🐾 Our Wildcats and their families had a great time Tuesday at this year's Woodland Elementary Family Night. 🐾
📚 First graders at Haverhill Elementary were visited Tuesday by Portage City Councilmember Jihan Ain Young for a special reading of 'How I Met My Monster.' 📚
We are celebrating creativity and talent this week at the Portage Northern IB student art show! 🎨✨ A variety of art mediums were on display including acrylic and needle felt to embroidery and ripped paper. Great job, Huskies!
Gumper the rabbit was born with shorter ears than all of his friends … but he's a courageous bunny that saves the day and shows that everyone can be brave!
Gumper made a special visit to Central Elementary School Monday to visit with students and tell his story. Thanks to author and illustrator Cherie Okonski for bringing your amazing story to our students at CEL for Reading Month.
🥳🤩 The Class of 2038 is in the building! 🥳🤩 Kindergarten Registration Night at Portage Public Schools was a chance for future kindergarten and young 5s students to enroll in school, meet their principal, collect spirit swag and more!
Thank you to our community partners who helped make this event such a success!
"Schools to Tools" offered students an interactive and immersive glimpse into the world of skilled trades this week.
Students from Northern, North Middle and Community High got to try their hand at different carpentry skills, virtual welding and more at the mobile experience, hosted by the Michigan Regional Council of Carpenters.
Thanks to PNHS teacher Mr. Wykrent for bringing such a great experience to our students!
As summer quickly approaches, the PPS Food Service Department wants to remind families about Sun Bucks -- Michigan's Summer EBT program.
Families with school-aged children who would qualify for free meals at school are eligible for grocery assistance during the summer months. The deadline to apply for May benefits is April 15. Visit michigan.gov/mdhhs/assistance-programs/food/summer-ebt to learn more.
Our PPS Engagement Specialists are so very special they deserve their very own day of recognition! We have designated March 20 as the official ES Appreciation Day here at PPS. ❤️
The Engagement Specialists in each of our eight elementary schools serve as the school MTSS coordinator for Social Emotional Learning and school-wide Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports.
The team coordinates, plans, and implements support programs and services within the District and the community to ensure the academic and social/emotional success of our students. THANK YOU to our PPS ES's for your amazing commitment to our students! ❤️
Let's all take a collective deep breath …. it's the end of another quarter. Friday, March 21, is a HALF DAY for all students and staff and the last day of the third quarter.
Have a restful weekend, and we will see you back in class Monday. ☺️
Do you live outside of PPS but hope to attend our schools? The Schools of Choice window for those in Kalamazoo County and neighboring counties is open March 1 through April 1. Apply today at portageps.org/enrollment.
As part of our District's continued work alongside Studer Education on improving our service excellence, members of the Superintendent's Student Advisory Board had the chance this week to share their own perspective on our District's culture.
This group was formed to give students the opportunity to share their voice on the District future. Great job, students! 👏
Will you be attending the Young 5s/Kindergarten Registration Night Thursday? Check out this map of Northern High School to see where you need to park and enter.
We hope to see you there! To register for the event, visit portageps.org/enrollment/kindergarten.
Next week is the Y5/Kindergarten Registration Night. We hope to see you there!
All students need to be registered in advance to access on-site services - to register, click here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScu-VkK25uJT3GZJ3YgvyNOr86NO1aXHHOLGMuRT9S5XarIYg/viewform
The Heart of Education Award winners for the month of February were Mae Orr from 12th St. Elementary and Rachel Lam from Moorsbridge Elementary.
These two amazing teachers go above and beyond for our students every day! We appreciate their hard work and dedication. Thank you to them and their wonderful paras. Your work makes a difference!
Another day of career exploration took place at Portage Central High School this week. At this event, students learned about careers that require a bachelor's degree such as engineering, geology, social work and more! Great job, Mustangs!
👏 Check out the talent of our student artists at Portage Central High School, including junior Calleigh Bolde and her amazing realism. 👏
What’s it like living on a real-world budget? Students at Portage Community High School learned this week!
Kalamazoo RESA led students through a simulation on budgeting within their chosen career. This was an eye-opening and fun way to help guide students in navigating life choices within their career budget.
Today is Maintenance Worker Appreciation Day!
Our team of 10 workers, including plumbing/HVAC, electrical, grounds, general maintenance and tradesmen, work to keep our 18 facilities running smoothly. Did you know this team of 10 manages about 400 acres of property, including 1.75 million square feet of buildings?
Join us in sharing a huge THANK YOU!
🧡🐾🤎 Introducing our newest pup at Portage Public Schools! Fletcher is a new comfort dog at Portage Northern High School. He is a 2-year-old Golden Retriever/Labrador mix who joined from Interquest CARES.
Does he look familiar? He's a littermate to Diego from Moorsbridge Elementary and a sibling to Orville from Lake Center Elementary.
His handlers at Mr. Dunham and Mrs. Hinga. Welcome to the PACK at PN! 🧡🐾🤎
👷♀️👮♂️🧑⚕️👩🎓 From trades, public safety, tattoo artistry, healthcare and cosmetology, a variety of careers were on display at the annual Portage Northern High School Career Fair. 👩💼👩🎨🧑⚖️👩🔬
