Portage Public Schools is proud to provide social, emotional learning and mental health supports to our students. Please click the button to the right to browse local and state resources for mental health, food pantries and social and emotional learning.

Portage Public Schools encourages our students to stay safe and report anything that threatens student or school safety.
Visit OK2SAY to report.

Engagement Specialists work at each of our eight elementary schools. Each ES serves as the school multi-tiered systems of support coordinator for Social Emotional Learning and school-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.

The team is also responsible to coordinate, plan, and implement support programs and services within the District and the community to ensure the academic and social/emotional success of students.

School nurses provide health services to students when they are at school. Portage has three nurses supporting our 14 schools.

Please take notice that any medication kept at the school, whether prescription or non-prescription (over-the-Counter medication, ointments, medical creams, etc.), will require a medication consent form filled out and signed by a parent/guardian.

PPS enjoys the company of nine specially trained comfort dogs. Each dog is assigned to a specific building where he/she can support students' emotional and mental well being. Most of our dogs are trained by Interquest CARES - Michigan, School Counseling Assistance and Comfort Dogs. 

Contact the school's principal or click on the dog's photo to learn more and find out where you can donate.

Watch a video below to learn about how Mazie, like the other dogs, help our students and staff.