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Graduating Seniors at Purdue Polytechnic High School Share Their Experiences

The graduating seniors of Purdue Polytechnic High School’s first graduating class share their experiences as students over the last four years. They share a hopeful message of growth, passion, and excitement for their bright futures. Many will continue their educations…
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Luke Lael: Supported from every side

Supported from every side — that’s my life at Purdue As someone who identifies with the LGBTQ+ community, senior Luke Lael says that the top-ranked resources offered at Purdue have been crucial toward the acceptance and affirmation he experiences as…
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The potential to make the impossible possible

Purdue Polytechnic High School prepares students for the jobs of tomorrow During his sophomore year at Purdue Polytechnic High School, Adrian Martinez helped design a robotically controlled arm for amputees. The team created parts using a 3D printer and built a…
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PPHS prepares me for my future

Project-based learning gives students the chance to explore variety of disciplines A radio commercial changed the trajectory of Jonas Gordon’s life. A technology enthusiast from a young age, when Gordon heard an advertisement promoting the launch of Purdue Polytechnic High School in…
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Graduating ahead of her class

Self-directed learning model allows Katie Johnson to finish high school a year early Katie Johnson didn’t plan to graduate early – things just fell into place. Propelled by the self-directed learning philosophy at Purdue Polytechnic High School, she merely worked at…
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podcast | Education

Podcast Ep. 32: Purdue Polytechnic High School Celebrates First Class of Graduating Seniors | Shatoya Ward

In this episode of This is Purdue, Shatoya Ward, founding principal at Purdue Polytechnic High School (PPHS) Englewood in Indianapolis, discusses how PPHS is reinventing the traditional high school experience, and her excitement for the school’s first graduating class of…
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President Mitch Daniels’ Commencement Address: Spring 2021

“The biggest risk of all is that we stop taking risks, at all.” President Mitch Daniels addresses Purdue University’s Class of 2021 in Purdue’s first-ever outdoor Commencement at Ross-Ade Stadium on Saturday, May 15, 2021. President Daniels told the graduates…
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Student leadership made Protect Purdue a success

When COVID-19 upended daily routines around the world, the Purdue community rallied together and managed to pull off what some universities refused to even attempt. By adhering to the “Protect Purdue” pledge, the University’s faculty, staff and especially its students…
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A persistent pursuit of ambitions

Taking control of education allows PPHS grad to realize his Purdue legacy Colten Lewis was searching for something different when he enrolled in Purdue Polytechnic High School. Learning that he’d be part of the inaugural graduating class further solidified that he…
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PPHS fuels creativity, builds confidence

Members of the first graduating class of Purdue Polytechnic High School to enroll at University this fall Xavier Howard knew he made the right choice enrolling in Purdue Polytechnic High School when he was asked to set his own freshman year schedule. …
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Mitch Daniels rides “Couch Cart” to Purdue’s Spring 2021 commencement

Mitch Daniels arrived for Purdue’s Spring 2021 commencement in style. The parents attending commencement on May 15 might have been a bit confused by the University president’s mode of transportation when Daniels rolled into Ross-Ade Stadium on a motorized couch….
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Podcast Ep. 31: The Data Mine, A Living and Learning Community | Mark Daniel Ward

Data touches everything. But unlocking its full potential requires a data-fluent generation. Enter The Data Mine, a living-learning community uniting students, faculty, researchers and industry leaders to take the next giant leap in data science at Purdue University. In this…
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