When Indiana’s election takes place Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, Prairie Vista will serve as a polling center, as it has in years past. Polling hours are 6:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. Prairie Vista school hours are 7:55 a.m. – 2:20 p.m.; you might want to avoid student arrival and departure times because of increased traffic congestion. 

Voters will park in the north lot near the portable classrooms. The portable classrooms will be used for voting. All doors to the school will be secured.  Polling personnel only will be permitted to use the school restrooms. ​

Other P-H-M schools that will serve as voting locations Election Day are Mary Frank Elementary School, Meadow’s Edge Elementary School, Walt Disney Elementary School, Schmucker Middle School and Penn High School. Of course registered voters may only use the polling location that serves their precinct, based on home address.  Here is a link to the precincts maps and polling location information provided by St. Joseph County. 

Breakfast with Santa is an annual beloved family event sponsored by P-H-M’s Community Education Department held at Bittersweet Elementary. The program is only for children in grades kindergarten through 3^rd grade and all children must be accompanied by an adult. Tickets must be purchased for each person attending.

Breakfast with Santa event

Saturday, Dec. 1

8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., & 11 a.m.

Bittersweet Elementary School

$7 for all tickets

Online ticket sales begin on Thursday, November 1 at 9:00 a.m. Tickets will only be sold online through phm.revtrak.net. We strongly encourage that those wishing to buy tickets go online to phm.revtrak.net prior to Nov. 1 and create their account if they don’t already have one. This will save time and ensure a speedier online checkout. Tickets are online on a first-come, first-served basis and space is limited to 100 participants for each time slot. Online payment can be done with an eCheck, Discover, Visa or MasterCard credit cards as well as debit cards. Please note there is a 3.49% fee for using this service. Tickets will be mailed to you prior to the event on Dec. 1. 

There will be no refunds and tickets will not be available at the door.

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

Prairie Vista is welcoming 3 new teachers.

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

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).

Prairie Vista invites you to an

Open House

as we honor and celebrate these amazing women:

 

Deborah Baughman

Donna Christensen

Cathi Gage

Patti Gerndt

Debra Walker

Thursday, May 31st, 2018

4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Prairie Vista Cafeteria

RSVP: By Thursday, May 24th to Sarah Sage at ssage@phm.k12.in.us

Our retirees are looking forward to reminiscing with students, families, and coworkers whose lives they have impacted over the years. Please join us in honoring them with favorite memories, stories, and pictures as we celebrate their retirement.

Remember the Past, Enjoy the Present, and Enhance the Future!

Penn High School was proud to have 17 students earn valedictorian honors and two students earn salutatorian honors for the Class of 2018 during Commencement held on Friday, May 25, 2018.

Of those 17 Valedictorians, one of them, Erin Ludwig, attended Prairie Vista Elementary School and Schmucker Middle School.

Erin’s college plans are to attend the University of Notre Dame where she will major in Neuroscience and Behavior. Her career plan is in the Life Sciences.

While attending Penn, Erin’s activities, honors and team memberships included Soccer (State Champions in 2016 & 2017, National Champions in 2017), Tennis, President of Handwritten Hearts, National Honor Society, Key Club, Freshmen Mentor, Kingsmen Tutor, winner of the C. Eugene Cato Memorial Scholarship Award presented by the Indiana High School Athletic Association.

Click to read more points of pride from the Class of 2018.

The Food Service Department of the Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation is participating in the Summer Food Service Program for Summer 2018.

FREE MEALS will be available to children 18 years of age and under, or persons more than 18 who are determined by a state or local public education agency to be mentally or physically disabled and who participate in a public or non-profit private school program established for the mentally or physically disabled. 

The program will operate Monday through Friday. All sites will be closed on Wednesday, July 4, 2018.

Please click here for more information and a complete list of sites and dates.

The annual P-H-M Employee & Retiree Recognition Dinner was held Tuesday, May 15. Service Awards were given to employees who have dedicated 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40 and 50 years of service to Penn-Harris-Madison. 

Prairie Vista employees recognized for their years of service with P-H-M:

• Darlene Evans, 40 years of service
• Cathleen Gage, 20 years of service
• Karen Hlade, 20 years of service
• Pam O’Neal, 15 years of service
• Debra Walker, 15 years of service
• Debra Wassenhove, 15 years of service
• Sara Hammond, 10 years of service
• Stefanie Hanks, 10 years of service

Click here for a full list of this year’s Service Award employees. 

This year 47 faithful and dedicated P-H-M teachers and staff members also retired, including a few from Bittersweet. Those that attended the dinner were recognized by Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker and School Board President Chris Riley.

These are the names that retired from Bittersweet:

• Debra Baughman, Teacher, 27 years
• Patricia Gerndt, ESP, 31 years
• Debra Walker, Educational Assistant, 15 years
• Connie Young, Educational Assistant, 23 years
• Kimberly Breske, Teacher, 31 years

Click here to view the full photo gallery of Service Award Winners and Retirees.

We thank all our employees for their years of faithful service to P-H-M students and families!

The P-H-M DVT & Planetarium is now proud to offer online ticket purchasing, seat reservation & online payment through the P-H-M RevTrak Web Store. 

Click here to pick your seats and purchase them online today!

There are three shows left for the rest of the 2017-18 school year, take advantage of this new online feature today to see these last three shows:

• Wed., May 9, 6:30 p.m.:  EGYPT: SECRETS OF THE MUMMIES
• Wed., May 16, 6:30 p.m.: SPACEPARK  360
• Wed., May 24, 6:30 p.m.: SUMMER NIGHT SKY

To get more details on the P-H-M DVT & Planetarium, please visit www.phmschools.org/dvt.

This inaugural year for the P-H-M Education Foundation’s Silver Mile new format … the Bubble Bash … was a huge success!

Hundreds of P-H-M students, family, teachers and staff turned out Saturday, May 5 at Penn High School for the morning non-timed 5K walk/run through the neighborhoods behind Penn. More than 1,500 enjoyed the gorgeous and warm weather and bubbles!

There was lots of pre-race activities to get the runners warmed up, including a School Spirit Contest and Zumba!

After the race, runners enjoyed post-race snacks donated by Whole Foods and Hacienda Restaurants and browsed through the Health & Fitness Expo in Penn’s Cafeteria. Free health screenings were offered by presenting sponsor Saint Joseph Health System, along with numerous businesses showcasing their health-related items.  More than 100 items were up for bid at the silent auction, including Penn High School parking spaces and front-row graduation seats. And families were treated to P-H-M’s talented students participating in the Silver Mile Talent Showcase inside the Main Arena. 

Thank you to all the sponsors including St. Joseph Health System, ABC 57, Sunny 101.5, Drive & Shine, and many others.

The Silver Mile Run for Education raises funds to provide innovative grants that fall outside the P-H-M school district’s budget. It remains the Foundation’s largest fundraiser in its 13th year.  We look forward to seeing you in May 2019!

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