Ski Club Meetings
All 4th and 5th graders are invited to join Portage Elementary Ski Club and ride the bus to Timber Ridge on Thursday nights beginning in January. In addition, discounted passes are available to all Central Elementary families! The passes can be used for discounted rentals any time Timber Ridge is open during the entire season and are a great deal! Use it once and it will have paid for itself. If you are interested in Ski Club, please attend one of the informational meetings being held at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, October 26th, in the Lake Center cafeteria, Thursday, October 29th in the Central El. OR Wednesday, November 4th in the Amberly cafeteria. Bring medical information, emergency numbers and your checkbook. For further information contact Chris Gilbert via email at cgilbert@portageps.org.

Safe Routes to School Initiative

Safe Walking & Biking to School
Safe Walking & Biking Routes to Central Elementary

School Newsletter & Calendar
The November 2009 newsletter and calendar are available for download.

School Announcements
Class Placement Procedures (.pdf)
Class Placement Form (.pdf)

Calling All Parents: Transportation Notice – High Importance

Do you want your student to ride the school bus next year?

Do you want to save time and money and help the environment at the same too?

With the start of the 2009-10 school year the Portage Public Schools will be requiring all parents requesting transportation to register their students for bus service.

Portage students will not be scheduled for bus service unless the parents/guardians notify the transportation department in writing. You may sign up online after May 1 at www.portageps.org; or you may download the form at http://www.portageps.org/departments/transportation/requestform.aspx:
and submit it to the transportation office.

If you do not have internet access, you may obtain a Transportation Request form at any Portage school or transportation office.

Obtaining an accurate list of students who will actually be riding our buses is very important for us to design efficient, low cost bus routes and to assure the safety of the students.

As a reminder, all students may be expected to walk up to 1-½ miles to school. Elementary students may walk up to ½ mile to a bus stop and middle & high students may walk up to 1 mile to a bus stop wherever appropriate walkways and traffic signs are available. Eligible students signing up for transportation will be assigned to bus stops based on their home address.

If you would like your students to ride the bus next year, please sign up early. Bus assignments will be based on the student’s home address as listed on the schools records. Students signing up by June 30 will receive a postcard in late August with specific transportation information.

Students not replying by June 30 may compromise our ability to provide timely bus service in the fall.

For more information, please ask your bus driver or call Transportation at 323-5151. Thank you in advance for your timely responses.

Don’t delay, sign up today. You don’t want to miss the bus!

Parent/Stakeholder Comment Sheet
The Site Based Decision-Making Team (SBDMT) is your link to information regarding Central Elementary.  The mission of the Team is to support the goals of Central Elementary by working for the best interest of the students, parents and staff. 

What information do you think would be important to include in this “Central Elementary Information Packet?”

If you have a comment or suggestion that you would like to submit online,
Click here http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pYIWKc-D1POA91U2Z7BoQBg

Or you may fill out a comment sheet at the SBDM mailbox located in the lobby next the pencil machine.