Education

Purdue Polytechnic High School Preps Students for College

A sixth-grade field trip to Purdue University’s West Lafayette campus sealed Kayla Owens’ fate. From that day forward, she was destined to become a Boilermaker. As a member of the first graduating class of Purdue Polytechnic High School in Indianapolis, Owens is poised to take a giant leap toward her future when she returns to West Lafayette as a freshman in the Purdue Polytechnic Institute this fall.

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