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Penn Rocketry Club members participate in World Space Week

To celebrate World Space Week, Penn Rocketry Club members built and launched their own model rockets along with a 1:100 scale replica of the ULA Vulcan Rocket, generously gifted to use through a grant with ULA and ESTES rocketry. AP Physics students learning about Force and Newton’s Laws heard Penn Rocketry executive Jacob Pennington explain the basics of the rocket flight before going outside to ...
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P-H-M Board Member Larry Beehler Receives Indiana Outstanding Board Service Award

The Indiana School Boards Association (ISBA) has named Larry Beehler, a member of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation Board of School Trustees, as the recipient of the 2026 Indiana Outstanding Board Service Award. A longtime advocate for public education, Larry Beehler has dedicated 40 years of service to the Penn-Harris-Madison Board of School Trustees, helping guide one of Indiana's highest-performing school corporations through decades of growth, ...
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Penn High Schools students cook up a winner at Michiana Chili Cook-Off

Congrats to Penn Instructor John Fitch and his Culinary Arts students for an incredible showing at the Michiana Chili Cook-off on Sunday, Oct. 4, at the Ironworks Plaza in Mishawaka. Chef Fitch's students earned 1st Place - People's Choice, Most Unique Recipe (2nd year in a row), and Best Overall Student-made chili. Penn keeps control of the traveling trophy for the next year ...

Penn High School students honored as Commended Scholars

Members of the Penn High School Class of 2027 were recently honored by Principal Rachel Fry for earning status as Commended Students in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program. Penn’s Commended Scholars include: James Casper Johnson Chen Sobrin Fitwi Mia Helm Landen Hendricks Brady Higginbotham Ava Hurley Anton Kozelichki Cathlyn Kulba Ava Lightburn Addison Singleton Allison Sommers Haley Steinway Noah Teeple Claire Woolman Aaron Yoon ...
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Penn High School boasts 15 National Merit Scholarship Semi-Finalists

Penn High School Principal Rachel Fry announced that 15 members of the Class of 2027 have been named Semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program, earning recognition among the nation’s highest-achieving high school students. Penn’s National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists are: Sonya Cheng Danielle Ciliberti Rayna Doland Michael Holmes Trey Johnson Leena Khan Lee Lehtomaki Alexis Luebke Riley Miles Benedict Putman Ethan Schafer Anthony Scott ...