Penn Wrestling Club Challenge Was A Huge Success

Thank you to parents, family and friends who attended the Penn Wrestling Club Challenge to wrestle 100 1-minute periods. It was an exciting night, and the challenge highlighted how excellent these students are as athletes. Nearly 40 club members participated, along with the Penn High School Wrestling Team. Proceeds will benefit the Penn Wrestling Club and the P-H-M Education Foundation.

Holiday Book Drive Generates 1,863 books
The P-H-M Education Foundation would like to thank family and friends of P-H-M Schools who donated books to the Holiday Book Drive at Barnes & Noble. The 5-week long drive generated 1,863 children’s books, which will be distributed among the five P-H-M Title 1 elementary schools. Those schools are Elm Road Elementary School, Elsie Rogers Elementary School, Meadow’s Edge Elementary School, Moran Elementary School, and Walt Disney Elementary School. The approximate value of the books is $10,246.

A special thank you to Barnes & Noble at The University Park Mall in Mishawaka.

2012 P-H-M Young Author’s Conference set for March 17

Corporations for Education is proud to sponsor the 2012 Young Author’s Conference. Cynthia Furlong Reynolds will be the guest author from 8:45 to 11:30 a.m. March 17 at Schmucker Middle School. For the past 20 years, Cynthia has informed and inspired teachers and students on the craft of writing. Cynthia is the author of a dozen picture books. Her titles include Rascal Makes Mischief, H is for Hoosier, Fishing for Numbers and Grammie’s Secret Cupboard.

The purpose of the Young Authors Conference is to provide an opportunity for young writers to explore written language and share their creativity with an audience. Along with sharing a personal writing piece with fellow students, all writers will have the opportunity to meet, inquire, and listen to a nationally recognized writer. Finally, students will create blank books to take home for further writing experiences. This project promotes academic excellence by allowing all children in grades K-5 the opportunity to witness first-hand an author who has made writing various genres her career. It also has the capacity to ignite passion in our young writers.

Registration is $4 per child and must be made by February 14. Students must be accompanied by a parent. To register or for more information, contact Christy Campbell at ccampbell@phm.k12.in.us

Nine Penn High School STEM Academy Teams
present locker solutions at Whirlpool

Penn High School STEM Career Academy proudly presented their innovative Gladiator-branded solutions for storage in a school setting on Dec. 15 in the Ad Center at Whirlpool headquarters.

Nine student teams’ presentations consisted of informal tabletop displays to Whirlpool employees that morning, followed by formal presentations to Whirlpool Gladiator and Innovation management.

This exciting final day followed an earlier kickoff session at the Center for Partner Development, where the students received an introduction to Whirlpool Innovation practices and the Gladiator line of garage storage and work solutions. That initiation was followed by a hands-on build day at Penn High School to familiarize students with Gladiator product and a recent work session where students investigated consumer insights and benefit exploration to help define the value proposition for their solutions for Gladiator-branded storage in a school.

P-H-M Education Foundation and Corporations for Education are proud to foster relations with P-H-M students and area businesses. Thank you to the Whirlpool Gladiator and Innovation management who spent several month mentoring the students.

Thank-A-Teacher Winter 2011 a hit

Thank-A-Teacher Winter 2011 was a huge success, recognizing 185 educators and raising nearly $3,900 for PHMEF.

Each recognized educator received a card with your personal message and recognition pin before the holiday break.

The annual fundraiser is a way to recognize that special teacher, administrator, counselor, coach, aide, secretary, bus driver, janitor or any school employee who has made a positive impact on your life or the life of your child with a donation. Your tax deductible donation will help fund grants that benefit students.

For more information about Thank-A-Teacher program, please contact Amy Chrise at amychrise@phmef.org.