Purdue Polytechnic High School is making plans to open its third campus, and the first outside of Marion county, now that the Indiana Charter School Board has approved the project.
PPHS partnering with South Bend School Corporation
A new partnership could bring the PPHS model outside of the Indianapolis area, as early as next year!
David Teague Returns to Purdue Roots
Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star Published 1:29 p.m. ET Dec. 7, 2019
Photo: Grace Hollars/IndyStar
PPHS Techies Present at IPS School Fair
November 11, 2019
A group of students huddle together on the court of Bankers Life Fieldhouse, ready to demonstrate what makes PPHS unique. While other schools present drumlines, choirs, and dance troupes, our students arrive with their arms full of batteries, controllers and robots. Standing in the middle of the court, Junior Audrey discusses what makes FIRST Robotics at Purdue Polytechnic High School special. “It’s more than a team,” she says, “it’s a family”.
Secretary DeVos visits PPHS
Betsy DeVos visits Purdue Polytechnic High School, sees project-based learning in action
Arika Herron, Indianapolis Star
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos was greeted at Purdue Polytechnic High School's maker space by the smell of sawdust, the sound of power tools and more than a dozen safety goggle-wearing students with heads bent over half-built catapults.