Mark your calendars for Saturday, March 14 & Sunday, March 15 for the FIRST Robotics St. Joseph District Event. Penn High School is once again hosting more than 40 high school FRC robotics teams from Indiana and Michigan who will battle it out for the title. Join more than 5,000 students, coaches, mentors, parents and fans during this one-of-a-kind two-day FREE event!

Saturday, March 14 

10 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Next Gen (K-8): 11 a.m. – 2 p.m.

Sunday, March 15 

9 a.m. – 6 p.m.

Click to watch the video below to check out all the upcoming excitement, then come out to cheer on Penn Robotics Team 135!

Make sure to also bring your young Robotics fans to "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. This event is also FREE ADMISSION!

Talent Show auditions are scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 8 and Thursday, Jan. 9 starting at 3:30 p.m. Come early so you can fill out your forms. Students do not need to attend both nights.

Talent Show rehearsals will be Monday, Jan. 13, and Tuesday, Jan. 14, starting at 3:30 p.m. If students have other activities they are participating in, we will try to get them in first on these dates so they may go after they've performed and rehearsed on stage.

Talent Show Dress Rehearsal will be Wednesday, Jan 15, starting at 3:30 p.m. We ask that all students be present through the entirety of the rehearsal.

The Talent Show is scheduled for Thursday, Jan. 16, at 7:00 p.m. Performers are expected to arrive at 6 p.m.

Tickets for the Talent Show are $5. Tickets for the show will be available at https://www.ticketracker.com/store/events/1529.

Mr. Coffee is still looking for a few good students to serve as emcees and producer/stage management. Please contact him at mcoffee@phm.k12.in.us if interested or if you have any questions.

Penn's chapter of Champions Together held its first Winter Wonderland on Friday, Dec. 13, 2019. Families of younger students really enjoyed it and our Penn students enjoyed spreading some holiday joy!

Check out  all the fun in the photo gallery below!

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!

The Penn Wrestling Team defeated South Bend Clay, 81-0, on Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2019.

A Photo Gallery by Penn student Brayden McMillen is posted below.

The Penn High School Boys Basketball Team won its Northern Indiana Conference opener, defeating South Bend Clay, 72-59, on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019.

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

Finals for 1^st Semester 2019 start next week, the week of December 16. See the full schedule below.

We thought it would be helpful for a member of our faculty to share some study tips with students in advance. Penn’s Early College Math Teacher Miss Angela Yarrell​ has some advice for students. Watch the video below …

‘Tis the season for the “Sounds of the Season!” Get in the holiday spirit by attending any one of the four holiday concerts put on by Penn High School’s Fine Arts & Communications Academy.

Penn Kingsmen Choir’​s annual “Sounds of the Season” holiday concert performed will be held Thursday, December 5 at 7:30 p.m., Friday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m., and Saturday, December 7 at 3:00 p.m. 

The doors will open one hour before the show start time. Advanced tickets are only $6. Click here to purchase tickets online.

Rounding out the holiday season is the Penn High School Orchestra’s performance of “’Tis the Season.” This one night only performance will take place on Thursday, December 12 at 7:30 p.m.

Advanced tickets are also $6. Click here to purchase tickets online.

All performances will be in the CPA; please use Door C.

This is a wonderful way to get into the holiday spirit while supporting the hard working and talented Fine Arts students.

Penn Robotics Team 135 is planning on spreading a little holiday cheer this year!

They’re calling on Penn and P-H-M students, families, staff, and members of the public to drop off toy donations. They are requesting electronic toys that have lights, make sounds, or have movements when a button is pressed. New toys in original packaging are preferred.  The team will then take these toys and “adapt” them as part of the Team’s Adapt-a-Thon event on Sat., Dec. 14 for children with disabilities. The team’s goal is to collect 300 electronic toys that can be made compatible with a sensitive button that people with disabilities can activate.

Toys can be dropped off at Penn High School, inside Door A, during school hours of 8:00-3:30 (avoiding bus drop-off and pickup times are highly recommended). There will be a collection box inside Door A. Members of the public can gain admittance through the security at Door A to drop of the toys.

Penn Robotics will also set up bins outside of the CPA and the Main Arena so that students, families and patrons attending events at Penn High School Dec. 2-13 can drop toys off then as well.

Toys will be accepted at Penn through Friday, December 13.

On Saturday, Dec. 14, Penn Robotics students will be working to adapt the toys in an event that is free and open to the public:

Adapt-a-Thon

Saturday, Dec. 14

11:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

Beacon Health System’s Pfeil Innovation Center​,  420 N Niles Ave., South Bend

*Toy donations will also be accepted at this event.

*Families of children with disabilities are welcome and encouraged to attend the Adapt-a-Thon event. Those who have toys at home who’d like them to be adapted are welcome and encouraged to bring them. Those families who do not, can receive one free adapted toy per child. Supplies will be limited.

Thank you to Beacon Healthcare for sponsoring the event and providing the location.

For more details, please click here to visit Team 135’s website.

This year’s annual Winter Dance will be held on Sunday, Jan. 19. This Year's theme is "A Night in the Tropics."

Tickets are $25 per person and will include admission, dancing, unlimited desserts and snacks, unlimited drinks (water, lattes, Frappuccino’s, Italian sodas, etc.). Special prize items will also be raffled off.

Click here for more details and to purchase tickets online.

Tickets will also be sold at Penn outside the Cafeteria during all lunches on Thursday, Jan. 16, and Friday, Jan. 17. Confirmations will be sent to students via email after the ticket purchase and included in that email will be a link for students to make music requests. 

Shoes are allowed!!!

Penn students MUST their tickets and school ID to enter.

Please note students from other high schools are welcome, but MUST be accompanied as a date of a current Penn High School student. Guests MUST also be 20 years old or younger, but middle school students are NOT allowed. All guests must have their school ID or state issued license to enter. 

Parent volunteers are needed. Interested parents can click here to volunteer.

Be sure check #KingsmenNation in the coming weeks for more details!

Monday, Dec. 9, 2019

6:00 – 8:00 p.m.

Penn High School

Incoming Freshmen (Current Eighth Graders)

6:00 p.m. – Welcome Session, Center For Performing Arts (CPA)

Please enter at Door C

Current Freshmen, Sophomores, & Juniors

You do not need to attend the Welcome Session. Enter at Door C, pick up a map, and start your tour with either the Live Classrooms, or visit the Academy Booths in the Cafeteria

Penn High School is filled with so many opportunities the choices can be overwhelming. We want to help match the right opportunities with your student's goals. The administration and staff of Penn High School extend a welcome to you and your student to attend the upcoming Penn Showcase which will allow you to investigate the many opportunities available. This Showcase night is for all students who will be attending Penn during the 2020-21 school year to come tour and learn more about Penn High School. This is a great time to speak to teachers and current students about course options. Some classes will be available to see live in action!

Elective Areas To Tour (Live Classrooms):

• Visual Art
• Business
• Family and Consumer Science
• World Languages
• Performing Arts
• Health & Wellness
• STEM

Besides the Live Classrooms, students and parents are encouraged to visit the Academy booths, which will be set up in the Cafeteria, to gain information into the academy structure at Penn High School. Teachers representing both academy and elective classes will be available to answer questions and provide information. We will also have representatives of the Early College Academy, Exceptional Education and the Elkhart Career Center.

Penn High School Clubs and activities will be featured in the Commons area inside of Door A.

Penn Guidance Counselors will be on hand as well to answer questions and meet with students and families.

Your involvement in your child’s education is vital to making the Penn experience a positive one. We value your participation in decisions related to planning your child’s class schedule.

A collaborative effort between parents, students, teachers, and counselors is essential to student success and is the model of P-H-M’s “Triangle of Success!”