Penn High School will host its annual College Information Night at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 11, in the Penn High School Center for the Performing Arts (CPA).

The wide range of topics include:

• College admissions (applications, deadlines, transcripts, visits)
• SAT/ACT
• Scholarships (search options, private scholarships vs. institutional aid)
• FAFSA

Members of the counseling staff will be presenting and will be available to answer questions at the conclusion of the event. 

This year’s event includes several guests from local colleges and organizations to help present a college information panel.  Guests will be able to speak directly to several important processes and answer your questions. 

Click here for a Google form that will help us collect information from you so we know how to direct our panel.  If you have specific questions or want to hear specific information from our panel members, please list them in our form.
 

The Penn High School Football Team played Homewood-Flossmoor on Friday, Sept. 6, 2019. 

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

So much more than just a football game, Friday nights are a time when the whole community can come together to support a common cause. From our band members to our community volunteers to to the energetic student section … nothing is better than Friday Nights under the Lights!

The Penn High School Football Team played its first home game of the 2019 season on Friday, Aug. 30, against LaPorte.

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

Penn High School’s “Freshman Frenzy” will be held on TCU/Freed Field after the Penn vs. LaPorte Varsity Football Game on Friday, Aug. 30.

The event will last until 11 p.m.

There will be a DJ providing music, as well as games, including Corn Hole, Kan Jam, Frisbee, Football, etc., at the South End of the Football Field.

Freshmen students pay to get into the football game and must receive a stamp at the Freshman Frenzy table, which will be set up in the Kingsmen Athletic Center pavilion at the south end of the field. There will be a verification process to make sure that all entrants are Penn Freshmen.

The tone is being set for the 2019-2020 school year right off the bat going into this second week of school. Champions Together is conducting school assemblies starting with the Freshman class on Tuesday, August 27 (click to see Tuesday’s Photo Gallery), followed by the  Sophomores on Wednesday, August 28, and lastly the Juniors and Seniors on Friday, August 30.

Penn is working with Champions Together to bring the message of “Inclusion Revolution” to the student body. Champions Together is a unique partnership between Indiana High School Athletic Association and Special Olympics Indiana. Champions Together says about it’s “Inclusion Revolution” program that it changes the  culture of schools by promoting awareness, acceptance, respect, anti-bullying, and inclusion of all persons with intellectual disabilities.

Watch the video below from Wednesday’s Sophomore Assembly to learn more about the message and how it will help improve the student culture at Penn High School …

Click through the pictures below to view the photos taken at Tuesday’s Freshman Class Assembly.

See one of your children in these photos? 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 opened the 2019 football season at Valparaiso on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019.

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

Penn-Harris-Madison Supt. Dr. Jerry Thacker addressed the Penn High School Football Team on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2019.

Following Dr. Thacker’s talk, Head Coach Cory Yeoman and his staff named the Kingsmen starters, who received either a Gold Rush helmet sticker for offensive starters, or a Wild Bunch helmet sticker for defensive stickers.

The Kingsmen take on the Valpo Vikings Friday, August 23 away. Penn’s first home game is Friday, August 30 vs. LaPorte. Game starts at 7:30, but come out early to the annual P-H-M Community Tailgate. Click here for details.

A Photo Gallery is posted below.

Today Mrs. Jeanie Mitchell was notified by the Indiana Department of Education that she was now among the state’s TOP 10 FINALISTS for Teacher of the Year!

Mrs. Mitchell was named P-H-M’s Secondary Teacher of the Year back in April. Click here to read the story and see the video when she was named. 

Mrs. Mitchell is a French Teacher and the Academy Leader for Freshman Academy. She learned on August 5 that she had made the Top 30 lists of finalists, along with Mrs. Christine Austin (4^th grade teacher at Walt Disney Elementary School) who was named P-H-M’s Elementary Teacher of the Year also back in April. Austin and Mitchell were among 30 teachers chosen as the top finalists from a field of 61 applicants. P-H-M was only one of two school districts, and the only one in the Michiana area, that has two teachers who made the Top 30!

Mrs. Mitchell will now move on to the “Top 10 Interview Day” on September 12 in Indianapolis, with the announcement of the Indiana Teacher of the Year winner coming in late September, early October. A banquet to honor all candidates will be held November 15. 

Congratulations to “Madame Mitchell”!!!

P-H-M’s annual Community Tailgate to kick off the start of the Penn Football Season will once again be held at the TCU Freed Field, South End Concession Stand Plaza.

The Tailgate is hosted by Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation and the Penn Boosters Club for all P-H-M families and patrons to enjoy.

So come out early to the football game, grab a hot dog and catch up with old friends! Then stick around to cheer on the Kingsmen as they take on LaPorte in the season Home Opener!

Friday, August 30

5:30 – 7:00 p.m.

TCU Freed Field, South End Concession Stand Plaza

Tickets $4.00 (payable at the event) includes:

• Bratwurst or hot dog

• Potato Chips

• Cookie

• Drink