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Involved parents play a major role in student achievement
Students whose parents are actively involved in their education or schools do much better academically, according to University of New Hampshire research on more than 10,000 U.S. eighth-graders. Parent involvement has as much effect on student achievement as would schools spending an additional $1,000 per child, according to researcher Karen Smith Conway. Concord Monitor (N.H.)/Associated Press

Doughnuts for Dollars

Portage North Middle School and Student Leadership would like to thank Harding's Friendly Markets in making "Donuts for Dollars" such a success. Hardings' donated donuts that were used to raise funds for the Roof Sit Organization which assists abused children throughout Kalamazoo County.

Pictured from left to right are Jim Moiles, Katie Noyes, Nathan Novaria, Barret Eminhizer, and Hardings Director of Marketing Mr. Curtis DeVries. North Middle School would also like to thank Harding's President Mr. Bryan Hettinghouse for his invaluable assistance.

Parent Survey

Assigned Lunch Seating Article

The ABC's of Success
Code of conduct PowerPoint

As a part of our Grade Level Welcome meetings, we have a complete Code-of-Conduct presentation/conversation in the Little Theatre for every grade at the beginning of the school year. The purpose of these meetings is to discuss the rules/regulations and common practices observed at North Middle School and within the Portage Public School District. These meetings provide clarification for students regarding behavior and consequences, as well as provide them with the background for policies to foster a better understanding. We encourage our parent community to view this information as well as read our monthly parent communication and daily announcements to stay up to date on any clarifications or current reinforcing messages so that you can discuss the information with your child(ren). If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the school and we’d be happy to assist.

Take Your Child to Work Day Permission Slip

Annie Pictures

The students at North Middle School did an amiazing job in their production of Annie. Check out some of the pictures.

Portage Public Schools occasionally provides student directories to organizations such as Parent Teacher Organizations, colleges and libraries offering special programs to school age children, and political action committees.  This information may include the student’s name, address, telephone number, email address, date of birth, parent/guardian name(s), honors, activities, and awards, grade level, and dates of attendance.  Parents wishing to opt a student out of directory listings should contact the main office in writing to request omission.  Please note – exercising this right will exclude this information from all external requests for directory information, including P.T.O.’s.  It will not impact the inclusion of information in school publications such as yearbooks, school newspapers, extra-curricular programs, etc.  If you wish your student’s information excluded from these publications as well, please contact the school’s main office.

Athletic Grant

Great news… North Middle School, along with Central Middle School, West Middle School, and Portage Community High School has received an athletic grant from the PAF (Portage Athletic Foundation). Chad Wagner, our Athletic Coordinator, wrote a letter explaining our athletic needs of NMS and has received a check for $2,000.00. This is the largest grant our school has ever received from the foundation. Previous grants have been $500. The grant will be used to purchase new uniforms and other outdated equipment. Thank you to Portage Athletic Foundation.

Thank You Meijer

Congratulations to Samantha Melvin and Adam Prior for winning this years reading Counts contest. Both students will receive a $100.00 that has been donated by Meijer.

Portage North Middle School would like to thank Meijer for their generous donation of $50.00. This gift will be used to buy supplies for our Salmon in the Classroom field trip on May 23.

NORTH MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENTS WIN ESSAY CONTEST

Recently our 8 th grade Language Arts Plus classes of Mrs. N DeLong participated in an essay contest offered by WMU – Miller Auditorium, in celebration of the two upcoming shows: Annie and Cats.

The essay contest asked participants to write on the importance of pet adoption. Guest judges narrowed the entries down to three winners, two grand prize winners and one runner-up prize winner. North Middle School eighth grade students won two of these three prizes.Jasneet Palaha won the runner-up prize. She and her family will be attending the opening night of Annie as guests of Miller Auditorium.

Nick Everett was one of the grand prize winners. He and his family will be guests of Miller Auditorium attending the opening night of Cats. In addition, Nick won tickets for his fellow LAP classmates to join him and his family at the opening night performance of Cats.

CELEBRATING OUR JR. HUSKIES….

The names of our April Recognitions students include:

In addition, the names of students are read during morning announcements, displayed in the Recognition alley, and a letter is mailed to parents signed by the principals.

New Athletic Physical Form

Sport Physicals
June 10, 2008 5:00-7:00 PM
Cost $25.00
North Middle School Cafeteria

Please bring a completed 2008-09 physical form with you.

New Breakfast & Lunch Prices
The 2007-2008 school year will see an increase in student dining prices. The new prices are:

• Breakfast - $1.45
• Lunch - $2.05/2.30
• The prices for the associated entrees will also be increasing in price.
• All the ala carte items will remain priced the same.
• The price for individual milk will also be increased 5 cents to 45 cents per carton. This increase is due to the increased dairy pricing.

Further information is available at the Food Service website or by contacting the Food Service director, Lance Gerry.

School Office Hours

• Open 7:00 - 4:00
• Students will not be allowed in the building until 7:15

Student Supply Lists
The recommended materials list for each grade level is available by clicking the links below. Watch the sales now for the best prices!

• Sixth Grade
• Seventh Grade
• Eighth Grade

Interscholastic Sports Changes For 2007-08
Due to changes in state regulations, the following is the new schedule for sports. Please note the changes in girls' volleyball and basketball.

Fall Sports

• Football (August, September & October)
• Boys' and Girls' Cross Country (September & October)
• Volleyball (September & October)

Winter Sports

• Boys' Basketball (November, December & January)
• Wrestling (December-conditioning; January, February & March)
• Girls' Basketball (January, February & March)

Spring Sports

• Track (April & May)
• Intramural Swimming and Diving (April and May)

Football begins on August 27 and volleyball tryouts begin on September 5.
If you have questions please contact our Athletic Director, Chad Wagner

Bus Transportation
Bus transportation for the 2007-2008 school year required registration to insure that there is safe and adequate space for all students. If you have signed up for bus transportation you should receive a post card with your route information by mid-August. If you have questions, contact transportation at 269-323-5190.

General Information
Handy Information including telephone numbers, class schedules and office hours can be found here. You'll need Acrobat to open it.

Our Fall 2007 Annual Report.

The PEF endowment fund drive is under way. Find more information about the fundor the donation form by clicking on the linked text. This information required the use of Adobe Acrobat Reader.