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P-H-M’s annual Employee Recognition and Retiree Dinner, held Wednesday, May 21st, was a time for the Corporation as a whole to honor d P-H-M’s Teachers of the Years, Employee of the Year, retirees, and employees who’ve been with P-H-M for 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 and 40 years. Click these links to view the dinner program, photo gallery and videos of the TOYs and ...

Principal Elizabeth Cunha welcomed the Board of School Trustees to Discovery on Monday, May 19. A welcoming, warm reception awaited Board members, P-H-M Administrators, patrons and families as they arrived. In the lobby, the student orchestra performed while "StarBuddies" offered free coffee! When the Board Meeting began, Principal Cunha explained the "StarBuddies" program and shared that recently the Discovery Band earned the ISSMA J.M.E. All-Music ...

The Penn-Harris-Madison Board of School Trustees will hold a Special School Board Meeting on Tuesday, May 27, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Educational Services Center, 55900 Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka, Indiana related to the following item: Approval of Employment of Dr. Heather Short as Superintendent of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation A public hearing to hear objections to or in support of a proposed new contract ...

For the 12th consecutive year, Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation was named among the 2025’s Best Communities for Music Education (​BCME) in the country by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation! P-H-M has received this recognition more than any other school district in Indiana! This year NAMM has named 935 school districts as the nation's Best Communities for Music Education, and P-H-M is one of ...

This year's Superintendent's Breakfast was bittersweet with it being Dr. Jerry Thacker's last State of the Corporation address; after 19 years as Penn-Harris-Madison's leader, Dr. Thacker is retiring end of this school year in July 2025. Along with Dr. Thacker highlighting the district's accomplishments over the past year, the P-H-M Education Foundation event also featured PHMEF grant recipients; Teachers of the Year: Rose Montgomery, Elementary ...