DMS Spell Bowl

Greetings!

Thank you for showing an interest in the defending State Champion DMS Spell Bowl Team. Spell Bowl is an exciting academic competition but has a relatively short season. This means that the most dedicated academic athletes are rewarded for their endeavors.

Spell Bowl pits multiple schools simultaneously against each other as they are given the same words to spell. Each team consists of 8 spellers who are given 9 words each. Students write the words down and are not asked to speak in front of an audience.  There are 1614 words that may be used in competition, so it is important for students to be familiar with as many words as possible.

Please use the attached word list to begin reviewing and practicing the words over the summer. Success is directly correlated to investment reviewing and practicing the words. This year, I am requesting that students hand write the odd numbered words over the summer in order to be considered for the team.  Download the word list here. 

Once the school year begins, all interested spellers are invited to join as we meet in September to familiarize ourselves with the words and practice together. At the beginning of October, we will conduct practice tests (tryouts) to find the top spellers who will be members of the DMS Spell Bowl Team. As a team, we will practice together more regularly in October as we prepare for the Area Competition on October 30th. Depending on our performance in the Area Competition, we may be invited to the Spell Bowl State Finals on November 10th. You can find more details at the Indiana Academic Spell Bowl Website (http://www.iasp.org/dsp/academic/spell/).

Spell Bowl is for students who are self-motivated to succeed and are dedicated to put the time into practicing the list of words. I am excited for a great season and hope you are too! Let’s defend our state title!

Best,

Tanner Givens Spell Bowl Coach tgivens@phm.k12.in.us

If you will be an incoming freshman student-athlete next year, Penn High School and St. Joseph Health Systems is offering 2018-19 Athletic Physicals on Tuesday, May 22, from 3:17-5 p.m. in Penn’s Arena Gym. The cost is $25. Checks must be made payable to Penn High School. Penn will also accept cash and credit card payment at the door. Credit card payment is subject to a $1 processing fee. This is open to all Penn High School students and incoming freshmen.

You can opt to have your physical done by your personal physician at their office. However,

please remember that the IHSAA requires physicals be completed AFTER April 1, 2018, in order to be valid for the 2018-19 school year. Click here to download a copy of the IHSAA Pre-Participation Physical Form to have your doctor complete. 

Student-athletes attending the Penn/St. Joseph Health Systems Physicals should have their physical forms COMPLETELY FILLED OUT, INCLUDING PARENT SIGNATURE, before the physical is completed.

We also ask all parents of Penn student-athletes to register their athlete using the “Register My Athlete” website. Click here for instructions.

Attention 8th grade boys (and parents) interested in playing football at Penn in the fall:

There will be an informational meeting on Wednesday, May 16th for 8th grade boys interested in being a part of the Penn Freshman football team. The meeting will take place at 6:00 pm in the Penn Cafeteria.

This meeting is for both players and parents.    

INCOMING FRESHMAN FOOTBALL MEETING

For:  Parents and players

When:  Wednesday, May 16th

Where:  Penn Cafeteria (Please use Door D to enter)

Time: 6:00 p.m.

The P-H-M DVT & Planetarium is now proud to offer online ticket purchasing, seat reservation & online payment through the P-H-M RevTrak Web Store. 

Click here to pick your seats and purchase them online today!

There are three shows left for the rest of the 2017-18 school year, take advantage of this new online feature today to see these last three shows:

• Wed., May 9, 6:30 p.m.:  EGYPT: SECRETS OF THE MUMMIES
• Wed., May 16, 6:30 p.m.: SPACEPARK  360
• Wed., May 24, 6:30 p.m.: SUMMER NIGHT SKY

To get more details on the P-H-M DVT & Planetarium, please visit www.phmschools.org/dvt.

Parents of 8th graders attending the DC Trip,

You are invited to come to an informational meeting that will give details for the 8th grade trip to Washington, D.C. including; itinerary, responsibilities expected of the students, medicines, and answering any final questions you may have.  We have also met with the students in school to go over this same information. 

This meeting will be held at two different times
 

7:45 A.M.     or      4:20 P.M.

 
in the LGI @ DMS on
Tuesday, May 22, 2018
 
PARK IN BUS LOT AND ENTER DOOR E

You only need to come to one of the meeting times listed above and the meetings will last around 30 minutes depending on questions.

Reminder on Monday evening, May 28th, students will be gathering at DMS between 7:35 – 7:45 P.M. and departing for D.C. at 8:00 P.M.  Before we depart, will be a time you can meet your child’s chaperone, give medications, and hear any final instructions.  We will arrive back on Saturday, June 2nd sometime early in the morning, likely between 5:30 and 6:00 A.M.  We will have your son/daughter call you when we are 30 minutes away from DMS.  You will be reminded of our arrival back at DMS at the meeting.

See you on May 22nd

Dennis Bontrager & John Hedrick

This inaugural year for the P-H-M Education Foundation’s Silver Mile new format … the Bubble Bash … was a huge success! Click here to see the full photo gallery below.

Hundreds of P-H-M students, family, teachers and staff turned out Saturday, May 5 at Penn High School for the morning non-timed 5K walk/run through the neighborhoods behind Penn. More than 1,500 enjoyed the gorgeous and warm weather and bubbles!

There was lots of pre-race activities to get the runners warmed up, including a School Spirit Contest and Zumba!

After the race, runners enjoyed post-race snacks donated by Whole Foods and Hacienda Restaurants and browsed through the Health & Fitness Expo in Penn’s Cafeteria. Free health screenings were offered by presenting sponsor Saint Joseph Health System, along with numerous businesses showcasing their health-related items.  More than 100 items were up for bid at the silent auction, including Penn High School parking spaces and front-row graduation seats. And families were treated to P-H-M’s talented students participating in the Silver Mile Talent Showcase inside the Main Arena. 

Thank you to all the sponsors including St. Joseph Health System, ABC 57, Sunny 101.5, Drive & Shine, and many others.

The Silver Mile Run for Education raises funds to provide innovative grants that fall outside the P-H-M school district’s budget. It remains the Foundation’s largest fundraiser in its 13th year.  We look forward to seeing you in May 2019!

*Please see the photo gallery below. To download a high resolution jpg file from the photo gallery, just simply click the “DOWNLOAD” button on the bottom right-hand corner of the photo while viewing it in the Photo Gallery function.

These students qualified for the National MathCon competition at UIC on Saturday, May 5th! 

Jerry Yuan received bronze.
Maddie Zavada, Derrick Shi, Raymond Luo, and Luca Nijim received honorable mention. 

They were the top 1% just to make it to Nationals and then they finished in the top ten!!
 

Congratulations!!!

Olivia Neufelder, Horizon Elementary, Discovery Middle and Penn High School (Class of 2012) alumna, was featured as an “Unsung Hero” on the TODAY Show this morning (Wednesday, May 2, 2018) as part of National Nurses Week.  Olivia, a nurse at Nashville’s Vanderbilt University Medical Center, loves to sing and brought joy to one of her patients before she passed away … something her family will always cherish calling Olivia their “angel nurse.”

Click the video below to watch Olivia’s heart warming story …

Mark your calendars!

Community Connections Fair

Saturday, April 21, 2018

10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Walt Disney Elementary School

In an effort to expand outreach to the families of all of our ENL students (grades K-12), P-H-M’s ENL Services is hosting a community resource fair to make families aware of the services not only available within the district, but also in the Mishawaka and South Bend areas. Bilingual interpreters will be on hand at the event to assist those families who need it.

Click here to download a copy of the event flier in English. Copies are also available in Spanish, Chinese and Korean.

*Adobe Acrobat Reader will be required to view pdf documents. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader, please visit Adobe’s website, at this link www.get.adobe.com/reader/, to download your free version.