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Horizon Elementary Color Run Pictures

Our Color Run on October 21st was a HUGE Success. A special thank you to Horizon's PTO volunteers for not just organizing this fun event, but for also getting in and getting their "hands dirty" by spraying all the color! These are just some of the pictures that P-H-M's Communications Department took. Please visit ParentSquare for Horizon's login and password to the school's photo gallery ...

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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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Horizon Elementary Fourth Graders Put Creativity to the Test at Invention Convention

Fourth graders at Horizon Elementary School put their creativity and problem-solving skills to work during the school’s Invention Convention. Students designed and created their own inventions before putting them on display throughout the Horizon gym. Each student set up a booth to showcase their project and explain the idea behind their invention. Throughout the school day, students from other grade levels visited the Invention Convention, ...

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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 ...