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Laura Plasschaert, an 8th grade math teacher at Grissom Middle School, has earned a P-H-M Impact Award for student growth from Math Checkpoint 1 to Math Checkpoint 2. She was visited by P-H-M Superintendent of Schools Dr. Heather Short in recognition of the achievement. Her students achieved an impressive variance of 49 points in 8th grade math, highlighting notable progress during the assessment window ...

📍 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. Grissom's will be Monday, March 9th and Tuesday, March 10th 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 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 Grissom was fortunate to receive $4,238.85 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 ...