Read about our architecture/construction management firms:
TMP Architecture and
AVB Construction / Triangle Associates

Questions about our projects? Contact Community Relations Manager Tom Vance at tvance@portageps.org or at 323-5167.

  12th Street Elementary - Now Open!

• The school, which opened in time for the 2009-2010 school-year, now has a four-classroom addition that brings it back into line with the original design (and identical to the new Lake Center Elementary). A sidewalk is also being completed on the west side of 12th Street in time for the new school year.
• Check out the 12th Street website.
• This $14.8 million school (which includes $1.4 million in technology) is a two-story, 72,900 square feet school, with a capacity of approximately 500 students.
• The school was designed to meet or exceed current 'green,' or sustainable design, standards for energy-efficiency, occupant comfort and air-quality. Materials used were selected for recycled content, future recyclability, low volatile-organic-compond, durability and ease of maintenance.  

  Lake Center Elementary

• The new school is done in time for this school year, and the public dedication and Open House is Sept. 9, 4:30 to 7 p.m., featuring tours and refreshments with a dedication ceremony at 5:30 p.m. The overall design is the same as 12th Street Elementary. See the current site plan. The new school is being built behind the existing school (our oldest school, dating from 1927).
• Improvements have been made to traffic flow on Portage Road in front of the school.
• See a current picture of the new school.

  Central High School

• See conceptual drawings from the west and the north, and the site plan.. Construction is ongoing behind the school. The new school will be completed in time for fall 2011.
• This is three-story construction. See a current picture of the project. Mustang Drive is the new entrance to the new student parking lot off Centre Avenue, that will be ready in time for Sept. 7, the first day of classes. Students will no longer be parking in the McCamley lot off Westnedge.
• Ground-breaking ceremonies were held on May 22, featuring retired PPS superintendent Varl Wilkinson, who was superintendent when Central High was built in 1949.
• Web cam: http://portagecentral.triangle-inc.com.
• Some classes, impacted by the construction, are being held at the old Waylee. See a picture of students walking to and from Waylee.

  Northern High School

• This project is both new construction and renovation. The Media Center has been renovated, a new Science Wing has been completed, and the Commons will be ready for the new school year, built between the main part of the school and the Igloo.
• See a picture of the current progress for the Student Commons. There will be a public dedication and Open House on September 20, from 4:30 to 7 p.m., featuring tours and refreshments, with a dedication ceremony at 5:30.
• See conceptual drawings from the south (main entrance) and
  north (student entrance). Site plan.
• The Idaho/Oregon intersection has been improved and parking lot improvements are complete. Click here for a new site map
• See this link for three levels of interior designs and front and back site graphics.
• Web cam: http://portagenorthern.triangle-inc.com
• Construction and renovations will be complete by fall 2011.