
This week's spotlight feature if one our 4 Year Old GSRP Classrooms. Students are enjoying creating art pieces to proudly display in the classroom and partner reading in the classroom together. Special helper of the day is always a fun way to help support our classroom community too.








We still have a few slots open for our wonderful Three Year Old Preschool Program! Give us a call anytime, we are happy to provide a tour!


Early Childhood Conference Night is slowly approaching.......if you are interested in volunteering to support with food for the teachers, please see this flyer below. Thank you!


Please read this information regarding meals for our students.


This is a complete list of important October dates so that you can plan ahead. Thank you!


Important upcoming dates.


This week's spotlight is on our students in our GSRP classrooms students who are bus riders. The students are enjoying their routines every morning and afternoon, greetings with their peers and teachers and a great way to show their independence each day!







Picture day is on October 10, 2025! This is for ECSE and the Early Childhood Programming. Please see the attached flyers for more information. We will remind you as it gets closer.




This week's spotlight is on one of our Three Year Old Classrooms. We are having all sorts of fun and learning opportunities here that we wanted to share. We are working on our hallways routines and expectations, emjoying mealtimes together and our small and large group activities.










Early Childhood Families, please check this out!


This week's spotlight is with one of our 3 Year Old Preschool Classrooms here at Early Childhood. Friends worked on their bathroom and hallway procedures of waiting patiently for others, and small group choice time activities together.









The FULL 2025-26 School Year Calendar is now available. Please visit portageps.org/o/pps/page/school-year-calendar to view the entire calendar.


A special thank you to our woodshop friends at Portage Northern High who made this and some other future items to come to our Early Childhood Program. As you can see, our 3 year old preschool didn't even let it get moved in before they had to test it out! 3 Year Old Approved!-Mrs. French


This week's spot light classroom is one of our GSRP Classrooms! Students in here are learning the routines of the hallway expectations and also got to really enjoy their gross motor opportunities in the gym as well.-Mrs. French











Reminder:


Please see the attached snack menu for the remainder of 2025. Note the last column, “Weeks Served”, as the snacks are on a rotation.


Please see the attached breakfast and lunch menus for the month of September. This is a change from this week's menu. It will be the new format moving forward.



What a great first week here with our Early Childhood Programming! Our youngest learners have started out with learning classroom routines, building routines, making connections with their school family and most important enjoying their day with learning! We highlight the Mixed Age Preschool today with their first week back to school!











Welcome families! See you tomorrow!


A huge THANK YOU to all of our families, parents and caregivers that attended our Open House this week! It was so wonderful to see all of our returning students and meet some of our new students for this school year as well! A special Thank you to Sean McDonald the Director of Transportation for coming over with a bus for tours! Thank you to the YMCA for attending and helping families with before and after school registration. Also Thank you to Officer Fisher from the Portage Police Department for attending and meeting all of our families!







