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Five Penn High School students qualified for the National Debate Tournament to be held this summer in Des Moines, Iowa. The students qualified by placing first at the Northwest Indiana District. Penn’s National Qualifiers: Public Forum - Alina Luck and Jaanavi Kaushi 1st place; Amina Spahic and Rebecca Wolter 2nd Place In Lincoln Douglas - Akul Bhamabani 1st place Penn’s Debate Team, coached by Jeremy ...

Penn High School’s Snowball Winter Dance, “An Evening in the Garden”, is scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 16, from 7:30-11 p.m. Entry is through Door B ONLY. Tickets go on sale on Sunday, Jan. 26, at noon and will be available until 7:30 p.m. on the day of the dance (or until the event is sold out). Click here to purchase tickets starting at noon on ...

The Community Foundation of St. Joseph County announced that Penn High School students Areej Arif and Matthew Deahl earned Lilly Endowment Community Scholarships. The prestigious award provides recipients with four-year, full-tutition scholarships and a book stipend for the Indiana college or university of their choice. Arif is undecided about college. She plans to major in psychology and be on a pre-dental track. Arif has been ...

Monday, January 13, 2025 the P-H-M Board of School Trustees approved a $10,000 donation by newly elected P-H-M Board of School Trustee Gary Fox to the P-H-M Education’s Naming Rights Campaign to name Penn High School’s new fieldhouse. The contribution will name the building currently under construction the Dr. Jerry and Donna Thacker Fieldhouse (click here for more details on the fieldhouse; and click here ...

Sreeja Bhattacharjee and Rebecca Wagman earned regional Gold Key awards in the prestigious Scholastic Writing Competition. Scholastic is one of the longest-running scholarship and recognition programs in the nation. Seven Penn students earned regional recognition in the nationwide contest. Penn Creative Writing Instructor Caelea Armstrong serves as the Scholastic Writing Adviser. PENN SCHOLASTIC AWARD WINNERS Ada Bidler - Writing Portfolio, Silver Key Poetry "She Is", ...