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Penn High School's Spring Musical "The Music Man" (Feb. 28, 2024)

P-H-M Named 2024 Best Community for Music Education

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation was named among the 2024’s Best Communities for Music Education (​BCME) in the country by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation for the 11th year in a row! P-H-M is among only 17 Indiana school districts, out of about 300, that made the list. Now in its 25th year, the 2024 Best Communities for Music Education program has recognized 583 ...

Free Preschool Academy for Qualifying Students

Penn-Harris-Madison is excited to share our offerings for full-day preschool opportunities for eligible families: Madison and Meadow’s Edge Preschool! The preschools are currently available for families living in the boundaries of Elm Road, Madison, and Meadow’s Edge Elementary Schools. Students who are four years old by August 1st, and in the year before kindergarten are invited to enroll. Eligibility is income-based, with funding grants available ...

2024 PHM Elementary Spell Bowl Results

Tuesday, March 19 was P-H-M’s annual Elementary Spell Bowl event. Student 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade teams from all 11 elementary schools compete. Click here to see the photo gallery below. Below is this year’s “leaderboard”: 3rd Grade Winners: 1st place- Northpoint with 29 points, coached by Nichol Monday 2nd place- Prairie Vista with 27 points 3rd place tie - Bittersweet, Horizon and Mary Frank ...

April 8 Solar Eclipse Information

While the Indianapolis area and south will experience 100% totality for the solar eclipse occurring on Monday, April 8, 2024, the St. Joseph County area will only experience 96%. The Michiana area will start experiencing darkness at 1:53 p.m., lasting until 4:23 p.m., with 96% totality occurring at 3:09 p.m. and lasting just over 4 minutes. Click to watch the video below and hear from ...
Kathy Dance wins Impact Award

Mrs. Dance Wins PHM Impact Award

P-H-M Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker surprised another couple of teachers today letting them know that they were winners of the Spring 2024 Impact Awards. At Madison, Principal Lindsay Schirripa helped Dr. Thacker and a group of P-H-M Administrators catch 5th grade teacher Mrs. Kathy Dance off guard. Click to see the full photo gallery below. This round of P-H-M Impact Awards recognizes teachers with First ...