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On Sunday, September 8, the Michiana community joined Penn and P-H-M in giving Olympic Gold Medalist Sarah Hildebrandt a Heroine's Welcome! Before Sarah's "Welcome Home" kicked off, the local media got some one-on-one time with Sarah, her parents, and Penn Head Wrestling Coach Brad Harper during a news conference. Coach Harper was Sarah's wrestling coach when she was at Penn; he became her personal coach ...

Grissom Middle School was recognized at the third annual Indiana Educational Excellence Awards Gala held in Indianapolis on Friday, September 6. Grissom won the Excellence in Academic Gains Award. This prestigious award comes with a grant of $177,000! Schools must use the grant funds as indicated by the IDOE to continue the amazing work that the school was doing to earn the recognition; or choose ...

P-H-M's ENL Department is hosting their annual Community Connections Fair on Saturday, October 5th! Join us for activities, arts & crafts, food, performances, and to learn about resources in our community. It is completely FREE and all P-H-M families are invited to attend. Click here to see photos on Facebook of past Fairs. If you have somebody in your family that would like to perform ...

Olympic Silver (Paris 2024) and Gold (Tokyo 2020/21) medalist Annie Drews dropped by Penn Thursday, August 29th. Before the JV Volleyball game, Drews visited with the Lady Kingsmen and her former teammate, now Penn Head Coach Kaitlyn Hickey. Drews and Hickey led Penn to State Championship titles in 2010 and 2011; Drews graduated from Penn in 2012. Drews of course brought her Silver Medal for ...

Penn High School's "Golden Girl" is coming home! On Sunday, September 8th the community will have a celebratory parade for the Female Wrestler Olympic Gold Medalist. There will be an Olympic Celebration 4:30 p.m. at Urban Swirl (Heritage Square, Granger). Congressman Rudy Yakym will present Sarah with a special gift; and Mishawaka Mayor Dave Wood's office will present a proclamation. Mark McGill will emcee the ...