The BUS INFORMATION letter will be going out the week of Aug. 14 to all who have requested bus transportation. Students who do not need transportation will not get a letter.  

Parents can call Transportation at (574) 258-9565 or utilize our transportation tool called infofinder i located on the PHM website for information. Use infofinder i and then if that does not provide the information needed, call transportation after Aug. 17. Parents should contact Transportation if their student will not be using the bus for the 2017-2018 school year.

Another valuable tool on the PHM website that parents can sign-up for is called "Here Comes The Bus" which is GPS information on the location of the bus to which your student is assigned.

If you are going to change your bus route, you must contact Brenda Chaffee  at 574-258-9524 or contact Brenda Chaffee through email. If you will have a new address, parents/guardians must provide two proofs of your new address to the school for your bus route to be changed. You must also contact the school if you are no longer needing a bus route due to driving next year; or if there is a change in an alternate pick-up address.  

Penn High’s Kingsmen placed third in the Penn Invitational on Tuesday, Aug. 1.

Penn shot a 366.

Team scores: Homestead 320, Fort Wayne Dwenger 337, PENN 366, Northridge 366, Manchester 389, Bremen 390, Elkhart Central 410, Concord 415, Marian 430, New Prairie 436, Jimtown 437, South Central 500

PENN (366): Lyvia Li 84, Grace Szklarek 82, Abbey Hamilton 90, Ryen Detoro 105 , Kelsey Collins 132.

Penn’s Lyvia Li shot a 73 to win medalist honors at the Homestead Invitational in high school Girls Golf action on Monday, July 31.

Penn placed fourth in the 15-team invitational.

Team scores: 1. Homestead Gold 309, 2. Homestead Blue 340, 3. Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger 344, 4. PENN 357, 5. Manchester 360, 6. Angola 365, 7. Northridge 372, 8. Carroll 387, 9. Bellmont 407, 10. Fort Wayne Bishop Luers 416, 11. Fort Wayne Concordia 425, 12. East Noble 427, 13. Leo 427, 14. Norwell 428, 15. Churubusco 450.

PENN (357): Lyvia Li 73, Abbey Hamilton 94, Ryen DeToro 103, Kate Burnett 123, Grace Szklarek 87.

Penn High School’s Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams are each looking to return to the IHSAA State Finals.

A Photo Gallery of the Penn Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams is posted below.

Penn’s Girls Cross Country Team placed ninth and Penn’s Boys Cross Country Team placed 11^th in the State Championships.

Along the way to the State Finals, each the Penn Boys and Girls Cross Country Teams won Northern Indiana Conference, Sectional and Regional Championships.

Penn Boys and Girls open the 2017 Cross Country season at the NIC Stomp at Ox Bow Park on Saturday, Aug. 19. Penn will host the Penn Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 26, at Elm Road School. Click here for the 2017 Penn Boys and Girls Cross Country schedule.

Coach Josh Nakayama’s Penn High School Boys Soccer Team looks to continue to emerge as a state power in 2017.

A Photo Gallery of the first day of practice for Penn Boys Soccer is posted below.

Last season, the Kingsmen were ranked No. 5 in the state. Penn finished the season with a 17-1-2 record, and captured the Northern Indiana Conference Championship and also won a Sectional Championship.

Penn opens the season on Tuesday, Aug. 15, at Northridge. Click here for the 2017 Penn Boys Soccer schedule. 

You can purchase Penn Athletics All-Sports passes by clicking here. 

School pictures will be taken on the first four days of school by HR Imaging.

The photos will be taken in the hallway between the cafeteria and the arena.

Students can pre-pay and order packages online at https://hrimaging.com/#shop or stop by the Main Office for a pre-paid envelope.

Penn High School’s Girls Soccer Team hoisted the State Championship trophy last season, posting an unbeaten season.

Penn’s reputation as a Girls Soccer powerhouse has now spread nationwide, as Coach Jeff Hart’s Kingsmen are the Preseason No. 1-ranked high school Girls Soccer team in the Nation according to one of the Nation’s premiere  soccer publications, TopDrawer.com.

A photo gallery of the Penn Girls Soccer Team first practice of the season, held on Monday, July 31, is posted below.

Penn enters the season with four Division I commits – First-Team All-American Kristina Lynch (Florida State), Brooke Van Dyck (Notre Dame), Molly McLaughlin (Xavier) and Mackenzie Wood (Northwestern). 

Defending State Champion Penn opens the 2017 season on Friday, Aug. 18, at Lakeville’s Newton Park in the South Bend St. Joseph Indian Invitational. Click here for the 2018 Penn Girls Soccer season schedule.

Fan can purchase Penn High School Athletics season tickets by clicking here.

Penn Football players started their quest for excellence in the 2017 season at the first practice of the season.

Football practice for all Indiana High School Athletic Association members opened up on Monday, July 31.

Coach Cory Yeoman’s Kingsmen started the day in classrooms learning plays and techniques. Then the Kingsmen moved out onto the turf at TCU/Freed Field for drills.

Coach Yeoman’s Kingsmen, a perennial state power, finished the 2016 campaign with a 12-1 record. The Kingsmen captured Northern Indiana Conference, Sectional and Regional Championships.

Penn owns one of Indiana’s proudest football histories. The Kingsmen have won five state championships and reached the state championship game 11 times.

Fans can purchase season tickets through this link: https://penn.phmschools.org/2017-2018-kingsmen-all-sports-season-ticket-information.

Penn opens the 2017 season on Aug. 18 at Valparaiso. Click here for the 2017 Kingsmen Varsity Football schedule.

Penn High School's Marching Kingsmen are already tuning up for the Fall season.

Under the direction of Penn Fine Arts Academy Leader Glenn Northern, the Marching Kingsmen started their practices for the 2017-2018 school year in July.

Penn’s Marching Kingsmen are perennial contenders for the state championship, which will be held on Saturday, Nov. 4, at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

As part of the Indiana Department of Education’s 2017 Summer of eLearning series across the state P-H-M again hosted  TECHNOVATION 2017 at Penn High School.

The IDOE’s series was held over the span of 21 days in June and July at 22 host locations, and supported by the work of 51 school districts with the purpose of exposing Indiana’s teachers to the latest advancement and tools in education technology.

Hundreds of educators from 12 different school corporations essentially went came together on July 26 & 27 to take part in a choice of more than 70 different workshops! These workshops focused on the important role the latest technology programs, concepts and equipment can play in enhancing the classroom learning environment. Attendees were able to not only learn new information from the presenters, but also collaborate  with their colleagues discussing how schools can incorporate these tools into their curricula.

There were many fascinating concepts available to see and experience such as 3-D printing, interactive virtual reality, escape rooms and much more!

The two-day event was highlighted with two keynote speakers featuring P-H-M Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker on Day 1 and Brian Mull on Day 2. And if  teachers didn’t have a fun enough time learning and playing with all the cool toys, they also had a chance to win door prizes at the end of the mini conference

Please check out the photo gallery below to see the captured moments of TECHNOVATION 2017!