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Elsie Rogers Express

September 8, 2023

Elsie RogersExpressSeptember 8, 2023

Penn Homecoming Community Events

The P-H-M Education Foundation is once again sponsoring Penn High School's Homecoming Parade, Family Fun Zone and new this year--FIREWORKS after the football game! The entire P-H-M community is invited to come out for this fun-filled family event. All the fun starts with the Homecoming Parade (grab your spot on the route by 5:00 p.m.). Info on the Parade route, Fun Zone, Football game and Fireworks can all be found on PHMEF's website. CLICK HERE.

This year PHM homecoming is making its way down to the elementary level. We will participate in the high school’s spirit week. This year's spirit week will be from September 25th-29th. The themes are below:

Monday Sep 25th - Beach Day

Tuesday Sep 26th - Concert/Musician Day (We are pretty much just looking for a musician's shirt, like a Taylor Swift shirt, Nirvana, Rolling Stones, etc.)

Wednesday Sep 27th - Jersey Day

Thursday Sep 28th - Decades Day - For elementary schools, K/1 = 60s, 2/3 = 70s,

4/5 = 80s & staff = 90s.

Friday Sep 29th - Neon Day (To match with the theme of the football game!)


In addition, all Kingsmen, future Kingsmen, families, and community members will have a chance to show their Penn Pride with three t-shirts options –


Homecoming Spirit Wear

1.) Penn High School Students & Staff - $12.00 Each

*This shirt was designed by one of our Penn High School students.

2.) Kingsmen Families & Community Members - $10.00 Each

3.) Future Kingsmen - $10.00 Each

Orders must be placed online by Friday, September 15th. All orders will be delivered to your student’s school. Please select the school from the dropdown menu and fill in your student’s name (along with grade, teacher / homeroom teacher) information that would be helpful to the middle and elementary schools’ office staff for delivery. Penn High School students can pick their orders up in the bookstore.

Community Health Needs Assessment - Voluntary Survey

It is time for Saint Joseph Health System to administer its annual Community Health Needs Assessment. This is a voluntary survey for parents where the community shares information about their family’s health and the health of the community. The results will guide St. Joseph Health System in creating 3-year implementation strategies to impact identified health needs in the service area. Just click the link and select the English or Spanish survey.

Link: Community Benefit | SJHS (sjmed.com)

Fluency Friday with Mrs. Elliott!!

P-H-M Safety and Security Update

We are happy to share with you the addition of safety and security personnel for the 2023-24 school year. The safety and security of our schools are a priority as we foster optimal learning environments and aim to prepare your child(ren) for college and career readiness. Three (3) certified School Resource Officers (SROs), recently retired from local police departments, have/will join us as P-H-M Safety Agents in our schools. These officers will be housed in each of our middle schools and also serve feeder elementary buildings. The new P-H-M Safety Agents collaborate with our Principals, St. Joseph County School Resource Officers, and other off-duty police officials to further enhance schools as safe learning environments, prepare for emergencies, and ensure that all schools comply with safe school plans and practices as required by law.


New Safety Agents:

Retired St. Joseph County Police - Officer Kent Wickham

Retired South Bend Police - Officer Britton Pratt

Officer TBD (will announce later this fall)


Current Safety and Security Staff:

P-H-M Director of Safety and Security - Officer Tommy Teeter (tteeter@phm.k12.in.us)

P-H-M Lead Safety Agent - Officer Antwon Jones (located at Penn HS)

St. Joseph County School Resource Officer - Officer Mike Reppert

St. Joseph County School Resource Officer - Officer Ben Wilkey

Off-Duty Police Officials: Officer Greg Howard - South Bend Police

Officer Avery Minor - Roseland Chief of Police

Officer Scott Moniz - Osceola Police

Officer Corey Calvert - South Bend Police

VSS Security (contracted service) for Hallway Monitors at Secondary Schools.


Safe School Helpline

If you see something, hear something, say something! The Safe School Helpline is a convenient, confidential way for anyone to report information about situations that might affect safety at any P-H-M school or building. You can call the number any time of the day or night to report concerns about unsafe or potentially disruptive activities or situations including drug or alcohol abuse, weapons, harassment, bullying or threats.


All calls are completely confidential.

Kindergarteners Explaining their Learning Objectives! Amazing!!

Community Connections Fair

The Penn-Harris-Madison School Corporation’s ENL Services’ is sponsoring the District’s FREE Community Connections Fair! Come check out what the Mishawaka, South Bend, and Elkhart communities have to offer to your families! Click here for more information and to sign-up for a table if you are a business or a family that wants to participate and share your culture in a performance.
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Back to School Information

Penn -Harris-Madison has made it easier this year for parents to give consent for the following items:
  • The Handbook Certification
  • The Consent to publish student photographs
  • The State Mandatory Curriculum


Please take a moment and fill out the google form (Click the Button Below) for EACH child enrolled at Elsie Rogers. We would appreciate this being completed by August 31, 2023.

Elsie Rogers Back to School Consent Form
Please complete one google form for EACH student attending PHM School Corporation

Helpful Links

Forms for Parents
The PHM website has almost all forms (some online) and information you may need throughout the school year. Instead of hunting down paperwork, always check here first.
Community Events and Activities
Clicking on the button above will provide you with a list of non-school activities and events made available to P-H-M students and families by area organizations.
Breakfast and Lunch Menus
All meals will be of cost this school year.

Dates to Remember