About Pennoyer

Pennoyer School proudly educates children from parts of Norridge, Harwood Heights, and unincorporated Norwood Park Township. During the 1830's, the Pennoyer family came from new England and settled in what is now known as Norridge. The land they settled laid between what is now East River Road and Cumberland Avenue. In 1838, members of the community met at the home of John Pennoyer to discuss the plans for the development of a school. The school began in 1839, in Pennoyer's home. In 1954 it was decided to build a new school at the corner of Cumberland and Foster Avenue. A major addition was added in 2001. The school district proudly educates children in grades PK-8.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Historical Newspaper from the Pennoyer Archives

Pennoyer_Pioneer_1958.pdf Download this file

As we prepare for the upcoming school year we have done some cleaning, discovering, and constructing. It's fun to step back in time and see what Pennoyer was like many years ago through archives such as the Pennoyer Pioneer (school newspaper). In January 1958, the school was welcoming it's "new school"; as we prepare for 2011-2012, we are welcoming a "refreshed" school ... it's nice to look back and see what was going on ... here are a few pages from our proud history

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