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Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation was named among the 2024’s Best Communities for Music Education (​BCME) in the country by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation for the 11th year in a row! P-H-M is among only 17 Indiana school districts, out of about 300, that made the list. Now in its 25th year, the 2024 Best Communities for Music Education program has recognized 583 ...

In the halls of Northpoint Elementary School, a challenge was set: read 1 million minutes in the month of February. Students dove into books of all kinds, from fantasy to history. As February drew to a close, the final count exceeded expectations, reaching an incredible 1,328,158 minutes! To celebrate, the school hosted a Glow Party on March 28th, featuring a DJ, black lights, and neon ...

Tuesday, March 19 was P-H-M’s annual Elementary Spell Bowl event. Student 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teams from all 11 elementary schools compete. Click here to see the photo gallery below. Below is this year’s “leaderboard”: 3rd Grade Winners: 1st place- Northpoint with 29 points, coached by Nichol Monday 2nd place- Prairie Vista with 27 points 3rd place tie - Bittersweet, Horizon and Mary Frank ...

While the Indianapolis area and south will experience 100% totality for the solar eclipse occurring on Monday, April 8, 2024, the St. Joseph County area will only experience 96%. The Michiana area will start experiencing darkness at 1:53 p.m., lasting until 4:23 p.m., with 96% totality occurring at 3:09 p.m. and lasting just over 4 minutes. Click to watch the video below and hear from ...

At the P-H-M Board of School of Trustees meeting on Monday, February 26, district administration made a presentation to the Board regarding the total solar eclipse taking place on Monday, April 8. As part of the presentation, district administration announced that for a variety of reasons Monday, April 8 will be an eLearning Day. If the district has used all of its allotted three eLearning ...

Penn's school musical this year is "The Music Man." You won't want to miss Penn's talented student performers as they act out the play that follows fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City, Iowa, into buying instruments and uniforms for a boys' band that he vows to organize – this, despite the fact that he doesn't know a trombone ...

The 2024 FIN Mishawaka FRC District Event will once again be held at Penn High School March 1st - 3rd (open to the public on Saturday, March 2 and Sunday, March 3). The event will be held in Penn's Main Arena. See below for a daily schedule: Saturday, March 2 10:30 - 11:00 a.m., Opening Ceremonies 11:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m., Qualifying Matches (No matches ...

This year P-H-M Education Foundation’s Young Authors’ Conference is partnering up with the Next Gen Robotics event to bring you Books & Bots! This event blends literary innovations with robotic creations. It’s a wonderful opportunity for P-H-M students in Kindergarten - 5th grade. Click here to view photos on Facebook from last year’s Young Authors’ Conference; click here to view photos of the 2023 Next ...

Our school, along with Prairie Vista Elementary School, was celebrated for outstanding IREAD-3 achievement rates. Third grade teacher Nichol Mondy attended with Principal Lorraine White. With Northpoint students having a 98.00% pass rate and Prairie Vista students achieving 95.30%, the schools were among 241 Indiana elementary schools to receive 95% or higher on the 2023 IREAD-3 assessment. A celebration took place Thursday, February 15 at ...

We are thrilled to announce that the P-H-M Education Foundation is providing funding for the 15th annual Running is Elementary program! SAVE THE DATE! The date is May 6 (Rain Date May 8). All P-H-M 4th & 5th grade students are invited to participate. Students will practice at their home schools with the culminating run at Elm Road Elementary School. More details will follow so ...