Penn-Harris-Madison practices sound fiscal responsibility that has resulted in the lowest tax rate in St. Joseph County without ever requesting a referendum, while promoting optimal safe learning environments in 15 school buildings.

Please do not send medication in with your student, a parent needs to bring it in and complete paperwork. It needs to be children's medication prescribed by a provider.

If your child is 11, please get them their 6th grade shots and turn in the vaccine records to the health office.

Please send extra clothes with your student in the event they may need them

Dear Families,

Happy Autumn! We’ve completed our fitness testing and set goals for grades 3-5. Grades K-2 have been working on developing teamwork skills and learning our Minds in Motion Maze as well as some tag games and demonstrating social respect.

During the month of October, your child will practice the following fire safety procedures during physical education: calling 9-1-1, stop-drop-and roll, staying low and crawling, opening and closing doors and windows, and learning that firefighters are our friends (not to be scared or hide from them). We also appreciate our parent volunteers for being our 9-1-1 operators so students could practice making a 9-1-1 call and recite their address! Firefighter Hintz was a great guest speaker for our students! Please continue to work with your child(ren) on knowing his/her address and having a fire safety plan.

In addition to fire safety, all grades closed the month of October with enhancing our overhead throw and developing teamwork strategies with games like “Cross the River”, “Hula Hut Relays” “Hula Hut Throwdown”, “Monster Ball”, and “Snowball Fight”. We will play “Wizard Tag” and “Pumpkin Tag” to warm up and exercise our hearts! A focus will also be placed on healthy food choices and heart rate through our game of “Haunted House”. All grades will be learning about the importance of the skeletal system and how to keep our growing bones strong and healthy.

In the month of November, all grades will be celebrating Veterans' Day and Thanksgiving with games in the gym as well as a visit from our martial artist.

A focus during gym has also been placed on basic locomotor skills. Please help your child practice tying, hopping, jumping, skipping, throwing and catching when there is opportunity. Many kindergarten through second graders are needing lots of help with tying!

Our 4/5 grade girls finished their after school basketball program with the fifth graders vs. Staff! These girls worked hard and demonstrated tremendous growth with their ball skills! Be on the lookout for permission slips for grades 3-5 to try out for our jump rope team!

Thank you to Mrs. Tropp, Mrs. Ulrich and Mrs. Armenteros for monitoring our 4/5 mileage club runners at recess on Wednesday and Thursday!

Debbie Parisi & Sarah Sime

I hope everyone is settling into the school year well. I am so excited to be meeting with kids again. The students and I spent a week getting to know each other and making goals for what they hope to accomplish this year. Now, the students are working on culture projects that will be displayed at the Community Connections Fair on October 8, 2022 from 10:00-1:00. This free event is held at Schmucker Middle School and will be a great opportunity for everyone to learn about organizations in our community that can help you and your family. I hope to see many of you there.

Ms. Pillow

To celebrate success in reading, each classroom teacher has selected two readers as their April Readers of the Month. These readers will be recognized on our morning news, receive a book of their choosing, certificate, and bookmark, and have their picture displayed on our readers' bulletin board. Congratulations to the following September Soaring Readers.

Kindergarten

Mrs. Barnes: Daniel and Gabby

Mrs. Gagyi: Ezra and Kayden

Mrs.Geyer: Maddie and Harrison

First Grade

Mrs. Bush: Eliana and Isa

Mrs. Hinton: Kaydence and Ellie

Mrs. Portolese: Auggie and Ella

Mrs. Taylor: Aubreigh and Nathaniel

Second Grade

Mrs. Clark: Sophia and Isaac

Miss M. Miller: Quinn and Jackson

Mrs. Richard: Eli and Kaija

Mrs. Tornquist: IV and Elaine

Third Grade

Ms. Anderson: Parker and Lewis

Mrs. C. Miller: Eleanor and Trevor

Miss Railton: Avery and Emmett

Fourth Grade

Mrs. Cook: Wilson and Nora

Mrs. Freeman: Zoey and Madison

Mrs. Newcomer: Colin and Ashdon

Fifth Grade

Miss Funkhouser: Ellie and Eli

Mrs. Mellor: Lydia and Natalie

Mrs. Napolitan: Addy and Jace

Mrs. Shreiner: Cameron and Kaylynn