For Thursday, November 30
Hit the GLIC!
The Grade-Level Information Center has information that is relevant for each class.
An index and archive for this year’s weekly Mustang Minutes
Our Daily Announcements to our students
A huge Mustang thank you goes out to 1st Source Bank!
As we head into the Holiday season, great colleagues at 1st Source donated hundreds and hundreds of popcorn bags for athletics events, as well as $200, which will go to our fund to help students in need. We are truly blessed to serve a community and business-community that supports all our kids.
Does your PC student need to take medication here at school?
As a reminder please continue to work on getting student's emergency action plans and medication authorization forms completed and turned into the office. Having these forms is a school policy but most importantly a way to help keep your student(s) safe here at school. If you have not already done so, please also remember to connect with our new school nurse, Chloe Lark. Her contact information is clark@portageps.org and her number is 269.323.5667.
We hope to see you at the…
PC Bands Collage Concert on December 6!
The PC Bands Collage Concert will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, December 6th at the CHS Auditorium. This concert features our Symphonic Band, Concert Band, PC Winds & Percussion, Jazz Band, as well as our 9-12th grade Woodwind Ensemble performing ‘Santa Claus is Coming To Town’ and 9th-12th Grade Brass & Percussion Ensemble performing ‘Christmas Eve Sarajevo.’ Tickets are $5 each and will be available to purchase online in advance starting Nov. 27 at https://pcbands.ws.portageps.org or at the door on Dec. 6 prior to the concert.
The Orchestra Winter concert is right around the corner
The PC Orchestra concert will take place on Monday, December 11th at 7 p.m. in the Auditorium. There is no cost for this event.
And join us for the Holiday Choir concert too!
The PC Choir Cabaret is on Thursday, December 7th, Friday, December 8th and Saturday, December 9th at 7 p.m. and another one at 2 p.m. on December 9th. The show will be held in the CMS Black Box Theatre. Tickets are $15.00 for adults and $10.00 for students. Tickets are available at the door and also at pchsboxoffice.ludus.com
Mustangs, do you need some community-service hours?
West Middle School has an after-school Homework Help Club, which includes our Math Tutoring program. We are in need of more tutors again. It is every day Monday through Thursday until 3:30 pm. If you are interested, please e-mail Mrs. Moon at bmoon@portageps.org for details or fill out this form: https://forms.gle/BX8FaGYLbsfdZnxY9
Take a look at this useful…
A great colleague at Woodland Elementary shared this Guide for families who could use a little more support, especially during the intense Holiday season. In the guide there is information about local food pantries and distribution times and locations, as well as mental-health and other supports. Thanks, too, for sharing it with anyone who might find it helpful.
Just a reminder…
Please remember to drop off students in the drop-off areas, and not elsewhere
Between when we built the new PC in 2011 and 2019, the number of students who rode school buses before and after school declined by 50%. And bus ridership declined further through the pandemic.
So it is more important than ever to make sure we are all communicating to one another as we drive near and on campus. One way we do this well is by only dropping off our kids at the drop-off loops -- and nowhere else. We have had some really close calls, particularly when folks drop off or pick up students on the drive off Westnedge or in the roadways.
Too, parents of PC, please do not drop off students in the middle-school loop, unless of course you have a middle-school student too. They have many of their own families, and our presence makes their world more congested.
Thanks for helping keep our kids safe!
Speaking of parking …
For evening events, please park in The Stable and pool parking lots
Since the Auditorium and the Gymnasium are on the south side of our building, we are asking all patrons to park in the Stable Parking Lot and the Natatorium Parking Lot. Only those doors will be unlocked, only those parking lot lights will be on, and only those lots will be plowed. By parking there, you will be much closer to all events. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.
Winter Homecoming and Sadie Hawkins Dance
We wanted to be sure that you got these dates on your calendar. Winter Homecoming week will be held on Monday, January 29 through Friday, February 2. We know there is no school on Friday, February 2nd, but there will be a Homecoming Court at that basketball game. Then, on Saturday, February 3rd, there will be a Sadie Hawkins dance in the Mustang Commons.
Great Holiday gifts!
Buy a brick for McCamley-Knight or Mustang Field, or a tile for the new pool!
So many families and community members purchased bricks at the new McCamley and Mustang Fields and tiles at the new pool — to leave their mark in these spaces where so many great kids, parents, families, and community members celebrated and where so many more will celebrate decades into the future.
This sale continues until Graduation Day this spring. So if you are considering a brick at the new McCamley-Knight or Mustang Field, click here. If you would like a tile at the new pool, click here.
Thank you — again and again — for all that you have done!
Hoping you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving,
Eric Alburtus
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