To order school pictures for Penn High School, please go the the following website:

inter-state.com/order

Order Code: 50231FB
 

Thanks to a USDA waiver, all meals served to students at P-H-M will be free until further notice.

Student accounts will be charged for any ala-carte sales.

Penn High School will offer pre-packaged breakfasts. Students will select pre-packaged meal components in the cafeteria.

Penn will also be offering take-home meals for students. The meals will cover the days when students are learning from home. Meals will be given out at the end of the day on Wednesday and Friday at Door L, Door C and the IMC. The package will contain three breakfast and three lunch meals. Items will be frozen if possible and bags will have heating and storage instructions.

We will have meals available for the 100 percent virtual learners from all schools and the community. Meals will be distributed at Penn High School Door C from 4-6 p.m. on Wednesday and Friday. It will be the same type of bag with only four meals on Wednesday and six on Friday. Students do not need to be present for the parent or guardian to pick up meals. Student ID’s will not be required.

Parents who do not want their student to have a free meal may donate the money to our fund for students who do not have money for meals. We are able to do the free meals due to a temporary waiver from the USDA. This will most likely last no longer than this semester. Money currently on student accounts will remain for their later use.

Penn High School is hosting the SAT on Saturday, October 3.

Students who are registered should report to Door A between 7:30-7:45 am.

Students must have a valid picture ID, your registration ticket, 2-3 sharpened #2 pencils, an approved calculator if applicable, and may bring a snack.

Students are subject to the following guidelines:

• You do not have Covid-19 or reason to believe you have Covid-19. Symptoms of Covid-19 include cough, fever, chills, muscle pain, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, sore throat, new loss of taste or smell.
• In the past 14 days, you have not come into close contact – within 6 feet – with someone who has a positive covid-19 test or is presumed to have covid-19.
• To your knowledge, you are not violating any travel restrictions or quarantining requirements.
• You agree to wear a mask the entire time you're at this test site and follow instructions from testing staff.
• By entering the testing room, you're accepting the risk of Covid-19 exposure. While we have taken measures to help create a safe environment, unfortunately it isn't possible to remove all risk.

Penn High School Principal Sean Galiher announced that 11 Penn students have been named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists.

Jayden Bell, Sydney Domal, Reagan Hoke, Anna Huber, Maya Kvaratskhelia, Evan Li, Ryan Ludwig, Joseph Radde, Aidan Sweeney, Benjamin VanderVeen and Grace Waddell are among 16,000 high school students nationwide who have the opportunity to compete for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million.

“We are extremely proud of these students and their accomplishments,” Galiher said. “This recognition is a culmination of the great efforts of these students, including all the wonderful teachers they have had while attending P-H-M schools.  These students represent our vision of excellence and have bright futures."

More than 1.5 million juniors in 21,000 high schools entered the 2020 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. The 16,000 semifinalists represent less than one percent of the United States’ high school seniors.

Merit Scholars are selected on the basis of their skills, accomplishments and potential for success in rigorous college studies.

The Indiana State Department of Health issued this COVID-19 School Attendance Quick Reference Guide for parents and schools on September 17, 2020.

Click the image below to download and print.

This resource is also provided in the District Overview Return to Learn Fall 2020 document, under “Important Links at the end of the document. 

/sites/phmschools.org/files/20_quick_reference_9-17-20.pdf

Today the first group of our secondary students came back to school on the Hybrid model (students last name A-L). The students are adapting well and everyone is happy to have them well. Check out how today went for Schmucker Middle School and Penn High School students …

The Penn High School Freshman Academy Photo Gallery.

Penn High School was ranked 24th in Indiana— #1 in the South Bend area—in US News & World Report’s 2019 U.S. News Best High Schools listing. 

Penn’s other points of distinction noted by the prestigious national magazine ranking, students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement course work and exams. The AP participation rate at Penn High School is 43 percent.

With the release of the Spring 2019 ISTEP (grade 10) results, Penn High School as 12th among public schools for combined ELA & Math scores in grade 10.

Indiana high school students typically follow the Core 40 curriculum, which includes required classes in English Language Arts, math, Social Studies and Science, among others. Students who fulfill additional requirements can earn a diploma with academic or technical honors. Penn has a 97% graduation rate with more than 85% of students graduate with High Honors, Academic Honors or Technical Honors. 

The Class of 2020 included these points of distinction:

• @820 graduates earned more than $9 million in scholarships
• 17 valedictorians and 3 salutatorians

• 12 students have named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists

• 11 were named Finalists

• 11 students were named Commended Scholars

• 5 Students were nominated for Presidential Scholars

• 2 students were awarded the Community Foundation of Saint Joseph County Eli Lilly Endowment Scholarship based on their high academic merits and test scores

The Academies at Penn High School provide the framework for student success. Through their work in each academy, students find relevant and meaningful coursework taught in a supportive environment where each student is known well by his teachers and peers. Through these “smaller learning communities,” students build relationships while engaged in relevant learning experiences.

Penn’s Early College Academy has received an endorsement as an Early College High School by The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning. As an endorsed Early College High School by the CELL, Penn’s Early College Academy is regarded as an exemplar for other high schools across Indiana implementing an Early College program.

Penn is a Four Star School earning the Project Lead the Way Distinguished School distinction in 2017-18 (for the 2016-17 school year), and the STEM Academy has been certified as a Full STEM Certified Program by the Indiana Department of Education. 

Click to see the full list and find out more how US News & World Report ranks the Best High Schools. 

Monday, August 31 the P-H-M Board of School Trustees unanimously approved a “Return to Learn” plan to bring students back to the classroom in phases, for those families who want to return to in-person learning, starting in two weeks:

• Mon., Sept. 14, In-Person Learning for Elementary grades, PreK – grade 3
• Mon., Sept. 21, In-Person Learning for Elementary grades 4 & 5 
• Mon., Sept. 21, Hybrid model, a blend of In-Person and Virtual, for Middle and High School students (grades 6-12) 
• Parents at all grade levels will still have the choice to keep their students 100% Virtual if they so choose.

Parents are asked to complete the “Intent to Return Questionnaire” by this Friday, September 11. If you have students at other P-H-M schools, please complete a form for each student at each school. Please reference the emails from those principals shared Wed., Sept. 9 or the school’s website. If you have any questions, please call the school.

Click here to read the Principal’s newsletter that contains the following information:

• Detailed description of the 100% Virtual plan
• “Intent to Return Questionnaire” due Friday, September 11

• Transportation needs & a link to infoFinder to look up your child’s bus stop information if they will be riding the bus

• Before/after school childcare – Kids Club Registration

• "Return to Learn" District Overview for Parents

• Videos highlighting P-H-M’s COVID safety procedures and protocols:

  • Transportation cleaning & safety protocols

  • Cafeteria COVID safety precautions

  • Custodial COVID cleaning protocols 

Mr. Derrick White was named P-H-M’s new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer at the August 10 Board Meeting.

Mr. White had been serving as Assistant Principal at Penn High School since the 2017-18 school year. Mr. White began his teaching career as a Special Education Teacher at Navarre Middle School in 1997. Before transferring to Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation, he had been an Assistant Principal at Riley High School. Mr. White received his Master of Arts in Secondary Education from Ball State University and completed his K-12 Administration Certification from Indiana University – South Bend. Mr. White participated in the Indiana Principals Leadership Academy in 2007 and was awarded the Martin Luther King Center Youth Mentor Award in 1995.

In his new role of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer, Mr. White will help promote and sustain a culture, consistent with the School Corporation’s mission to create a positive, healthy learning environment that embraces and celebrates diversity, equity, equality & inclusion of all students and staff. Mr. White will assist in the identification of practices & procedures that perpetuate any achievement gaps or discipline practices in minority students. He will partner with the Learning Division to ensure that the Corporation’s curriculum reflects the diversity of our student population, including the introduction of more diverse literature at all levels while also evaluating and identifying ways to increase the recognition and celebration of diversity in all forms in our classrooms and schools. Mr. White will also collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Development to provide ongoing professional development to ensure the cultural proficiency of staff, promotes diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism. Working with Human Resources, he will work to help attract and retain a culturally diverse teaching staff.