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Summer 2025 Capital Improvements
Summer is a busy time of year for Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation. Although our schools and campuses are busy year round with summer enrichment, athletic, and activity camps, P-H-M Facilities, Maintenance, Grounds, and Custodial Staff take advantage of having less staff and students in our buildings to do necessary maintenance and updates. P-H-M works with valued partners to conduct the majority of Capital Improvement Projects over ...

Penn Girls Flag Football Makes History with Inaugural Summer Camp
Penn High School’s newest official sport is already making history. The Penn Girls Flag Football program hosted its first-ever Prospect Camp on July 22-23, welcoming over a dozen incoming middle school athletes. The two-day camp focused on building foundational skills in flag football, while also emphasizing teamwork and leadership development. To see the full Flag Football Prospect Camp photo gallery click here. The camp follows ...

Board Approves New Administrators at Dr. Short’s First Meeting
At Monday night’s P-H-M Board of School Trustees meeting Superintendent Dr. Heather Short, presented three current P-H-M administrators for promotion. This was Dr. Short's first school board meeting as superintendent since she started in the role on July 1. The following administrative changes were approved at the meeting: Randy Williams was approved as the new Director of Academic and Student Support. Williams previously served in ...

P-H-M Students Excel on Spring 2025 ILEARN
Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation (P-H-M) proudly shares the outstanding performance of its students on the Spring 2025 ILEARN assessment, as released by the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). P-H-M students once again outperformed the state average by an impressive 20 percentage points in the percentage of students passing both English Language Arts (ELA) and Mathematics. This achievement places P-H-M in the top 4% of public school ...

New Administrators Board Approved
At Monday night's P-H-M Board of School Trustees meeting retiring Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker, on behalf of incoming Superintendent Dr. Heather Short, presented three current P-H-M administrators for promotion. Dr. Short's term as Penn-Harris-Madison's new Superintendent begins July 1st. Ahead of her official start she recommended and the School Board approved: Dr. Lavon Dean-Null, formerly the Director of Professional Development and Student Learning, was approved ...