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Prairie Vista’s Rose Montgomery Named P-H-M’s 2025 Elementary Teacher of the Year

Prairie Vista’s Rose Montgomery Named P-H-M’s 2025 Elementary Teacher of the Year

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation is proud to announce that Rose Montgomery, a first grade teacher at Prairie Vista Elementary, has been named the district’s 2025 Elementary Teacher of the Year. The announcement was made during a surprise classroom visit from Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker on Wednesday, May 7, as part of the district’s celebration of National Teacher Appreciation Week. Click to watch the video below. Making ...
Penn Educational Assistant named 2025 Certified Employee of the Year

Penn Educational Assistant named 2025 Certified Employee of the Year

Penn High School Educational Assistant Whitney Hall received a well-deserved honor this morning when Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker announced that she has been named the 2025 Classified Employee of the Year for Penn-Harris-Madison. Dr. Thacker, PHM and Penn Administrators, a few of Whitney’s co-workers, and of course students were all in the classroom waiting to surprise Whitney when she returned after a “meeting.” She was ...
Teacher Appreciation Week Kicks Off with Naming 2025 Secondary Teacher of the Year

Teacher Appreciation Week Kicks Off with Naming 2025 Secondary Teacher of the Year

To mark the start of National Teacher Appreciation Week, Penn-Harris-Madison Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker is celebrating the district’s most outstanding educators—surprising them with the news that they have been selected as P-H-M’s 2025 Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year. Click to watch the video below of Dr. Thacker surprising Schmucker Middle School 8th grade Math teacher L.A. (Kriss) High announcing he's been named P-H-M ...
Unveiling of the EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems) – Tania Bengtsson Center for Performing Arts

Unveiling of Penn’s Renamed EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems) – Tania Bengtsson Center for Performing Arts

Right before Penn's Spring Band Concert on Thursday, May 1, 2025 was a perfect time to unveil the sign for the newly renamed EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems) – Tania Bengtsson Center for Performing Arts (Bengtsson CPA for short). P-H-M parent and Penn Band parent Tania Bengtsson donated $50,000 to P-H-M Education Foundation’s Naming Rights Campaign to have Penn’s CPA renamed after her business EOS (Entrepreneurial ...

Notice of Public Hearing on May 15

The Penn-Harris-Madison Board of School Trustees will hold a Special School Board Meeting on Thursday, May 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. at the Educational Services Center, 55900 Bittersweet Road, Mishawaka, Indiana related to the following items: The Penn Harris Madison School Board will meet to discuss and hear objections to and support for a proposed new contract for a new Superintendent. The Penn Harris Madison ...