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Penn High School’s Carnival of Bands will feature 15 of the top marching bands in northern Indiana on Saturday, Sept. 23, at Everwise Freed Field. The showcase event will start at 3:55 p.m. on Saturday with the national anthem. Band performances start at 4 p.m. Admission is $7. Children age three-and-younger are free. All sales will be made at the gate, either cash or card ...

Penn High School was named a 2023 Cognia® School of Distinction for excellence in education on Thursday, September 15. Penn achieved this accreditation based on its 2022–23 Accreditation Cognia review. The Schools of Distinction program recognizes schools and systems that truly stand out in their service to learners, as demonstrated in meeting the Cognia Performance Standards. Cognia is a global nonprofit school improvement organization grounded ...

Tonight (Friday, September 8, 2023) in Indianapolis at the Indiana Department of Education’s (IDOE) second annual Educational Excellence Awards Gala, Penn High School received the Excellence in College Readiness Award along with a $250,000 grant! The Excellence in College Readiness Award as described by the IDOE is as follows: This award recognizes an individual school that has demonstrated a commitment to helping students earn a ...

Last Friday (August 25, 2023) night's big 28-7 Kingsmen win over the Mishawaka Cavemen also gave Penn Football Coach Cory Yeoman his 200th career win (click to watch a video that captures the magic of that night)--making him Penn High School's second football coach to receive 200 wins. Penn is now the ONLY high school in Indiana to have two coaches meet this milestone. The ...

Penn High School has once again been ranked by U.S. News & World Report among the nation's best public high schools. Penn ranks 1st in the South Bend area, 22nd in Indiana (out of 377 schools ranked in Indiana), and #1,581 in the national rankings (out of 17,680 nationally ranked high schools). This puts Penn in the top 8.9% of the nation's best high schools ...