Penn High School's Spell Bowl Team captured the State Championship with a score of 85 points out of 90 in the Spell Bowl State Championships at Purdue University on Saturday, Nov. 16. Terre Haute South placed second with a score of 84.

‪David Wang, Yewon Oh, Salem Fitwi, Matthew Zhang, Tasneem Ahmed & Karen Wang were perfect spellers! for Penn.

‪Maria Kallookulangara, Deena Baki and Tyler Mueller were near perfect spellers..

Gurkirat Singh scored a 7 for Penn.

The Kaleidoscope Concert will take place in Penn High School's Center for the Performing Arts. Please enter at Door C.

Tickets are $5 in advance and $6 at the door. Purchase tickets online at https://www.ticketracker.com/store/events/1529 or one hour before each show at the Penn box office.
 

The Kaleidoscope I Concert on November 20th will feature:

• Combined PHM 8th Grade Band
• Penn Advanced Jazz Ensemble
• Penn Symphonic Winds
• Penn Marching Kingsmen

The Kaleidoscope II Concert on November 21 will feature:

• Intermediate Jazz Ensemble
• Advanced Jazz Ensemble
• Freshman Band
• Concert Band
• Symphonic Band
• Symphonic Winds

P-H-M students, both girls and boys, in grades 4-12, are welcome to attend the Penn Winter Guard Open House on Thursday, Nov. 21, 2019.

Come be a part of this incredible performing arts group!

Click here to download and print the flyer.

Penn High School hosted a National Signing Day ceremony for 21 Kingsmen student-athletes on Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019.

A Photo Gallery is posted below. Click here for the complete list.

The message below was sent to all P-H-M parents from the Superintendent's Office the morning of Friday, Nov. 15, 2019:

Penn-Harris-Madison’s outstanding teachers are a critical component to P-H-M’s Triangle of Success providing excellent instruction to our students. In support of teachers and fair funding for public education, P-H-M has strong track record of working with State Legislators.

As momentum has grown for the “Red for Ed” action day at the State Legislature next Tuesday, Nov. 19, more Penn-Harris-Madison teachers have expressed interest to travel to Indianapolis to participate. 

We fully support their efforts. Therefore, all 15 P-H-M schools will be closed next Tuesday, Nov. 19. Administrative offices will remain open. Principals will adjust extracurricular activities as needed and will communicate any changes to their building parents and staff.

We will make up the day at the end of the school year. This will make the last day of school for P-H-M students Thursday, June 4.

Thank you for all you do as families to support our teachers.

Penn High School Orchestra Director Anne Tschetter and Principal Sean Galiher announced that three Penn students – Maya Kvartskhelia (First Violin, Assistant Concertmaster), Erica Cheng (Second Violin) and Joey Krachenfels (Viola) – have been named to the Indiana All-State Orchestra. Tschetter said that the Indiana All-State Orchestra will perform at the iconic Embassy Theater on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2020, at the Indiana Music Educators Association Convention.

“The Indiana All-State Orchestra is a prestigious performance opportunity available to the hard-working and talented high school musicians across our state,” Tschetter said. “Each year orchestra students experience a distinguished conductor and perform professional level music.  This year the musicians get to work with Maestro Jeffrey Grogan and perform Tschaikovsky's Symphony No. 5.”

According to Tschetter, Orchestra students who aspire to be chosen for All-State Orchestra have several steps they must travel before they can participate in this most esteemed event.  Students make the decision to audition early in the school year, download the application on the Indiana American String Teachers Association (IN-ASTA) website, review the requirements, pay the $20 application fee, practice the music alone and with their private lesson teacher, then send in their audition for review.

“Our Penn Orchestra students who audition for All-State Orchestra log in many hours of practice in order to submit their audition of specific music excerpts at specific tempos,” Tschetter said. “We are blessed each year to have many talented students who are selected as All-State Orchestra members. 

“We are proud of all our students and thrilled that our program is ranked among the best orchestras in the state,” Tschetter said.
 

Penn High School’s Marching Kingsmen placed ninth in the state at the ISSMA Marching Band State Championships at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis on Saturday, Nov. 9, 2019.

The Band, under the director of Director Glenn Northern and assistants Aaron Griesser and D.J. Landoll, performed a set titled, “Unbalanced”.

Drum Majors for the Marching Kingsmen were Caleb Vrydaghs, Nathaniel Clay, Taylor Gibson and Braden McMillen.

“The Band gave a great performance,” Northern said. “We were pleased with how the season ended.

“This year’s Marching Kingsmen really grew a lot,” Northern said. “They overcame a lot of obstacles dealing with the show design and preparation.”

Friday, Dec. 13

5:00 p.m. in Penn’s Cafeteria (before 7:30 tip-off Penn vs. Concord boys basketball game)

$3.00 suggested donation to benefit Special Olympics Indiana

Penn’s Champions Together is hosting the first-time Winter Wonderland event.

This is an opportunity for the whole P-H-M Corporation to come together and enjoy candy, face painting, and festive games in Penn’s Cafeteria before the home basketball game against Concord High School. Tip-off is at 7:30 in Penn's Main Arena.

All P-H-M students & families are welcome to attend!!!

A $3.00 donation would be appreciated and proceeds will go to Special Olympics Indiana. In return, you will receive a coupon to reduce the price of the Penn Varsity Basketball Game to $1.00. Penn vs. Concord basketball game starts at 7:30 in Penn's Main Arena.

Champions Together is a collaborative partnership between the Indiana High School Athletic Association and Special Olympics Indiana. The main goal of Champions Together is 
to collaborate servant leadership among student athletes while changing their lives as well as the lives of those with intellectual disabilities. The main mission of Champions Together is to allow all students to be actively involved in sports and get intellectually disabled students involved in social events in all schools. 

Penn's national reputation for excellence is based on its outstanding academic, athletic and fine arts programs. 

Penn, Harris and Madison Township families whose children currently attend private schools but are considering enrolling their students at Penn for the 2020-2021 school year are invited to visit Penn (with their parents) on Wednesday, November 20, 2019 1 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. in the Center for the Performing Arts. Only students who reside within P-H-M boundaries are eligible to attend Penn High School.

These are just some of Penn’s Points of Excellence:

• With the release of the Spring 2019 ISTEP (grade 10) results, P-H-M is 12th among public schools for combined ELA & Math scores.
• Penn High School was ranked 13th in Indiana—the only Top #20 high school in the Michiana area—in US News & World Report’s 2018 U.S. News Best High Schools listing. 
• The Indiana Department of Education has named Penn a Four Star School for the school years 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
• Early College Academy received an endorsement as an “Early College High School” by The Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning.
• Penn earned the Project Lead the Way Distinguished School distinction in 2017-18 (for the 2016-17 school year)
• Penn’s STEM Academy has been certified as a Full STEM Certified Program by the Indiana Department of Education. 

Click to learn more about the academic and extracurricular excellence achieved by Penn High School students.

The November 20th event will include:

• An informational presentation by Counselors
• General tour of building led by Freshmen Mentors
• Q&A session for students with Freshmen Mentors in small group setting
• Q&A session for parents with Counselors

You must RSVP in advance to attend this event! Click here to complete the form.

The deadline for the RSVP is Friday, Nov. 15.

Click here for additional information.

Penn Girls Soccer won the Sectional Championship. 

A Photo Gallery of some of Penn’s Sectional action is posted below.