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Penn-Harris-Madison Schools is proud to recognize outstanding educators whose instruction leads to meaningful academic growth for students. This semester, Discovery Middle School 8th grade ELA teacher Patrick O’Malley was surprised with a P-H-M Teacher Impact Award after his students achieved the highest overall growth of all 8th grade ELA classes in the district. His two classes demonstrated remarkable improvement from ILEARN Checkpoint 1 to ELA ...

📍 Penn High School | 🗓 March 7–8, 2026🎟 Admission: Free Penn High School will host a FIRST Indiana Robotics District Competition on Saturday, March 7, and Sunday, March 8, 2026. The competition will take place in the Main Arena and feature more than 40 teams from across Indiana. Click here to see a photo gallery of last year's competition. 📅 Event Schedule Saturday, March ...

All incoming sixth grade students and families are encouraged to consider participating band or orchestra in middle school by learning an instrument. Don't know how to play? No problem! Our band and orchestra teachers, with the assistance of Penn High School Fine Arts Department, facilitates Instrument Selection Nights to help students choose. Discovery's will be Monday, February 23th and Tuesday, February 24th 4:30 - 7:30 ...

On Wednesday, January 14, members of the P-H-M Board of School Trustees, P-H-M and Penn High School administrators and coaches, P-H-M Education Foundation Board Members, community partners, student-athletes, guests and members of the media gathered to officially open the 80,000-square-foot multi-use student facility (click here to see a brochure with specs & details). It was also a time to honor retired, long-serving Superintendent Dr. Jerry ...

The sounds of the season filled the air this week as Discovery Middle School’s 8th grade Piano Lab students took their talents into the community, sharing holiday music with local audiences. Under the direction of their music teacher, Mr. Nate Freel, students performed a selection of festive pieces at StoryPoint Assisted Living Facility in Mishawaka, Ind., bringing smiles to residents and staff alike. Later in ...