Snowball has been rescheduled for Sunday, Feb. 20 (7:30-11:00 p.m.). The dance will be in the Penn High School Main Arena.

Tickets will go on sale on Sunday, Feb. 6. at noon.

Click here to purchase tickets (the link will not be live until noon, Sunday, Feb. 6)

There will be no in-person sales of tickets. Tickets are limited to two (2) per student. Masks are required. A maximum of 1,200 tickets will be sold.

Click here for complete information.

Penn High School students excelled in the Scholastic Art Awards competition.

Click here for a list of Scholastic Art Award winners from Penn.

Scholastic Art Awards is the largest and longest running competition for junior and high school students in the country. It has gotten more selective and more prestigious over the years and the students that are have work selected to be entered, even if not chosen for an award, should be extremely proud of doing such high quality work. There are three levels of awards: Gold Key, Silver Key, and Honorable Mention. Gold Key winners compete at the national level. Recognition at the national level usually brings with it many scholarship offers as well as tremendous honors.

Art of three levels will be displayed in an impressive public exhibition in the Warner Gallery at the South Bend Museum of Art in the Century Center from Saturday, Feb. 5, until Saturday, March 12. This year’s reception for artists, families, and teachers will take place on Saturday, Feb. 5, from 12-5 p.m., as an open house featuring artist demonstrations, music, and more. Please join us at the South Bend Museum of Art to celebrate the exceptional work awarded in the 2022 Scholastic Art Awards. Entry is free and open to the public.

The Award Ceremony will take place virtually again this year on Sunday, Feb. 12, and will premiere at 11 a.m. on youtube, www.southbendart.org, and the South Bend Museum of Art’s social media pages. You are able to download your certificate from the https://artandwriting.org/ or wait until your teacher picks up your work after the exhibition.

The Scholastic exhibit displays some of the finest artwork you will see from junior and high school students and very worth the trip to go to the Century Center/ SBMA. Winning artwork by Penn students will be added to the Penn Kingsmen Art Gallery for display on Monday, March 14.

March 28, 29 and 30^th at Penn High School

If you are interested, please email Varsity Coach Rita Szweda at rszweda@phm.k12.in.us before March 25 and she will provide the tryout information and your name will be added to the tryout list.

“An Evening of Jazz” will be held at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, at St. Mark Missionary Church, 55240 Bittersweet Rd, Mishawaka, Ind., 46545.

The event will feature performances by jazz ensembles from Grissom Middle School, Discovery Middle School, and Penn High School.

Our guest artist, Mark Buselli, director of Jazz Studies at Ball State University, will work with students during the day and perform with the ensembles through the evening. We will also raffle off several exciting items and packages during the event.

Tickets are $10 per person and all proceeds will go toward the Penn Jazz program. Ticket sales will be at that door starting at 6 p.m. and will be general seating.

Due to COVID concerns and guidance from the P-H-M School Corporation and the CDC, we will not be serving a meal this year.

Penn High School’s Amrita Kulkarni qualified for the National Speech & Debate Association National Championships after placing first in the Lincoln-Douglas Debate category in regional competition at Penn on Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022.

Congratulations to the following Penn students for making the 2022 Indiana All-State Bands:

Honor Band:

• Guinn Hill, Bassoon
• Micah Sanchez-Hawkins, Bass Clarinet
• Luca Nijim, Tuba
• Blake Gibson-Ross, Percussion
• William Chenoweth, Percussion
• Caleb Cameron, Percussion
• Kyle Books, Percussion

All-State Band:

• Hannah Steele, Flute
• Michael Tapp, Oboe
• Natalia McCool, French Horn
• Ethan Brentliger, Percussion

Alternate: 

• Molly Oates, Flute
• Valentina Gianesi, Clarinet
• Jacob Retek, Alto Sax
• Colin Carter, Alto Sax
• Olivia Nijim, Trumpet
• Audrey Wise, French Horn
• Caitlin Price, Euphonium

Penn students excelled at the DECA Sectional. The business-oriented club won the Sweepstakes Award for the school that received the most total points.

STATE QUALIFIERS FOR PENN:

Hospitality Services Team event

• 1st – J.R. Roach & Anitej Waghray
• 2nd – Matthew Deahl & Shahmeer Turk
• 4th – Luna Liu & Megan Zhang
• 5th – Zaina Arain & Avery Ferris

Sports and Entertainment Team Event

• 1st – Isaiah Cox & Garrett Craig
• 3rd – Jack Jordan & Mason Botka
• 5th – Josh Jankowski & Bilal Zackaria

Apparel + Accessories Series Event

• 1st – Alison Lehman

Marketing Communications Event

• 1st – Braden Davis

Marketing Management Team Event

• 1st – Connor Schmitt & David Son
• 2nd – Josh Kim & Albert Lee

Financial Services Team Event

• 1st – Salem Fitwi & Moosa Haque
• 3rd – Jed Kim & Gurk Singh
• 4th – Joel Bell & Karsten Pittman

Entrepreneurship Team Event

• 2nd – Ali Nasser & Ethan Rendell
• 4th – Akul Bhambhani & Stanley Liew

Principles of Hospitality

• 1st – Layla Berry

Travel and Tourism Team Event

• 1st – Art Haines & Matthew Zhang
• 2nd – Matthew Voor & Drew Konopinski
• 5th – Lukas Schutt & Josh Gatete

Business Finance Service Event

• 3rd- Nick Schnabel

Buying and Merchandising Team Event

• 1st- Ben Doster & Will Tang
• 2nd- Ikuri Narasaki & Ben Gregory

The Penn High School Boys Bowling Team on the Sectional Championship on Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022.

The Kingsmen advance to Regional competition.

Nathan Brazeau won the individual Boys' Sectional Championship, and Elise McDonald was runner-up in the Girls' Sectional.  Ethan Rubio and Nick Adams were also in the Top 8.  All of them, along with the team, will move on to regionals next weekend and represent Penn. 
 

Penn Poms will host a one-day clinic on Saturday, January 29, 2022.

The Poms clinic participants (pre-K through eighth grade) will learn a dance routine during the day on Saturday, Jan. 29, that will be performed at the Penn High School boys basketball halftime that night. The clinic cost is $35 per student.

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COVID Testing Walk-in Clinic

If a student, teacher, or staff member is symptomatic or quarantined due to exposure, they may receive a free BinaxNOW rapid antigen test for the COVID-19 virus. This program uses Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW tests provided by the federal government.

The IDOH has recently revised the school site testing criteria due to the limited supply to only test the following groups:

• Symptomatic students Pre-K through grade 12

• Symptomatic teachers and staff members age 50 and above.  

Where can they be tested:

• The walk-up clinic will take place at the P-H-M Bank Locker Room Building located on the corner of Bittersweet and McKinley Hwy (US20) near Penn High School. Entry is off McKinley Hwy.

• No appointment is necessary.

• The clinic will be open when school is in session on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from 7:00 – 9:00 a.m. AS LONG AS TESTS ARE AVAILABLE. The Clinic may need to close early on the days it is in operation as the number of available tests per day may vary due to the national shortage. 

• We will only test a student accompanied by a parent/guardian.

• Please bring the completed consent form to the clinic at the time of testing. Click here to download and print the consent form.