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Penn Symphonic Orchestra to perform with Mark Wood from the Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Penn High School's Symphonic Orchestra will performing alongside Mark Wood, founding member of the world-renowned Trans-Siberian Orchestra, on the evening of Wednesday, December 9, starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Century Center in downtown South Bend. Penn High School is the first high school orchestra selected to collaborate with Wood in this professional concert capacity, a testament to the exceptional caliber of Penn's orchestra program ...

Penn High School Orchestra “Symphony of Nightmares” concert Photo Gallery

The Penn High School Orchestral performed a Halloween Concert, "Symphony of Nightmares," at the EOS (Entrepreneurial Operating Systems) – Tania Bengtsson Center for Performing Arts on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026. A Photo Gallery is posted below. Orchestra students from Discovery, Grissom and Schmucker Middle Schools will also be performing in the concert. The concert featured a variety of Halloween-inspired music, including selections from popular movies ...

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Record-Breaking Penn Homecoming Raises $152,000 for P-H-M Education Foundation

Penn High School’s Homecoming weekend (October 2–3) was one for the record books! With approximately 12,000 families and community members joining Friday’s festivities and more than 2,000 students attending Saturday’s Homecoming Dance, the celebration raised a record-breaking $152,000 for the P-H-M Education Foundation (PHMEF). What began as a traditional high school celebration has grown into a community-wide event bringing together students, families, alumni and supporters ...

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P-H-M Board Member Larry Beehler Receives Indiana Outstanding Board Service Award

The Indiana School Boards Association (ISBA) has named Larry Beehler, a member of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation Board of School Trustees, as the recipient of the 2026 Indiana Outstanding Board Service Award. A longtime advocate for public education, Larry Beehler has dedicated 40 years of service to the Penn-Harris-Madison Board of School Trustees, helping guide one of Indiana's highest-performing school corporations through decades of growth, ...

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P-H-M in the State’s Top 5% with Spring 2026 ILEARN results

Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation (P-H-M) proudly shares the outstanding performance of its students on the Spring 2026 ILEARN assessment, as released by the Indiana Department of Education (IDOE). P-H-M students outperformed the state average again by 21.5 percentage points in English Language Arts (ELA) and 18.2 points in Mathematics. This achievement places P-H-M in the top 5% of public school corporations passing both ELA and math ...