Guardsman Gazette

Spell Bowl teams at Penn High School and all three P-H-M three middle schools are headed to the State Championships! Grissom's team placed 7th out of 25 teams in the Junior Class 2 competition, with eight teams moving on. The Junior and Senior Area Competitions were held on Wed., Nov. 1, and now all our secondary teams will compete in the State Championships next Saturday, November 11. Congratulations to our Guardsmen and the other three teams for representing P-H-M well!

• Grissom: Coach Josh Kelver; Students: Kayleigh Bellinger, Jillian Bosler, Liam Brown, Ella Bruckert, Emily Freeman, Emma Harringer, Seth Hayden, Lali Juarez, Alex Kvaratskhelia, Mia McConnell, Bonnie Moore, Lee Reyes, Lucy Schmidt, Luke Sobieralski, Katlyn Sullivan, Karina Vaccaro!
• Discovery: Class 1 Junior Champions with the highest overall score in their class
• Schmucker: placed 7th out of 39 teams, with 16 teams moving on
• Penn: finished in 2nd place with five perfect spellers

Monday, November 6

• Poinsettia Sales for 8th grade DC participants!
• 5:00 - Boys Basketball Game vs Discovery (@GMS)
  

Tuesday, November 7

• No School - Election Day

Wednesday, November 8

• Picture Retake Day
• 4:00 - Boys Basketball Practice
• 4:00 - Basketball & Cheer Photos
• 4:05 - Spellbowl Practice
• 7:30 - GMS Choir Concert with Viva Voce @ Penn High School

Thursday, November 9

• 4:00 - Debate Team Practice
• 4:05 - Spellbowl Practice
• 4:15 - Boys & Girls Club Open House
• 5:00- Boys Basketball @ Northridge
• 6:30 - Early College Reception @ Penn High School

Friday, November 10 - Happy Veterans Day!

• 9:00 - Veterans Day Program for 8th grade students, families, & Veterans
• 4:00 - Boys Basketball Practice
• 4:05 - Spellbowl Practice
• 7:00 - Community Open Gym

1. 8th Graders going to DC will be selling Varner's Premium Poinsettias in November to raise funds for their trip. These are great to sell to businesses! Poinsettias order forms will go home this Friday and orders are due Wednesday, November 15th. Plants will be delivered to the school for pickup on Thursday, November 30th. Enjoy a beautiful holiday poinsettia and support the 8th grade trip! Visit the online store here.

It's that time of year again for the Annual P-H-M Education Foundation's Thank-a-Teacher. This is a wonderful way to say a special thank you to your child's teacher, or any P-H-M staff member that has made a difference in their lives. Your donation will go into our Grant Fund, which is returned to the schools in the form of Teacher Grants that include programs and projects that cannot be funded through school budgets. The nominee will receive a note with your special message, a pin for their lanyard, and the first 125 will receive a free Gold Car Wash courtesy of Drive & Shine. See phmef.org for more details or to download a form.

Register today for the Independent Feeder Program! Penn Volleyball for grades 3rd-8th will host rec league volleyball teams through NIVA, the local volleyball club.

Tryouts are Sunday, Nov. 19. Games will be held on Sundays at local schools and each team will practice once a week. Click here for more information. If you have any questions, please contact Coach Kaitlyn Hickey at khickey@phm.k12.in.us.

We had a fun Fall Spirit Week this week and students did an amazing job with the responsibility of dressing up! We saw a lot of great costumes and teacher outfits!

We even had some extra Administrators in our halls on Thursday.

Our Grissom EATC (Education and Training Co-Op) class has been working on taking care of plants in the Grissom Green House and even growing pumpkins from seeds!

We had our second Grissom Got Game of the school year where students and staff join together at lunch to play games, build connections, and eat lunch together!

Snippets of Greatness in our Classrooms!