Tuesday is ELECTION DAY! You'll see PPS on your ballot with a Bond proposal to Finish the Job! This Bond will have NO INCREASE on the current millage rate, but will allow the replacement of both Amberly & Angling Road Elementary schools, renovate Moorsbridge Elementary, and find a new home for both Community High School and Early Childhood Programming. Superintendent Edwards wants YOU to please VOTE: https://www.portageps.org/article/2517219
Polls open at 7 a.m.!
Reminder: Our Food Drive begins Monday, 11/3.
Please see these important dates to be aware of, and plan for, in November!
Our next Early Childhood Spotlight goes to our ECSE Intervention Program! We are having a wonderful time this week enjoying the sunshining and out outdoor time together. We also had the opportunity to go to a 'pumpkin patch' with our friends and explore our senses, while offering a wagon ride upon request. Early childhood is such a great time!
This week's Spotlight is on one of our GSRP 4 Year Old Classrooms! We are enjoying our whole group snack time together. As we conitinue to move through our curriculum unit of Trees, this class took a nature walk outside to investigate, take guesses and collect evidence about the trees and our nature area here, and they had a great time! We also enjoyed the Kalamazoo Sympthany Orchestra's program of Marvelous Music coming to the classroom too!
The state's budget, including the funding for meals, was passed by the State Legislature last week and will be signed by the Governor.
We know that students learn better when they have a nutritious breakfast and lunch. Like you, we are relieved that the funding to continue meals for the entire school year is now available so all students can benefit.
If you took the time to fill out the Federal Meal Benefits Application, thank you. These applications trigger other funding sources for the District, so your efforts will have a positive impact.
Families who deposited money into their child's account and would like a refund are asked to please email Susan Livingston, Food Service Director, at slivingston@portageps.org. Please include your name, your child's name, the amount you'd like refunded and a mailing address for her to send a check. Please allow for up to 30 days for the refund to be processed, and do not dispute the charge on your card as that will delay the refund process.
Thank you for your patience these past few weeks.
This week's Spotlight is in one of our GSRP Classrooms! We are working together on hallway expectations, lining up, and taking care of our own personal belongings. Snack time is also always a good time for our intentional conversations together. This week's theme is Trees and reading stories about trees is always a good time, and so is a dancing movement break to get our minds activated!
