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April 8 Solar Eclipse Information
While the Indianapolis area and south will experience 100% totality for the solar eclipse occurring on Monday, April 8, 2024, the St. Joseph County area will only experience 96%. The Michiana area will start experiencing darkness at 1:53 p.m., lasting until 4:23 p.m., with 96% totality occurring at 3:09 p.m. and lasting just over 4 minutes. Click to watch the video below and hear from ...
Mrs. Scoles Wins PHM Impact Award
Teachers whose students have seen significant First Semester growth, achieving individual improvement on their formative assessments over time, are being recognized with the P-H-M Impact Award. It’s quite an honor, and a surprise, to receive this award. Today Superintendent Dr. Jerry Thacker visited Walt Disney to congratulate Kindergarten teacher Amy Scoles. Principal Dr. Mindy Higginson helped Dr. Thacker surprise Mrs. Scoles as she was teaching ...
eLearning Day for April 8 due to Solar Eclipse
At the P-H-M Board of School of Trustees meeting on Monday, February 26, district administration made a presentation to the Board regarding the total solar eclipse taking place on Monday, April 8. As part of the presentation, district administration announced that for a variety of reasons Monday, April 8 will be an eLearning Day. If the district has used all of its allotted three eLearning ...
GYTO Gifts Walt Disney $70,000 Engagement Lab!
Our school has been blessed by being chosen as a "Get Your Teach On" school by the IDOE this school year. Since September, we've had a “Rock Your School Day” as a way to engage students and our teachers have experienced informative and transformative professional development sessions. Today with the help of Principal Dr. Mindy Higginson, Get Your Teach On co-founders, husband and wife team, ...
Zoo to You Comes to Walt Disney
Third grade students met some "friends" recently courtesy of the Potawatomi Zoo! Students did research on animals at the zoo and came up with ideas for an animal that think should come to our zoo, based on the local habitat. Students then wrote a story / narrative from their animal's perspective using facts they learned. Of course the main attraction was when Zoo staff brought ...