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

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 Thursdays 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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