach Brad Harper’s Penn Kingsmen travel to Mishawaka High School for the Northern Indiana Conference wrestling tournament on Saturday, Jan. 14.

Wrestling begins  at 9 a.m., and finals will start at approximately 3 p.m. The teams that will be in attendance along with Penn will be Bremen, Elkhart Central, Jimtown, Glenn, Mishawaka, Marian, New Prairie, Adams, Clay, Riley, St. Joseph, and Washington.

Penn will be pursuing its seventh straight NIC championship in wrestling. Kory Cavanaugh (113 weight class) returns as a defending champion for Penn. Jarod Swank (170), Trace Manspeaker (138), Preston Risner (132), and Max Chaffee (182) earned runner-up finishes last season.

By JANESSA CHESNIC

Student Reporter

More than 20 Penn High School students taking Principles of Biomedical Science, a Project Lead the Way class, led the way into scientific inquiry for third graders at Kennedy Primary School in South Bend on Nov. 30.

The Penn students took a field trip to Kennedy to interview the third grade students and evaluate their science fair projects.

The PLTW class was given time to evaluate each project.

When the elementary students came in the present their projects, the Penn students began to ask them questions such as, “Tell me about your project,” and “What was your hypothesis?” and “Do you believe your projects is important to society? Why?”

“Our students use the scientific method regularly in their science classes when doing experiments,” Penn Principles of Biomedical Science instructor Amy Tiebout said. “This experience gave them the opportunity to see from a teacher's perspective as they judged young students.

“It was interesting to see how thoughtfully they approached their task,” Mrs. Tiebout continued. “Each student who participated seemed to genuinely enjoy interacting with the third graders at Kennedy Primary, and the young students were so excited to share their projects with our judges.”  

Penn Sophomore Maddie Bansback plans on becoming a teacher so this experience helped her tremendously.

“The students experiments involved the scientific method, which gave us all a review on the topic,” said Bansback. “I hope that the students will grow in their science education. They were doing a lot of hands-on experiments that will help them grow as scientists.”

When the PLTW class would talk to the students, they could tell how much knowledge they gained from their projects.

“I was amazed by their projects because I didn’t learn some of those things until I was in middle school,” Bansback said.