Penn High School Showcase 2016

Monday, Dec. 12, and Tuesday, Dec. 13

6:30-8 p.m.

Showcase allows prospective and current students to explore the learning opportunities that the Academies at Penn High School offers students.

Showcase is an opportunity for current eighth-grade students to get acquainted with Penn and plan their schedules with required and elective classes for the 2017-18 school year.

Current freshmen, sophomores and juniors will be able to explore required classes and electives as they plan their schedules, and make decisions about which achievement academy to join.

SHOWCASE FORMAT

Enter at Door C

• Welcome for eighth-grade families at 6:30 p.m. (Center for Performing Arts).

• Welcome for freshmen, sophomores and juniors and their families at 6:45 p.m. (Studio Theater).

Following the welcome presentations, prospective students, current students and their families will have the opportunity to:

• Tour the building on your own.

• Visit classrooms and view presentations.

• Visit Showcase sessions.

• Visit the cafeteria.

• Meet with Academy Leaders and visit information booths set up in the Sunshine hallway.

SPECIAL SESSIONS

• Prospective Parent Question and Answer Session – Located in the IMC throughout the evening.

• Early College Program – Presented in the CPA at 7 p.m. and 7:30 p.m by Danielle Black.

• Honors/Dual Credit/ACP/AP Course Information – Presented in LGI-A at 7:15 p.m. by Ree Johnson, Candice Beeleart, Michele Ball.

SELF-GUIDED TOURS

Students/families will be encouraged to tour the building with the help of:

• Maps marked with all Showcase Locations, including all Live Classrooms, and Session Locations.

• Freshmen Mentors – Wearing their “Freshmen Mentor” T-Shirts for easy identification, and assigned to specific locations throughout the building to help families find session locations and Live Classrooms.

• Other selected students – Selected by teachers and/or Academy Leaders to be in a designated spot to answer specific questions about classes or programs.

Penn is proud to showcase both local artists’ and Penn students’ artwork in the Kingsmen Gallery, which is open daily during school hours and is located in “Kingsmen Hallway” across from the auxiliary gym.

General Art Courses: Intro to 2D Art (1 semester), Intro to 3D Art (1 semester), Advanced 2D Art, Advanced 3D Art

Miscellaneous Art Courses: Jewelry I/II, Printmaking, Art History I/II, AP Art History, Portfolio Exit Project, Gallery Docent (Student Assistant)

Ceramics Sequence: Ceramics I/II, Ceramics III/IV, Ceramics V/VI, Ceramics VII/VIII

Digital/Graphic Design Sequence (CTE credits, Dual Credit optional, Pathway optional): Principles of Digital Design, Digital Design Graphics, Graphic Design & Layout, Digital Design Capstone

Drawing Sequence: Drawing I/II, Drawing III/IV, Drawing V/VI, Drawing VII/VIII or AP Drawing

Painting Sequence: Painting I/II, Painting III/IV, Painting V/VI, Painting VII/VIII or AP 2D Studio Art: Painting

Photography Sequence: Photography I/II, Photography III/IV, AP 2D Studio Art: Photography

Sculpture Sequence: Sculpture I/II, Sculpture III/IV, Sculpture V/VI, Sculpture VII/VIII or AP 3D Studio Art: Sculpture

The Penn Kingsmen Art Gallery showcases work by Penn High School students, as well as art by members of the community. 

Gallery Guidelines:

• Ten students are allowed in at a time without a teacher, but must have a pass during class times.
• Seniors may enter through the courtyard door during lunch hours.
• Guests are asked to please sign in and leave a comment in the comment box.

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Mrs. D-C’s closed research resources

Vocabulary Building Games

PBS Learning

Art Institute Chicago

Edward Hopper Online Art Gallery

A list of children’s authors doing online read-alouds

A comprehensive list to resources like College Board, Khan Academy, National Geographic, Read Write Think, Scholastic, etc.

A principal’s list of things to do during a COVID-19 closure

Core – The world’s largest collection of open access research papers

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eBooks

Friends of the Library is a student led group that meets every other Tuesday after school in the library.  This group’s mission is to promote the usage of the library and implement changes to the space that will benefit both students, faculty, and the Community.  

Projects include:

• creating surveys to generate data of student and staff needs.
• reorganizing the book collection/sorting fiction by genre.
• presenting a report to school administration about library usage and  student needs.

The faculty sponsor of FotL is Caelea Armstrong. Contact info: carmstrong@phm.k12.in.us.

The Penn High School Media Center is a multi-purpose, open-concept learning environment. The Media Center provides learning resources, as well as spaces for individual, collaborative, and blending learning.

• IMC Staff
• IMC Services
• Technology Support
• Resources and Databases​
• Eliot Rosewater List
• First Tuesdays Book Club
• Helpful Links

MackinVia is our eBook vendor.  To access eBooks, both on your Chromebook and/or your phone, click the link: www.mackinvia.com.

Type in Penn High School where it asks for school. 

Then, your username is your full email address. 

Your password is your ID number.

If that does not work, there is a generic login — both the username and password are pennhs.

With MackinVia, you can check out and annotate books electronically for three weeks.

Mishawaka Penn Harris Public Library has access to millions of texts through Overdrive. You do not need to have had a library card previously to access these texts. Simply click on the link below: www.mphpl.org.

From here, you can sign up for a Student Digital Card, which will allow you access to digital materials as well as many online databases.