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2025 Books & Bots
Saturday, March 1, 2025 9:15 a.m. – 11:25 a.m. at Penn High School for P-H-M students K - 5th grade FREE! There is no cost for this event, but registration is required and limited. REGISTRATION: Opens January 17 - deadline is Friday, February 14, https://bit.ly/BooksandBots Sponsored by the P-H-M Education Foundation, Young Authors’ Conference is an opportunity for P-H-M students in Kindergarten - 5th grade ...

5th grade Student Wins P-H-M Holiday Card Contest
Every year Kids Club students, who chose to participate, draw a winter scene. If their artwork is chosen, it will be used as one of the holiday card for P-H-M teachers and staff from Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker and the Board of School Trustees. Two pictures are chosen and then the student artists are surprised and told they are the winners when their parents pick ...

PHM Education Foundation Awards Grant to Revitalize Prairie Vista’s Natural Prairie
Prairie Vista Elementary is set to bring nature-based learning to life, thanks to a $10,250.00 grant awarded by the PHM Education Foundation (PHMEF). Jennifer Turnblom, Executive Director of PHMEF, visited the school to present the check to Principal Keely Twibell. The grant will support a project to restore and utilize the natural prairie area on the school’s property, creating unique learning opportunities for Prairie Vista ...

Prairie Vista ranked #2 elementary school in Indiana, U.S. News 2025 “Best Schools”
U.S. News and World Report released its “Best Schools” rankings for K-8 public schools by state and Prairie Vista is #2 out of Indiana’s 1,000 public elementary schools! Several P-H-M's elementary schools are also at the top of the list: Northpoint #1 in Indiana Prairie Vista #2 in Indiana Horizon #19 Mary Frank #32 Bittersweet #56 Moran #163 Madison #200 Elm Road #205 Elsie Rogers ...

7th Annual Hair Donation Event to be held Nov. 16, 2024
This year's “Short Hair Because We Care” will hold a hair donation event for the Children With Hair Loss organization will be held Saturday, November 16 at Penn High School's Studio Theater. Anyone in the community can donate their hair, but the minimum is 8 inches of hair. Hair that is colored and permed is accepted. Local professional hair stylists will be donating their time ...