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Welcome to Portage West!
Moving to new frontiers.
West Middle School is located in Portage, Michigan and serves about 690 students in grades six, seven and eight. West also serves as the Hearing Impaired middle school for Kalamazoo county.
Mission Statement
"The West Middle School community will offer students preparation for a lifetime of learning, enabling the student to meet
life's challenges."
School News
The
August-September Newsletter is available online by
clicking here. This issue contains
back to school information as well as dates and times for nearly everything at
West.
Back To
School
Supplies
It is
never too
early to
start
watching
the ads
for
deals on
back to
school
supplies!
Here are
the
suggested
lists:
Summer
Office
Hours
June 7 - June 11 Open 8:00 -
4:00/Full Office Staff
June 14 - June 30 No Office Staff/Call 323-5855 for
appt./message
July 1 - July 31 Closed/Call 323-5800 for assistance
August 1 - August 26 No Office Staff/Call 323-5855 for
appt./message
August 27 - Sept. 2 Open 8:00 - 4:00/Full Office Staff
Sept. 3 - Sept. 6 Closed for Extended Labor Day Weekend
Check
Out The
Picture
Archive
to be
reminded
of all
of the
fun we
had this
year in
the
Picture
Section.
Transportation Consolidation As a
cost saving strategy for the 2010-2011 school year, the
Transportation Department is considering consolidating
bus stops for secondary students.
Get the full details of the plan by clicking here.
The Transportation Department also reminds you to
confirm your students' plans to ride the bus between May
31 and June 30.
The form to do that is here.
 Congratulations
To The
8th
Grade
Spelling
Bee
Participants
and to
our
winners:
1st
place:
Rachel
Beck
2nd
place:
Katherine
Rothe
3rd
place:
Hanna
Rumora
West
Students
Give
Back To
Our
Community
 Congratulations
On A Fantastic Food Drive!
7,563 cans of food were collected for the pantry at the
Portage Community Center. In addition, over $1000 in
cash was raised for the purchase of additional items.
Seven homerooms had 100% participation. Great job West!
A special Thanks to the Wrestling Team for loading the
truck and to the Student Leaders for sorting and boxing
the items. You
can read the letter from the Portage Community Center by
clicking here.
The
Student Leader Haiti Fundraiser collected over $1800.
The Student Leader officers presented Mr. Killips with a
check for $1,835.81 to be sent to the American Red Cross
for Haitian earthquake relief. The funds were raised by
the students at the Winter Party as well as a collection
at school. Congratulations to all of West's students for
their selfless giving! See the letter from the Red Cross
by clicking here.
The PPS Academic Calendar for
2010-2011 has not been released. It will be added to the
site as soon as it is announced.
Help Student Leaders Get Cash For Your Trash! Student Leaders would like you to keep your eye out for the following recyclable items
for empty inkjet cartridges and empty laser cartridges. West Middle School can earn cash for the used items you bring in. Just bring in your recyclables for donation to the media center or front office. This collection will be ongoing - we will collect items all year round. Help us get cash for your trash! Support WMS When You Shop by taking advantage of the fund raising offers made by these businesses. Click here to see the list.
Handy Information including telephone numbers, class schedules and office hours can be found here. You'll need Acrobat to open it.
Safe Routes to School Initiative:
Walking & Biking Safely to School
Safe Walking & Biking Routes to West Middle
Quick Links
Find information fast using these links!
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