The Penn Football Team defeated Warsaw, 40-0, to earn the Class 6-A Sectional Championship. 

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

Penn High School joined over ten area school systems in participating in the annual Student Hunger Drive for the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.

Penn’s Health and Human Services took the lead on organizing the event with the help of the Penn FCA (Fellowship of Christian Athletes). Although the competition at Penn was held between Gold 1 classes and the other six Penn Academies, the competition was also extended to all P-H-M Schools.

The goal of the competition was to collect the most pounds of food by either donating canned goods or money. If money was donated, every dollar equaled six pounds of food. District wide, Penn-Harris-Madison’s had nearly 100% participation from all 15 schools.

The winning elementary class was Miss Ritchie’s second grade class from Madison Elementary School. As a reward, they will participate in “Read and Write with Our Athletes Day” with Penn’s FCA students and will also be treated to an Urban Swirl party.

Winners of the middle school and high school competitions were Schmucker and Penn Freshmen Academy, respectively. They will each receive an Urban Swirl party as their prize.

The total weight of P-H-M donations came to just under 14,000 pounds! 

Please see the photo gallery below of the students stuffing the bus to deliver the goods to the Food Bank of Northern Indiana.

All of the staff and students at Penn already know we are a “Cool School,” but today Building and Trades students helped everyone else know in the Michiana area know too!

Local station ABC 57 featured the Penn Building and Trades program’s 49^th consecutive year of building a community home, from the ground up, in their “Cool Schools” feature. Click here or on the image below to watch the full story.

Penn High School honored 15 student-athletes who participated in NCAA National Signing Day on Wed., Nov. 8.

Click here for a list for a profile of each student-athlete.

Out of 410 Indiana High School Athletic Association members, only one — Penn High School – hoisted a Sectional Championship trophy in each of the eight Fall Sports.

Penn-Harris-Madison Supt. Dr. Jerry Thacker, Penn Principal Principal Sean Galiher, and Athletic Director Aaron Leniski announced that for the first time, Penn swept Sectional Championships in each of the eight IHSAA Fall sports, and that Penn is the only school in the state to accomplish that feat this year.

“What an amazing example of excellence!” Dr. Thacker said. “I am so proud of these champions – coaches and players.  They are remarkable role models and products of our Triangle of Success.  Congratulations!”

Galiher lauded the efforts of the entire Penn community in the remarkable achievement.

“This accomplishment reflects the collective efforts of our students, coaches, teachers, parents and school community,” Galiher said. “I am so proud of these student-athletes. We take great pride in providing experiences that challenge students both academically and on the field. Our coaches are the best in the state.  “

Leniski said that being the only team in the state this year to sweep Sectional crowns in all of the Fall Sports is a comprehensive effort.

“The Athletic Department is pleased to play a vital role in providing education-based athletics for our school community,” Leniski said. “The school administration is extremely proud of the accomplishments by the Fall sports teams. 

“An IHSAA Sectional Championship, due to the number teams involved at that tournament level, is the most challenging championship to earn in the state series.  Our student-athletes and coaching staff have dedicated countless hours in the off-season to sports-performance training and open-facility development work in order to attain their goals. 

“Hard work, dedication, and perseverance continue to produce outstanding results on the athletic field and in the classroom for Kingsmen student-athletes,” Leniski said. “This is a win-win for our school community.”

BOYS CROSS COUNTRY (Coach Tom Miller): Penn won its second consecutive Cross Country Sectional Championship and 22nd in Program history. The Kingsmen placed five runners in the Top 10. Penn scored 27 points. Mishawaka placed second with 68 points. The Kingsmen also won a Regional Championship.

BOYS SOCCER (Coach Josh Nakayama): Penn won its seventh consecutive Sectional Championship in Boys Soccer and 11th overall with a 2-1 victory against South Bend Riley in the Championship Match.

BOYS TENNIS (Coach Eric Bowers): Penn won its 16th consecutive Sectional Championship in Boys Tennis and 23rd Sectional Championship overall. The Kingsmen defeated Marian, 5-0, in the Championship Match. The Kingsmen also won a Regional Championship.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY (Coach Michael Clements): Penn won its 14th consecutive Girls Cross Country Sectional Championship and 26th overall. The Kingsmen placed six runners in the Top 10 to finish with 29 points. Mishawaka placed second with 52 points. The Kingsmen also won a Regional Championship.

GIRLS GOLF (Coach Dominic Demeter): Penn Girls Golf  won its ninth Sectional Championship in a row and 19th in Program history. Penn shot a 349 to lead the 11-team field. South Bend St. Joseph placed second with a score of 367.

GIRLS SOCCER (Coach Jeff Hart): Penn extended its state-best streak of consecutive Sectional Championships to 11. The Kingsmen own 16 Sectional Championships in Program history. Penn went on to win the Class 3-A State Championship, and were named National Champions by topdrawersoccer.com.

FOOTBALL (Coach Cory Yeoman): Penn beat Warsaw, 40-0, to win its fifth consecutive Football Sectional Championship and 24th in Program history. Penn competes in the Regional Championship at Crown Point on Friday, Nov. 10.

VOLLEYBALL (Coach Sarah Hendricks): Penn defeated No. 16 LaPorte, 25-14, 25-13, 25-16, to win the Sectional Championship. It was the 14th Sectional Championship in Program history.

In honor of upcoming Veteran’s Day, P-H-M’s DVT & Planetarium is proud to show once again the historical mini documentary “D-Day: Normandy 1944” narrated by Tom Brokaw.  

The showing will be at the P-H-M DVT/Planetarium on Wednesday, Nov. 8 at 6:30 p.m. The DVT/Planetarium is located inside Bittersweet Elementary School at 55860 Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka.

In gratitude to our veteran’s, the show will be FREE TO ALL VETERANS!!!

Ticket prices for adults are $4, Seniors $3 and children are $2.

Penn Winter Guard Auditions will take place at the high school Tuesday, Nov.14^th, 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Use Door D.

Girls and boys will be accepted. 

Click here to download and print the flyer.
 

The Penn High School Girls Basketball Team played LaPorte in the season opener on Thursday, Nov. 2.

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

Penn High School’s Fall Choral Concert – scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 9 – will blend the talents of the Viva Voce choir with the Women's Chorale and the Concert Choir.

“This is the first time these three choirs have a concert entirely to themselves!” Penn Choir instructor Andrew Nemeth said. “This was planned this way to challenge the students to learn music at a quicker pace than years past, which is especially helpful as we prepare music for our Hawaii trip in April.”

Nemeth said that music selections for Thursday’s performance are centered around the theme of "love," and how that gets expressed through song, often through metaphors. Most selections will be in English, but there is also a piece entirely in Hebrew, called "Five Hebrew Love Song," written by composer Eric Whitacre.

“I think the audience will appreciate the wide variety of styles that are all centered around the topics of "love" and beauty,” Nemeth said. “It's pretty incredible that there are seemingly endless ways to express these common emotions. It is my hope that my students will communicate the meaning of each carefully crafted piece to the audience, in turn, moving the audience to experience a wide array of emotions at this concert.”

Tickets are $6 in advance through ticketracker.com or during lunches (Monday-through-Thursday). Tickets are $8 at the door.

Penn High’s Girls Basketball Team score its second win of the season with a 48-33 victory against Northern Lakes Conference power NorthWood on Saturday, Nov. 4.

Sara Doi led the Kingsmen effort with 22 total points, including five 3-pointers. She was also 3-of-4 from the free-throw line.

Reganne Pate had seven points, and Trinity Clinton scored six points.