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Madison Awarded More Than $2,100 in Education Foundation Grants
The Penn-Harris-Madison Education Foundation (PHMEF) continues its mission of supporting excellence in education by awarding $73,715.48 in classroom innovation grants for the 2025-2026 school year, marking one of the largest funding years in foundation history! And Madison was fortunate to receive $2,137.30 in grant dollars! Each year, PHMEF’s Annual Grant Cycle provides teachers across the district with opportunities to bring creative, hands-on learning projects to ...
Celebrating Annette Wisler: 40 Years of Dedication Earns ‘Who’s Cool at Your School’ Honor
It was a special morning at Madison Elementary as U93’s Bayless & Tara stopped by to surprise one of our own, Annette Wisler, with the exciting news that she’s the “Who’s Cool at Your School” winner! Students and staff gathered in the cafeteria, where Annette was hard at work helping students during lunch. That’s when the announcement came, followed by cheers and applause from the ...
P-H-M Board of School Trustees Appoints Jen Smoker to Fill Penn Township Seat
The Penn-Harris-Madison Board of School Trustees voted unanimously this morning to appoint Mrs. Jennifer (Jen) Smoker to fill the Penn Township Seat #1 vacancy created by the resignation of Matthew Chaffee in early October. A long-time resident and active community volunteer, Mrs. Smoker is a dedicated P-H-M parent of four children attending district schools. Her service and advocacy for students and staff have been felt ...
Riley Bike-a-Thon Fundraising Celebration
Each year, Madison Elementary holds a Bike-a-Thon to raise money for Riley Children's Hospital. This year, our students, teachers and staff raised $6,181.50! We celebrated our fundraising success today as part of our Fall Party celebrations by letting the top fundraisers and riders "pie" the person of their choice in the face. Some students wanted to get first hand experience of the fun! What a ...
Madison Named Among U.S. News 2026 “Best Elementary Schools”
U.S. News and World Report released its “Best Schools” rankings for K-8 public schools by state and Madison is #273 out of Indiana’s 989 public elementary schools! Data is based on the 2021–2022, 2022–2023 and 2023–2024 school years. All of P-H-M’s elementary schools are ranked among Indiana’s “Best Elementary Schools”: Northpoint #1 Prairie Vista #2 Horizon #37 Mary Frank #39 Bittersweet #94 Elm Road #172 ...
