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The Penn-Harris-Madison Education Foundation (PHMEF) continues its mission of supporting excellence in education by awarding $73,715.48 in classroom innovation grants for the 2025-2026 school year, marking one of the largest funding years in foundation history! Each year, PHMEF’s Annual Grant Cycle provides teachers across the district with opportunities to bring creative, hands-on learning projects to life, projects that go beyond traditional classroom resources. The grants ...

It was a night of celebrations at the December 8th Board of School Trustees meeting ... Lindsay Helman-Cass, former P-H-M teacher, was welcomed back to P-H-M as Principal of Meadow's Edge Elementary. Mrs. Helman-Cass has been serving as Asst. Principal of Lincoln Elementary within South Bend Community Schools ...

Penn High School’s Girls Flag Football State Champion student-athletes are continuing to break records. As Indiana’s, and the Kingsmen’s, first State Champions the team is full of talent. Representatives from the Indianapolis Colts, as the NFL team sponsor, came to Penn today to recognize and surprise one of the team’s standout players, junior quarterback Quinn Driscoll naming her Indiana’s winner of Maxwell Football Club’s (MFC) ...

Penn High School is putting its Project Lead The Way (PLTW) programs and robotics front and center at a local STEM showcase hosted at the South Bend Technology Resource Center in Ignition Park. The event shines a spotlight on how area schools are using PLTW and robotics to connect students with real-world opportunities and local industry leaders. Throughout the day, Penn students shared their work ...

At the Monday, November 10, 2025, Board of School Trustees meeting, the Penn-Harris-Madison Board formally approved the 2025–26 teachers’ agreement between the district and the P-H-M Teachers Association. Click here to review it. “P-H-M is a premier, high-performing school district because of our educators and the academic excellence they provide,” said Superintendent Dr. Heather Short. “This agreement reflects our continued commitment to attract and retain ...