Penn High School students excelled at the Science Olympiad competition that took place on Saturday, Jan 25, 2025, at Notre Dame.

Photo Gallery posted below

Chemistry Lab: Aidan Lee, Tobias Prince, 2nd place

The next competition is the Regional on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.

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Sponsor: Lindsay Soard

The purpose of the Crayon Box Club is to provide a space for LGBTQ+ students and allies here at Penn to have a community where they can feel safe and understood while also raising awareness. We hope to create a dedicated space for people of and supporting the community to relate to one another and find friends. 

There are no club dues.

 Regularly scheduled meetings will be held each Tuesday after school in Room 237 until 4:30 p.m. 

Advisor: Eric Shipp

The purpose of the Marine Biology Club is to educate others who are interested in any type of marine science. Whether people like the ocean, want a career in Marine Biology or meet new people, it will be a safe space for everyone. The goal is to bring awareness at Penn High School to the health of our oceans. We can even take steps here to protect the oceans, making sure that all recyclable materials go in the proper place rather than making their way to the oceans. The club aims to give all aspiring marine biologists at Penn a “central hub” to gather and learn new things, as well as create a community for all who are interested in this specific area of science.

Club dues are $5 for the 2024-2025 school year.

Penn’s Early College Academy held its annual Thanksgiving Meal.

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Penn student club Short Hair Because We Care event, held on Saturday, Nov. 16, had it’s largest turnout yet!

In all 66 people showed up at the event and donated their hair–695 inches worth! Click to see the photo gallery below. This year’s turnout was double what was collected in 2023. There were so many people a few of the stylists from Salon Nouveau stayed over an hour-and-half to make sure everyone was able to donate. Last year 33 people donated a total of 334 inches (click to see last year’s photos). 

Anyone in the community, men, women, children, can donate their hair, but a minimum of 8 inches is required. The donated hair is sent to the Children With Hair Loss organization.

To get the word out on the event, the students promoted it to students within Penn, on social media, and even had media coverage! Click here to see.

This annual event was started in 2019-2020 by a group of students when they were in 7th grade at Grissom Middle School.

“It started as something that students could give, that wouldn’t be money or something they wouldn’t have control over being young students, but everyone can donate their hair, so that’s why we started it: to give everyone an opportunity to serve even if they don’t have other resources,” Ella Smoker Class of 2024. Click to see the WNDU-TV’s story from November 2023.

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Sponsor: Kate Dean

The Women for Change Club aims to advocate, empower, and support women in our schools and communities while promoting the value of women’s voices and experiences.

Women for Change is dedicated to supporting and uplifting women in our community. Our mission is to create meaningful connections by hosting empowering events, writing heartfelt cards to inspire and support local women, and providing a platform for women to share their stories. 

Club dues are $5.

Meetings are held on Thursday mornings in Room 155.

U.S. News and World Report released its “Best Schools” rankings for K-8 public schools by state.

Out of Indiana’s 395 Indiana public high schools Penn was ranked #25!

They also ranked the best public elementary and middle schools. For Indiana, 1,000 elementary schools were ranked.

Several P-H-M’s elementary schools are at the top of the list:

• Northpoint #1 in Indiana  
• Prairie Vista #2 in Indiana  
• Horizon #19
• Mary Frank #32
• Bittersweet #56
• Moran #163
• Madison #200
• Elm Road #205
• Elsie Rogers #393
• Meadow’s Edge #239

P-H-M’s middle schools were also recognized:

• Discovery #3 in Indiana
• Schmucker #40