Summer Camps at PPS are back! The 2024 camp catalog is available for viewing on our website or by clicking this link: https://5il.co/2ivgp
Registration will open Wednesday, May 1. We look forward to another great summer of learning and fun!
Huskies celebrated their Unified Club Tuesday with a friendly game of kickball between students, staff and officers from the Portage Department of Public Safety.
The club is aimed at promoting social connections through sports and joins people with and without intellectual disabilities on the same team.
The talent of forensics students was on display at Portage Central High this week. Students who are part of the competitive speech team performed for classmates ahead of Forensics Friends and Family Night next week.
Great job, Mustangs!
The Career Fair at Portage Northern High gave students the chance to speak to industry professionals and learn more about potential careers including engineering, health, plumbing, tattooing, military, policing and many more.
It was an exciting day at Portage North Middle School! Chef Jet Tila came to the school to demo a stir fry dish, sign autographs and discuss his career as a professional chef and Food Network star.
Thank you to Chef Jet and Chartwells K12 for this amazing opportunity for our students.
Become enchanted by the tale of "Beauty and the Beast" this weekend! Students from Portage Central Middle School will perform the love story as pure as a rose beginning Thursday, April 18.
Visit pchsboxoffice.ludus.com/index.php to purchase tickets today!
Our PPS staff members represented this past week at the Boston Marathon!! Mr. Krzan, math and AP government teacher at Portage Central High completed the race. Here he is pictured after the finish line with a fellow teacher from Loy Norrix High in Kalamazoo.
Great job!
We had other PPS staff who ran the Boston Marathon. Congratulations to Amberly 1st grade teacher, Mrs McWilliams. YOU ROCK!
Congratulations to Lifen Lu on running the Boston Marathon and placing 147th out of 934 runners in her age category! Lifen is a food service worker at Portage Northern High and one of our wonderful PPS staff members.
Did you know April is National School Library Month? At today's Professional Development, PPS Librarians from across the District met to learn how to best support our reading superstars!
The PPS Board of Education will meet Monday, April 15, for a special meeting at 4 p.m. at the Administration Building. The meeting is scheduled to discuss policy governance. To learn more, visit https://www.portageps.org/o/pps/page/board-meeting-dates-agendas
Reminder, there is no school for students Friday, April 12. Staff will be present for their own day of professional learning!
Students at Portage North Middle School will have an amazing experience this month meeting celebrity Chef Jet Tila. The Food Network star will visit the middle school in April to introduce new recipes and provide a cooking demonstration. This special visit is part of "Global Eats," a new program from PPS's food service partner Chartwells K12.
Chef Jet will demo recipes created in collaboration with Chartwells K12 for the China stop, including an Asian Rice Bowl with chicken, brown rice, fresh stir fry vegetables, and Chef Jet’s own sweet and sour sauce recipe.
The Eclipse was a great learning experience at 12th Street Elementary!
Middle and high school students from across town came together this week for the Tenor Bass Choir Clinic. Singers from four schools spent their day together rehearsing and learning best practices for making music with their voice. Great job, Huskies and Mustangs!
Today is National Paraprofessional Appreciation Day! PPS Parapros are part of the team of school support staff who work alongside teachers to help students succeed. Thank you to all our PPS Paraprofessionals!
Once a month, a classroom at Portage Northern High School is home to lessons not on math and science but rather on personal growth, leadership and finding one’s purpose. Read more about the mentoring program here: https://www.portageps.org/article/1525084
Sen. Sean McCann, who represents Portage in the Michigan Senate, visited with students at Portage Northern High this week to discuss their interest in politics and government.
Students from government classes, members of the Student Senate and Michigan Youth in Government gathered in the auditorium to ask questions and hear about McCann’s time in politics.
Students and staff are back to school today! We hope your Spring Break was restful and fun.
This week we are celebrating our Assistant Principals at PPS! The APs at our middle and high schools work hard to bolster teachers, motivate students, support their principals and create positive learning environments in our schools.
Take time this week to thank your AP!
