Penn High School students were involved in a Service Project during the recent Fall Break.

Students involved in Key Club participated in a Feed the Hungry event on Saturday, Oct. 26, 2024.

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MyTH Club (Mythological Themes in History)

Sponsor: Julie Huxford

The aim of the Penn High School MyTH Club is to promote an analytical understanding of various cultural mythos from around the world.

MyTH club is an academic study of mythological themes in history. This club will read passages of mythos and then have discussions relating to them during club hours. This will serve to educate club members about the mythology of various cultures and religions, analyzing to find commonalities and lasting motifs within them.

There will be club dues of $7 for the 2024-2025 school year.

Regularly scheduled meetings will be held in Room 257 on Gold Wednesdays 3:30-4:15 p.m.

Penn High School hosts its annual Kaleidoscope Concert on Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024.

The concert featured bands from Penn High School, as well as bands from Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation middle schools – Discovery, Grissom and Schmucker.

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Sponsor: Ariel Cornelissen

Eduvate Club seeks to empower refugees by providing English language education and promoting access to learning opportunities through volunteer-driven initiatives and community engagement, from fundraisers to donations. 

The purpose of the Club is to foster a supportive community dedicated to providing educational opportunities to teach and support refugees.

Primarily through volunteer work and fundraising, members will tutor and assess refugee students in the subject of English while periodically participating in organized fundraising efforts. We will begin by cooperating with KRP (Korean Refugee Project). The Korean Refugee Project is a project that is located in Jordan through the United Nations (U.N. Refugee Agency). They aim to help refugees in Jordan grasp the opportunity for education, healing, and support they need. KRP wants to expand its reach beyond Jordan, and our club wants to play a part through the aforementioned volunteer and fundraising work. Additionally, we will work with Penn students and program leaders to come up with a consistent syllabus/lesson plan that the KRP program currently lacks. At Penn, we aim for our club to be an inspiring experience for its members, developing interpersonal and language skills, gratitude, and appreciation through volunteer experiences.

There will be club dues of $5.

Penn High School hosted its third annual College and Career Fair, sponsored by the Penn-Harris-Madison Education Foundation.

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More than 1,500 Juniors and Seniors benefitted from the event.

A total of 55 colleges and businesses registered for the College and Career Fair at Penn. Guest speakers also talked about choices and opportunities students have after high school graduation.

According to P-H-M Education Foundation Executive Directory Jennifer Turnblom, the College and Career Fair at Penn brings in schools and companies with post-high school educational opportunities, whether it be in a traditional classroom, enlistment opportunities, apprenticeship program or skills training.

This community partnership offers organizations colleges and businesses the opportunity to meet students from one of the best high schools in the state and share the opportunities they have for them.

This is also a fundraiser for PHMEF and helps support programs like the Kingsmen Art Gallery, Robotics and some of the P-H-M Education district-wide programs in the elementary schools.

Turnblom said that PHMEF is especially grateful to Penn High School Principal Dr. Sean Galiher and Assistant Principal Josiah Parker for their support of this event and its continued growth.

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Sponsor: Stephanie Doncilovic

The aim of the Penn High School Veterans Awareness Club is to promote the awareness of Veterans throughout our school and give thanks to them for their service. 

The purpose of this club is to educate and help students learn about the sacrifices our veterans make and show respect for their service. Our club will make cards, posters, ect. each meeting to bring to our local VA. We could eventually organize events such as bringing in guest speakers, and do volunteer work such as volunteering at a veterans hospital. Overall our club would help students understand and connect with those who have served for our country.

There will be club dues of $5 for seniors if they want a chord for the 2024-2025 school year.

Regularly scheduled meetings will be held the first Thursday of every month.

Sponsor: Karen Tagliaferri.

The purpose of DSA Club is to make a difference through serving our local Down Syndrome community.

The club will meet on the second Tuesday of each month in Room 182.

Club Dues are $15

Sponsor: Ming Liu

The aim of the Penn High School Chinese Club is to spread the beautiful culture of China.

The purpose of the Chinese Club is to bring together students and share Chinese culture, along with have fun learn, and experience new aspects of Chinese culture.

Dues are $5 for the school year.

Meetings will be held once a month.

Sponsor: John Gensic

The aim of the Penn High School The Air We Share (Anti-Vaping)  Club is to raise awareness about the harmful effects of vaping.

The purpose of the club is to create motivational and educational posters around the school hallways and bathrooms about vaping. The posters will be used to show the hard truth about what people are putting in their lungs and some motivational things to encourage students to not fall into the peer pressure that surrounds them.

There will be club dues of $5 for the 2024-2025 school year.

Regularly scheduled meetings will be held once a month every first Tuesday in Room 232.