Mazie at Portage Central Elementary was busy last week learning to spell her name. Great job, Mazie!
Will your children outgrow their shoes and get new ones for the holidays? You can help Portage West Middle School by donating your gently used or new shoes to the shoe drive.
The school is hosting a drive-thru, drop-off event Tuesday, Jan. 2. from 3-6 p.m. at the middle school, 7145 Moorsbridge Rd.
The Student Vendor Fair at Portage Northern High School included student-made crafts such as ornaments, keychains, bracelets, crocheted items and more.
The first teacher in the PPS pipeline is graduating and will become a full-time teacher at Portage Northern High School.
With the help of the District’s teacher pipeline program, Austin Giles began an accelerated teaching program while also working as a part-time substitute teacher and paraprofessional at Portage Northern High School. He worked under his mentor teacher Laurie Kuiper (pictured with Austin).
Thanks in part to the PPS “Grow Our Own,” program, Austin will graduate this weekend with a master’s degree in special education from Western Michigan University and begin teaching full-time at Northern High.
Congratulations to Austin!!
To read more, visit portageps.org/news
The Portage Central High School Collage Concert, which features choir, orchestra and band students, is a fan-favorite every year. Great job, students!
The Board of Education meets tonight at 6:30 p.m. at Central High School for a regular business meeting. To view the agenda, click here https://drive.google.com/file/d/1thJcHZcF1wPsXce3Q2dIcGvl7LK6I3aQ/view?usp=sharing
To stream tonight's video, visit the District's YouTube page at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGbNFZ6-lgI
Portage Northern High students prepared for Winterfest tonight with staff vs students basketball and other fun games!
The Student Art Show is live at the Portage District Library. Stop by to see artwork from elementary to high school students on display now through Jan. 30. Great job, student artists!
The Board of Education will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, for a regular business meeting at Central High School. To view the agenda, click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1thJcHZcF1wPsXce3Q2dIcGvl7LK6I3aQ/view?usp=sharing
To view the agenda attachments, visit https://www.portageps.org/o/pps/page/board-meeting-dates-agendas
As part of a history lesson at West Middle School, students role played as delegates from the original 13 colonies. They debated proposals related to The Stamp Act 1765 using colonial parliamentary rules.
The Portage Central High School Collage Concert, which features choir, orchestra and band students, is a fan-favorite every year. Great job, students!
It may be chilly outside, but the students at Angling Road Elementary are on fire for learning!
Another great student spotlight!
The Mustang Mentor program currently has over 75 students from Portage Central High coming to Portage Central Middle to volunteer their time mentoring their peers. These mentors are helping with homework, organizational skills, communication, and being great role models for our rising Mustangs. Great job!
There is a special Schools of Choice window for 2nd semester open now through Dec. 23, for students to enroll at North Middle School (grades 6,8) and Northern High School (grades 9-12).
Visit https://www.portageps.org/o/pps/page/schools-of-choice to apply.
Our Portage Central and Portage Northern high school students are partnering this week to collect diapers for those in need. Donations can be dropped off this week at either high school or at the rivalry basketball games Thursday and Friday.
Great job, Mustangs and Huskies!
Hobbs is 5 years old! The Portage Northern High School comfort dog celebrated his birthday today with selfies with students and staff. As part of his birthday celebration, Huskies raised money for Paws with a Cause, the organization that matched the school with Hobbs.
The anatomy lesson at Portage Community High School this week involved students dissecting cow hearts. Ms. Adriance led the class through dissecting and labeling parts of the hearts in her science classroom.
Did you do anything like this in high school?
At West Middle School, Mr. Messenger and Mr. Bailey have been presenting a "Take Care of Each Other" lesson to every class in the building.
The lesson emphasizes the importance of being kind, reviews the negative impact that offensive language and racial slurs have had on the school community, discusses what to do when/if these types of words/phrases are heard or being used, and encourages the students to commit to taking care of each other.
The Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports motto for Portage West is "The West Way" which asks students to 1) Take Care of Yourself, 2) Take Care of Each Other, and 3) Take Care of This Place.
Happy Thanksgiving! If you're a Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade fan, you'll appreciate the homemade "parade" made by 3rd-5th graders last week at Lake Center Elementary.
The students learned about the history of the annual parade and made their own balloons to line their hallway.
Students at Portage Community High School are Greek champions! The students learned about Greece and Rome by playing their own Greek Olympic Games Wednesday, including standing jump, discus throw and hoop rolling.
Students also constructed a Lego Roman Colosseum that was 1,756 pieces, and had a taste test of Roman vs. Greek cheesecakes.
