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Penn places second in debate district competition

Penn High School student Blake Hesch qualified for the Debate nationals, and Penn’s Debate team placed second in district competition. Hesch earned second place in Lincoln-Douglas Debate competition, and is qualified for the nationals in June in Salt Lake City, Utah. Penn students placing in the top five in their events were: Amelia Atkinson (third in Lincoln-Douglas) Megha Devaraj and Colin Lucero-Dixon (fifth in Policy) ...

Battle of the Bands auditions set for Tuesday, Feb. 2

Battle of the Bands will once again rockPenn High School Auditions for Penn High School’s Battle of the Bands are on Tuesday, Feb. 2, at 4 p.m. in the cafeteria. Battle of the Bands is March 24. Audition forms can be picked up in guidance or in the main office. Band members can be from another school or be graduated, but at least one-third of ...

Penn trio named to Indiana All-State Orchestra

Penn High School students Chelsea Chen, Mitchell Spangler and Jewon Ohwere named to Indiana’s prestigious All-State Orchestra. Before the classical sounds of Berlioz’ “The Hungarian Marc h” and Prokofiev’s “Romeo and Juliet Suite” flowed across the Embassy Theatre in Fort Wayne on Saturday, Jan. 16, Penn High School students Chelsea Chen (violin), Jewon Oh (violin) and Mitchell Spangler (English horn) spent 20 hours in a ...

Penn Architecture classes team up with professionals

Architecture instructor Josiah Parker and Penn High School principal Steve Hope observe Penn studentsdesigning collaborative learning spaces. (Photo by Garrett Deakin) Brian Loring and five classmates studied a floor plan of Penn High School’s Instructional Materials Center spread out on the table before them. Loring placed images of drawn-to-scale furniture as he and his classmates worked on designing a collaborative learning space. Then, Loring paused ...

Penn students place at Model United Nations event

Penn High School Model United Nations students earned numerous awards at the Model United Nations competition at the University of Michigan on Saturday, Jan. 17, 2016. Penn’s Model U.N. team is coached by Chris Cantoni. PENN AWARD WINNERS Verbal Accommodations: 1. Meillyn McVeigh: Delegate from Qatar in the Social, Cultural, and Humanitarian Affairs Committee (SOCHUM) 2. Josh Leady: Delegate from Cuba in the United Nations ...