Today was New Teacher Orientation for Penn-Harris-Madison. 

Madison is welcoming 3 new teachers.

Click to get more details on P-H-M’s Penn's New Teacher Class of 2018.

The 2018-19 District Activities Calendar will be mailed around August 9 and 10 to all P-H-M families. 

It lists key school and district events throughout the year. 

To get a jump start on your planning and to know all your schools’ important Back-to-School dates, click here to download a pdf copy.

Want a quick one pager of the 2018-19 School Year or want to import P-H-M’s Google Calendar to yours? Click here for more calendar and scheduling resources.

If you are a hard worker, a team player, and want to get better at basketball, Penn Girls Basketball coach invites you to join the Penn Community Junior & Senior Girls Basketball family and be a part of a winning tradition.

This community-sponsored AAU league is developed for the Penn-Harris-Madison Communities and has been given permission to be named the Penn Community Girls Basketball League. 

The “Junior” League is open to girls in grades 3-6 . The “Senior” League is open to grades 7 & 8.

Sign-ups are Sunday, August 26 th in the Penn Arena from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Registering on time is essential to the organization of the league. A late fee of $10.00 will be assessed for signing up after August 26. No sign-ups will be accepted after Friday, August 31. No refunds will be given after league begins.

All practices and games will be held in school facilities within the Penn-Harris-Madison district. All games will be played on Sundays.

Game Times are:

• 3rd & 4th grade league: 12:00 – 2:00 p.m.
• 5th & 6th grade league: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m.
• 7th & 8th grade league: 4:00 – 5:00 p.m. & 5:00 – 6:00 p.m.
   

The league will begin on September 9 th for ALL age groups. The “Junior” League will end on November 11 for grades 3- 6 and no tournament will take place.

The “Senior” League will end on November 18 th with an all day shootout.

Click to download information and sign-up forms for the “Junior” League (grades 3-6).

Click here to download information and sign-up forms for the “Senior” League (grades 7 & 8).

The Madison PTO extends to all Madison Families, old and new, an invitation to the meet and greet other Madison Families at the PTO Ice Cream Social.
The Social will be held August 16 on the Madison Playground from 6-8 pm. Come any time or come all the time for a fun evening with friends.

One of the most coveted awards at Madison is the WORK LIKE A WISLER AWARD.

Classroom teachers nominate students who have exhibited WORK LIKE A WISLER traits in the classroom and during the school day.

Mrs. Wisler is loved by all and brings a positive, I CAN DO IT attitude with her to school every day.

W – Work Hard, Warm, Welcoming

I  – Integrity, Intelligence, Involved, Independence, Invincible, Interesting, Improvement

S – Sports, Sincerity, smiling, selflessness, service, support, sweet, spectacular

L – Love, Like, Laugh, Loyal, Life of the Party, Logic

E – Energetic, empathy, educated, endurance, excellence, empowered, excited, enthusiastic

R – Respect, ready, responsibility, resilient, resourcefulness

Students honored are listed below:

Kindergarten: Hadlee Mattison and Matthew Schori

Grade One: Dawson Smith and Cheyanne Wirebaugh

Grade Two: Lyla Frick and Colin Hamel

Grade Three: Bailey Dziubinski and Wyatt Berger

Grade Four: Cheyenne Ernsperger and Henry Pfeiffer

Grade Five: Silas Laidig and Kayla Kiszka

The National Geographic Bee is a renowned education program that challenges kids to learn about the world and how it works.  Students in grades 4 and 5 participated this year.

First place winner with medal:  Keegan Fall

Continental Mathematics League is a competition that gives students opportunity to improve problem solving capabilities. Madison students in grades 3, 4, and 5 joined students all over the U.S.  answer questions that requires critical thinking.

Grade 3:

Finn O’Donnell

Emma Laidig

Sienna Smith

Nick Madlem

Braden White

First Place with medal: Allison Sommers

Grade 4:

AJ Watkins

Brody Minne

Joey O’Donnell

Jacob Rhodes

First Place with medal:  Christopher Sailes-Laidig

Grade 5:

Kayla Kiszka

Silas Laidig

Locke Simpson

Tanner Mammolenti

Roman Hozey

First Place with medal:  Keegan Fall

WordMasters Challenge is a vocabulary competition based on completing analogy tests.  Students must not only learn new word definitions, but then use verbal reasoning skills to complete the test.

Grade 3:

Wyatt Berger

Allison Sommers

Sienna Smith

Cameron Kiszka

First Place with medal:  Branden White

Grade 4:

Chris Sailes-Laidig

Brody Minne

Jacob Rhodes

Gabriel Laidig

First Place with medal:  Owen Hamel

Grade 5:

Roman Hozey

Gabriella Meert

Mitchell Schindler

Keegan Fall

First Place with medal:  Tanner Mammolenti

Campers will have the opportunity to learn from Kingsmen and University of Notre Dame alum Austin Torres at the upcoming Kingsmen Basektball Day Camp!  

After a great career at Notre Dame, Austin is giving back to Penn High School and Penn-Harris-Madison Schools by passing on his knowledge to younger players. Austin will be will be a lead instructor at the Kingsmen Day Camp June 11th -15th.

The camp is for boys currently in grades 4-8th grade. Registrations are still being accepted up until the first day of camp.  Click here to register online or to download and print a pdf flier.

Click to check out the full list of other Kingsmen Athletic Camps being offered this summer.

Principal Kevin McMillen and Madison PTO President Kendra Laidig presented two Madison PTO Scholarships to former Panthers Gabrielle Gramza and Lindsay Miller at the PTO meeting held on May 30 in the Madison Gym.

Penn Student Gabrielle Gramza shared this about her time at Madison.  I remember my first Madison Fish Fry, the older kids working with the younger kids, retired teachers and previous students returned to help, all creating a strong community working together. Madison encourages everyone to lift up the next generation. It is our job to make sure the younger kids are supported and given the tools they need to be successful just as it is the job of those who have more experience than I to help me when I need it. I’ve lifted kids up as a learn to swim instructor giving the kids the confidence to do what I know they are capable of, and teaching them to trust me to help them, just as my teachers at Madison did. I’ve carried this through my high school years and plan to continue it through my college years as community is central at Vanderbilt University much like at Madison. Madison always encouraged me to think beyond myself. Through the sense of community at Madison, I learned how important it was to work with and help others.

Gabrielle will pursue a Biomedical Engineering degree from Vanderbilt University.

Bremen Senior, Lindsay Miller wrote this about her experiences at Madison.  Madison’s dedicated and caring teachers, family-like atmosphere, and tight-knit community have shaped me into the person I am today. Madison is the school I credit for turning me into the responsible young adult that I have become. The education I received from the wonderful teachers and staff at Madison helped build a strong base for the rest of my education. Madison also taught me the importance of helping others in my community which has led me to pursue a career in nursing where I will help others just like Madison taught me. I am proud to hear staff from Grissom and Penn say they know who the Madison kids are because that is a testament to the school and community. Even when I transferred to Bremen my principal said: “we love our Madison kids.” This showed me that I had made the right decision and when describing Bremen, I say that it is just a larger Madison. I am so thankful that I had the opportunity to go to Madison because I know how much my six years at Madison has shaped me into the person that I am today.

Lindsay will attend Purdue University with a Major in Nursing.

We congratulate these young ladies on their excellent work in high school and anticipate good things in their future.