Signing Day for Kingsmen Student-Athletes

Penn High School boasted 15 student-athletes who participated in National Signing Day on Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019.

Click here for a complete list and profiles on the 15 college commits from Penn:

Penn Girls Basketball wins Sectional Championship Photo Gallery

Unbeaten Penn unleashed a balanced attack and bolted to a 55-33 victory against LaPorte to capture the Mishawaka Sectional Championship in high school girls basketball action on Monday, Feb. 4, 2019.

Penn captured its second consecutive Girls Basketball Sectional Championship and its 19th in Program history.

Coach Kristi Ulrich’s Kingsmen (24-0) advance to the LaPorte Regional. Penn takes on Plymouth (20-4) at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9, in the Regional opener. Crown Point (26-0) plays Kankakee Valley (20-4) in the second game. The winners advance to the LaPorte Regional Championship Game at 8 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 9. LaPorte’s season ends at 16-8.

Trinity Clinton led Penn with 12 points to lead the Kingsmen.

Jordyn Smith and Reganne Pate scored nine points each.

Grace Adams and Jayda Smith scored seven points each.

Antreese Shelton scored six points.

To download high resolution jpg files from the photo gallery below, just simply click the “DOWNLOAD” button on the bottom right-hand corner of the photo while viewing it in the Photo Gallery function. We are happy to provide this service to you free of charge.

Penn hosts FIRST Robotics Tournament March 9 & 10

Penn High School will once again host the FIRST Robotics St. Joseph District Event on Saturday, March 9 and Sunday, March 10.

Plan on coming out and enjoying the excitement of more than 40 high school FRC robotics teams from Indiana and Michigan battling it out on a basketball court-sized field with four-foot tall, 120-pound robots! Join more than 5,000 students, coaches, mentors, parents and fans during this one-of-a-kind two-day event! WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW to get a taste of all the excitement!

Cheer on Penn’s Team 135 and make sure to bring your Robotics fans to enjoy Next Gen, an area for students ages K-8, who can get hands-on engaging fun with some of Team 135’s other robots. Next Gen will be open Saturday from 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The entire event is FREE ADMISSION!

Next Gen poster

Penn Wrestlers claim ninth consecutive Regional Championship

Penn High’s Wrestling Team captured its ninth consecutive Regional Championship on Saturday, Feb. 2, 2019.

Penn placed first with 157 points. Wawasee placed second with 137.5 points, and Mishawaka finished third at 135.

A total of 12 Penn Wrestlers advance to the East Chicago Semi-State on Saturday, Feb. 9, 2019.

Jeffrey Harper led Penn’s effort with a Regional Championship at 145.

Penn Semi-state qualifiers:

106: Ryan Purvis, third.

113: Brayden McMillen, fourth

120: Vince Sparrow, third

126: Logan Hill, third

132: Nate Hadary, second

138: Alex Slates, fourth

145: Jeffrey Harper, first

160: Michael Garcia, fourth

182: Noah Brown, second

195: Rockne Hurley, second

220: Adam Berta, second

285: Hezzy Devault, second

Penn Debaters Shine at State

Anya Tang and Lyvia Li placed second in the state in Policy Debate to lead Penn’s showing at the Debate State Finals at Indianapolis Southport High School on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019.

Luke Brown and Oliver Riley reached the quarter-finals in Policy Debate.

CKaren Wang reached the semi-finals of Congress Debate and Kriya Patel made it to the final round (top 15 in the state).

Amrita Kulkarni and Abhinav Kotaru reached the octi-finals of the Lincoln-Douglas Debate.
 

Penn tops All-State Band list

Penn High School tops the list of All-State Band selections as 21 students from Penn were selected to participate in the 2019 Indiana All-State Band Festival.

Penn’s 21 selections is a record for Penn Band, and is the most of any school in the state this year.

Students in the All-State Bands are assigned to one of two bands: the All-State Band and the All-State Honor Band. A total of 170 outstanding high school band members have been selected for participation in the 2019 Festival. More than 500 of the top Band students in the state were nominated.

All members will participate in a series of activities, including seating auditions, sectionals, and full rehearsals from Friday, March 8, through Sunday, March 10.

A grand finale concert will be presented to the public on Sunday, March 10, at 2:30 p.m. in the Elliot Hall of Music on the Purdue University campus.

Penn All-State Band selections:

  • Chloe Cerling, Senior – Bassoon
  • Preston Boling, Senior – Clarinet
  • Nathan Campeau, Senior – Clarinet
  • Sydney Cole, Senior – Contra Bass Clarinet
  • Isabella Flanagan, Senior – Clarinet
  • Luke Jerzak, Senior – Bass Clarinet
  • Emma Leidy, Senior – Oboe & English Horn
  • Caleb Price, Senior – Percussion
  • Emily Schlundt, Senior – Clarinet
  • Grace Teuscher, Senior – French Horn
  • Sophie Vukmirovich, Senior – Percussion
  • Carly Carnall, Junior – Trombone
  • Rebecca Mattson, Junior – Euphonium
  • Brad Ziegelmaier, Junior – Trombone
  • Christoph Deymann, Sophomore – Clarinet
  • Michael Forry, Sophomore – Trumpet
  • Caden Miller, Sophomore – Trumpet
  • Grant Parker, Sophomore – Euphonium
  • D.J. Pennix, Sophomore – Trumpet
  • Pete Sullivan, Sophomore – Trombone
  • Anna Voros, Sophomore – French Horn

Penn Boys Swim/Dive Team wins NIC Championship

Penn High's Kingsmen captured the Northern Indiana Conference Championship in Boys Swimming by dominating the competition in the meet at South Bend Riley on Saturday, Jan. 26, 2019.

Penn placed first among the 13 NIC teams with 555.5 points. Riley placed second with 393.5 points, and New Prairie was third at 293.5.

Penn's Evan Dies was named NIC co-MVP, and Penn coach Jess Preston was named NIC Coach of the Year.

Evan Dies and Aaron Dies won four blue ribbons each in the NIC meet.

Aaron Dies, Evan Dies, Joel Cummins and Connor Craig placed first in the 200 medley relay with a time of 1:38.85.

Evan Dies earned a second blue ribbon by winning the 200 individual medley in a time of 1:57.70.

Aaron Dies took first in the 50 freestyle in 22.02.

Brock Zuyderwyk earned an NIC Championship in the 100 freestyle in 48.56.

Penn placed first in the 200 freestyle relay in 1:29.25. Brock Zuyderwyk, Connor Craig, Joel Cummins and Kyle Brothers swam for the Kingsmen.

Aaron Dies earned the NIC title in the 100 backstroke in 53.65.

Evan Dies claimed the NIC crown in the 100 breaststroke in 1:00.53.

Brock Zuyderwyk, Kyle Brothers, Aaron Dies and Evan Dies teamed up to win the NIC title in the 400 freestyle relay in 3:16.45.

Click here for complete results.

Penn Counseling Office Recognized as a Model Program

Penn High School’s Counseling Department recently was notified by the American School Counselor Association that the Penn program met the criteria to become a “Recognized ASCA Model Program” (RAMP). Click here for a full list of Penn’s Counseling Staff.

The RAMP designation recognizes schools that are committed to delivering an exemplary comprehensive school counseling program. Honorees are awarded for aligning their program with the criteria in the ASCA National Model, a framework for a comprehensive, data-driven school counseling. Since the program’s inception, more than 820 schools have been designated as RAMP recipients. RAMP applications are reviewed once a year and assessed in 12 different program areas.

Penn’s Counseling Office will be honored at a recognition ceremony at ASCA’s annual conference in Boston in July.

“This year’s RAMP honorees have shown their commitment to students and the school counseling profession,” said Jill Cook, ASCA assistant director. “These schools used data to drive their program development and implementation so all students can achieve success. The RAMP designation distinguishes these schools and encourages school counselors nationwide to strive for excellence.”

The American School Counselor Association promotes student success by expanding the image and influence of school counseling through leadership, advocacy, collaboration and systemic change. ASCA helps school counselors guide their students toward academic achievement, career planning and social/emotional development to help today’s students become tomorrow’s productive, contributing members of society. Founded in 1952, ASCA has a network of 50 state and territory associations and a membership of approximately 36,000 school counseling professionals.

Penn Counseling has also earned “Gold Star” status from the Indiana School Counselor Association in 2006, 2013, and 2018.

Talent Show scheduled for Friday, Jan. 25

Penn High School students will showcase their talents at the annual Talent Show.

The 2019 Talent Show is scheduled to be performed at 7:00 p.m. in Penn’s Center for Performing Arts on Friday, Jan. 25.

Admission is $5.

Talent Show 2019 Order

Nikki Stawski –canned music solo– “Dance with You” –cover

Joey Krachenfels –piano (not singing) –Adagio for Strings –instrumental

Moe Thomas

Jules Brenneman –“Black and Blue (Bruises)” –original

Dominic Burns –acapella –“Run to You” –cover

Cassidy Cripe –self-accompanied with guitar –“Shallow” –cover

Tam Tran –self-accompanied with guitar– “I Don’t Wanna Waste My Time” — cover

Ian Williams –“Friends on the Other Side” –song and dance?

Izzy Cantrell –self-accompanied with piano (need boom mic)– “Fade” — cover

Serial

Kapelieli Moala –“Say Something” –cover

Jack Laney –“Bop It” –a self-choreographed dance

Jemmia Pennix –singing

Amber Matve –canned music solo –“When You Were My Man” –cover

Jack Win — “The History of Memes” — stand-up comedy routine

Noah Lang –“Evolution of Michael Jackson” –dance

Penn DECA students dominate

Penn High School students dominated in the DECA District 2 competition held at Concord Mall in Elkhart on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2019. A total of 49 Penn students placed in the competition.

Next up for the Penn DECA students is the state competition in Indianapolis in March.

Penn District Results:

Principles of Business Management: 3. Sarah Barker.

Business Law & Ethics: 1. Christian Marshall-Yanni Samoilis.

Buying & Merchandising: 1. Jack Majerek-Brian Petersen; 2. Baz Furry-Josh Yoder.

Entrepreneurship Team: 1. Jacob Eschowsky-Ali Masterson; 2. Eric Wood-Alex Fadely; 3. David Obert-Nick Ftergiotis; 7. Zach Parcell-Nick Padrnos.

Financial Services: 1. Ewan Ma-Charlie Furry; 3. Max Clark-Vinny DeBartolo; 5. Collin Moore-Philip Hartland.

Marketing Management: 4. Lucas Small-Luke Barker; 7. Aiden Sweeney-Aiden O’Connell.

Hospitality Services: 1. Caio Westlund-Allen White; 2. Jacob De Varona-Eric Baker.

Sports & Entertainment: 1. Evan Johnson-Jade Tapper; 2. Noah Applegate-Brandon Thomas; 3. Kevin Shim-Evan Groves; 5. Cameron Trueblood-Cameron Kreger.

Travel & Tourism: 2. Camron Cook-Michael Feeley; 5. Nathan Sweazy-Giancarlo Smith; 6. Mia Farias-Addyson Farias; 7. Noelle Zolman-Carly Powalski.

Professional Selling-Hospitality/Tourism: 1. Tommy Rzeszutko.

Business Services: 3. Bowen Ashenfelter.

Sports & Entertainment Marketing: 6. Ryan Hague; 7. Xander Marien.