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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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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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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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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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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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In charge of their own education

Project-based curriculum allows students to self-direct their learning It could have been kismet. It was on Audrey Williamson’s (they/them) birthday that their mother first heard a radio commercial touting an alternative, STEM-focused high school that encouraged self-directed learning.  “They just...

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A suPURDUEper experience

Experience on PPHS robotics team inspires student’s career aspirations As a member of suPURDUEper Robotics, Keenan McKibben spent months building Purdue Polytechnic High School’s FIRST Robotics Competition robot. That year’s challenge — to retrieve balls and place them in a container....

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Passion projects hone creativity, problem-solving at Purdue Polytechnic High School

Student melds industrial design, architecture and engineering in construction of cardboard chair Eric Martinez doesn’t remember a time when he wasn’t building things. He always enjoyed playing with Legos and K’NEX. He once tried to build his own Newton’s cradle....

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Professor’s formula for teaching success? Relating chemistry concepts to everyday life

2021 Murphy Award: Shelley Claridge It is safe to say that Shelley Claridge’s students enjoy her teaching style. One calls her “an angel sent from heaven ... to teach chemistry” and another says she is “the reason I love chemistry...

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Sociology lecturer empowers students to use their resources critically

2021 Excellence in Instruction Award for Lecturers: Lindsay Hamm Students in Lindsay Hamm’s introductory sociology courses are told to “Google everything!” Hamm, a lecturer in the Department of Sociology, teaches her students to use their resources critically, a skill that...