2026 Penn High School Showcase | November 30
BIG Opportunities. REAL Connections. Endless Possibilities! Penn High School invites current P-H-M 8th grade students, prospective students, current Penn students, and their families to the 2026 Penn High School Showcase on Monday, November 30, from 6:00–8:00 p.m. Discover why Penn is ranked #1 in the South Bend area and among the Top 7% of Indiana high schools! From college-level academics and career pathways to award-winning ...
Penn Symphonic Orchestra to perform with Mark Wood from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Penn High School's Symphonic Orchestra will performing alongside Mark Wood, founding member of the world-renowned Trans-Siberian Orchestra, on the evening of Wednesday, December 9, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Century Center in downtown South Bend. Penn High School is the first high school orchestra selected to collaborate with Wood in this professional concert capacity, a testament to the exceptional caliber of Penn's orchestra program ...
Penn High School Students Help Bring Bittersweet Gathering Grove to Life
Students in Penn High School’s Civil Construction classes are putting their skills to work while helping create a new outdoor learning space for Bittersweet students. On Thursday, Oct.15, students helped pour the concrete floor for a new 24-by-24-foot pavilion at the Bittersweet Nature Center. The project is part of the Bittersweet Gathering Grove, an initiative to create a sheltered outdoor classroom for hands-on learning. The ...
P-H-M School Board Approves 2026-27 Teachers’ Contract
At its Monday, October 12, 2026, regular meeting, the Penn-Harris-Madison Board of School Trustees unanimously approved the 2026–27 P-H-M teachers’ agreement. Click here to view it. Through a collaborative negotiation process, P-H-M Administration and the P-H-M Teachers Association reached a mutually agreed-upon one-year contract that provides a 1.75% base salary increase for teachers with one or more years of experience. “P-H-M students’ high performance on ...
Record-Breaking Penn Homecoming Raises $152,000 for P-H-M Education Foundation
Penn High School’s Homecoming weekend (October 2–3) was one for the record books! With approximately 12,000 families and community members joining Friday’s festivities and more than 2,000 students attending Saturday’s Homecoming Dance, the celebration raised a record-breaking $152,000 for the P-H-M Education Foundation (PHMEF). What began as a traditional high school celebration has grown into a community-wide event bringing together students, families, alumni and supporters ...
