10050 Brummitt Road
Granger, IN  46530

Phone: 574-674-6010

Fax: 574-679-4214

Elizabeth Cunha, Principal
Troy Kauffman, Assistant Principal
Kevin McMillen, Assistant Principal
Melissa Horvath, Treasurer
Jennifer Tebell, Secretary
Laurie Ruoff, Office Aide

P-H-M District Contacts

Click here for a list of school staff and Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation contacts.

Pediatric Study Group

Fall series hosted by Memorial Children's Therapy Center

Technology for Children with Special Needs: 

Keeping It Simple

Innovation Café in the Navarre Building

100 Navarre Place, South Bend, Indiana

Just south of Memorial Hospital. Turn west off Michigan onto Navarre and into the Navarre 

parking garage where you can park free. Drive to the second floor, turn left and park near 

the west elevator. Take that to the first floor. Exit outside the building to the right and the 

Innovation Cafe is towards the South Bend Medical Foundation with an awning over the door.

Session 1

Empowering the Pediatric Therapist in the Creation of 

Presented by Kerry Jones, Rehabilitation Designer/ATP

Mobility and Seating Solutions

September 16, 2014, 6:00-7:30 pm

Please bring a bath towel, hand towel, and washcloth.

Session 2 

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Accessibility Options

how AAC impacts everyday activities, demonstration, case study

Presented by the Children's Therapy Center AAC team

October 21, 2014 6:45-8:15 pm

following the Logan First Steps quarterly meeting 

Session 3

Make and Take

a fun session where attendees make an easy to use access switch for practical application

using easy-to-put-together materials

November 18, 2014, 6:00-7:30 pm

For more information, contact Miriam Tribbett, PT, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center's Pediatric 

Therapy department, at 574-335-6265 or tribbetm@sjrmc.com, or

Chris Wilson, OT, at Memorial Children's Therapy Center, at 574-647-5007 or 

cnwilson@beaconhealthsystem.org

www.michianadownsyndrome.org

 Asperger Autism Group of Goshen
(SECOND Monday)
Free and open to the public
Lending library available at 6:45 pm
Childcare available by reservation — contact Dena (below)

sites.google.com/autismgoshen

Little Star  Where kids with Autism learn to live in the world. Where parents learn they are not alone

http://www.littlestarcenter.org/blog/excellenceindirectcare/

Visit www.logancenter.org

Exceptional Education at Discovery Middle School

Contact us:

John Himschoot, Resource Teacher of Record – jhimschoot@phm.k12.in.us

Carly Hixon, Resource Teacher of Record – chixon@phm.k12.in.us

Melissa Shemanski, Resource Teacher of Record – mshemanski@phm.k12.in.us

Wendy Pierce, Speech Language Pathologist – wpierce@phm.k12.in.us

Kevin Runyan, School Psychologist – krunyan@phm.k12.in.us

Community Resources

www.michianadownsyndrome.org

 Asperger Autism Group of Goshen
(SECOND Monday)
Free and open to the public
Lending library available at 6:45 pm
Childcare available by reservation — contact Dena (below)

sites.google.com/autismgoshen

Little Star  Where kids with Autism learn to live in the world. Where parents learn they are not alone

http://www.littlestarcenter.org/blog/excellenceindirectcare/

Visit www.logancenter.org

Positive Behavior & Instructional Support is a school–wide program in which positive behaviors are supported through instruction and acknowledgments.

Discovery Students AIM High

Attitude

Integrity

Make a Difference 

Literacy Resources – Please go to the Canvas Module DMS Literacy Template

Aim High Index Score Card

AIM High Poster

AIM High Teaching Lessons (Disk Version)

AIM High Poster Version (all slides)

Teacher Guidelines Page

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation, located in northwest Indiana, is seeking excellent candidates for these positions. The district is suburban and rural with nearly 10,500 students in 11 elementary schools, three middle schools and one high school. The community is 90 miles east of Chicago and offers a variety of cultural and recreational opportunities along with a very attractive cost of living.

Join our transportation team as a bus operator.

We have openings in our transportation department for bus operators. This is an opportunity to join a great group of drivers and work with young people. Salary and benefits are competitive. Training is provided. Part-time opportunities available. To apply, fill out the application below or call Anne Marie Brow at 258-9565 for more information.

   Bus Operator Application

(To be considered for a bus operator position, you must attach a copy of your driver’s license.)

Join P-H-M’s Food Service Department.

The Penn-Harris-Madison Food Service Department is now taking applications and interviewing for positions in our schools for the 2014-2015 school year. Your availability to participate in training this school year would be helpful.

If interested, please apply by using the online application process found under the Human Resources Applications tab,or contact the Food Service Department directly at srach@phm.k12.in.us.

• See all available openings at P.H.M. Schools

The requirements of Public Law 99-519 better known as the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA) have been met by the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation. Following an inspection for asbestos containing material by an accredited inspector, Penn-Harris-Madison had an approved asbestos management plan on July 9 1989.  The plan and all records concerning its implementations are available for inspections at the office of the principal during regular business hours.

The Indiana State Department of Health has updated the immunization requirements for the 2014-2015 school year. Here are the changes to the requirements:

• Incoming kindergarten students must have 2 Hepatitis A vaccinations (new requirement) by the first day of school in August.
• For current 11th grade students to enter the 12th grade in the fall, you must have a second dose of the meningococcal vaccine (new requirement) by the first day of school in August.
• For current 5th grade students to enter the 6th grade in the fall, you must have a Tdap, Meningococcal, and 2 varicella vaccines by the first day of school in August.

Check out this flyer to see all of the changes to the requirements for the 2014-2015 school year.

Please call your health care provider to discuss getting an appointment now so that your student’s education will not be interrupted in August 2014. If you have any questions, please call your school health office.

Discovery Middle is initiating a new Visitor Management System. The Raptor Visitor Management System will supplement the sign-in list or replace the list. All visitors or volunteers must sign-in at Discovery by providing a legal identification, such as a drivers license. The drivers license information will then be scanned into the Raptor Visitor Management software. This is a one-time scan process. After the initial scan, visitors or volunteers will provide their name upon entry to the school and could be asked to provide identification if requested to enter the school during schoo hours. Your name will be entered into the Raptor Visitor or Volunteer application and a visitor badge will be printed for you to wear at all times while you are inside the school The badge is to be returned to the office upon leaving. If the visitor is not entering the school beyond the school office, you will not be required to sign in using the Raptor Visitor Management System. The office will provide a sign-in log for simply signing students in or out.

More more specific information on the Raptor Visitor Management system can be found here:

Middle School/High School Math Sequence Chart

Positive Behavior & Instructional Support is a school–wide program in which positive behaviors are supported through instruction and acknowledgments.

Discovery Students AIM High

Attitude

Integrity

Make a Difference 

Literacy Strategies

Link—Literacy Resources

Link—Archer Acknowledgement Card

Link—Discovery Teacher Guidelines

Link—PBIS.org

Link—PBIS Continuum Pyramid

Link—Power Point Presentation

Link—Sponsors

Link—SWPBS Behaviors Matrix

Link—SWPBS Presentation Poster Version

Link—Successful Schools, Inc.

Link—Video Presentations Discovery Students

Link—What is PBIS?

Link—4 Elements of PBIS