For Thursday, November 13
Hit the GLIC!
The Grade-Level Information Center has information that is relevant for each class.
An index and archive for this year’s weekly Mustang Minutes
Our Daily Announcements to our students
Join us at City Hall Tuesday to celebrate some of our awesome kids!
The Portage City Council will recognize the men's soccer team at their meeting next Tuesday, November 18 at 6 pm One of our young men will read the city’s proclamation to their team, and friends, families and community members are all invited to celebrate what they accomplished – Together.
Some useful facts about this Friday’s regional finals football game
The gates open at 5 pm, and the kickoff is at 7 pm
Once someone comes into the game, and leaves, they must pay to reenter.
All tickets are $9, and cash and passes cannot be accepted for playoff games.
We would encourage you to purchase tickets ahead of time, to speed up entry. Just hit this link: Football Regional Playoff Game
Then just have your tickets on your screen and ready for colleagues at the gate to check you in.
Please do not click on your tickets; gate colleagues must do this for you in order to enter the game.
The sidelines are restricted to coaches, officials, athletes, and school administration. Only approved photographers with valid credentials may enter with prior approval from the Athletic Department.
Can’t make it to the game? You can stream it live through the MHSAA @ mshaa.com or through the NFHS Network @ nfhsnetwork.com
Want to see a map of the campus so you can find the best place to park and find your way? Just click right here!
Got any questions? Just call the PC Athletic Department at (269) 323.5361.
Just a reminder that someone might be knocking on your door…
Breadlift is this Saturday!
Breadlift is this Saturday for PC Students and next week for Portage Northern. Some households North of Centre Street may be visited next week by PN students. Breadlift is a tradition at Portage Central, Portage Northern, Gull Lake, and now Mattawan, and it has continued for 50 years, and we are grateful for our community’s support! Click on this link for a PC-PN video that shares even more!
And, parents and 9th graders…
We have a Link Crew meeting coming up next Tuesday, November 18th, during 2nd hour.
This will be an opportunity to have fun, reconnect with your Link Crew Leaders, and discuss some interesting topics with your Link Leaders and your peers. Be looking for a reminder from your Link Leaders about your group number and location. And, 9th graders, please know that you can always reach out to your Link Leaders with any questions you may have. If they’re not available, please come and find me, Mrs. Smith, in the Activities Office. Thanks!!!
Notes to excuse absences
When you send in a note to excuse a student’s absence, it is really helpful if you write the note yourself and then sign it. When we receive notes that have been written by students and then signed by a parent/guardian, sometimes it is hard to verify the legitimacy of the note, which then means that we have to call you to check it out. You are, of course, always welcome to email our Attendance Officer Jody Thrash at jthrash@portageps.org or call the Attendance Line 24 hours a day at 269-323-5259. Thank you for your help with this!
Too, please make sure to remind your kids to stop in at the Attendance Office first anytime they need to leave early for the day and whenever they are arriving late. Thanks for this too!
Orchestra Pops Concert
The Orchestra Pops Concert will be held on Friday, November 21st at 7:00 pm and Saturday, November 22nd at 7 pm It will be at the Central Middle School Black Box Theatre. The theme is Back to the 90’s. Tickets are $15 for adults, $10 for students. Here is the link to order tickets: Box Office
Seniors: Get help with your FAFSA
KVCC is hosting several FAFSA® Nights to assist families in completing the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA®). Students do not need to be attending Kalamazoo Valley to receive assistance in completing the FAFSA®. If you have questions or need help, stop by the Student Financial Services Office every Tuesday between 4:30 - 6:30 pm, Room 9210 at the Texas Township Campus. For more information, email finaid@kvcc.edu.
Also, here is some additional information that might be helpful:
Virtual FAFSA Nights hosted by the state of Michigan
Several scholarships listed on the Senior GLIC Scholarships Page
A bunch of yearbook information for seniors
Attention Seniors! Senior Portraits for the 2026 yearbook are due soon. The December 2 deadline is just around the corner! To upload a Class of 2026 senior's photo, please go to this link.
Attention Parents of Seniors: Yearbook Senior Memory Ads are for sale!
Parents of seniors can design and purchase a Class of 2026 Senior Memory Ad for the yearbook. The Senior Memory Ad deadline is December 21. Go to www.yearbookordercenter.com and use school code 3604 to get started. Sizing and pricing is available in the Senior Guide on the GLIC. Got questions? Reach out to Business Manager Sophia McKinnon at PCYearbook@portageps.org.
From the Activities Office…
Prom date and location
I just wanted to let all families and students know that Prom 2026 will be Saturday, April 25th, from 8:30-11 pm at the Fetzer Center on WMU’s campus. It is for Juniors and Seniors. More information will be forthcoming in the months ahead, but I wanted to be sure that folks had that date and location on their calendars. Thanks!!!
Keeping you in the loop on grades in Skyward
Quarter-one report cards have been posted to all student Skyward accounts. Your student's current report card, along with all previous report cards and transcripts, can be found in Skyward under the "Portfolio" tab. Off campus class grades (like online classes, dual-enrollment classes, KAMSC and CTE/EFE) are not posted on the quarter 1 or quarter 3 report cards and will therefore be left blank. Grades in these classes are only posted on a student's semester 1 and semester 2 transcripts. Please check with the program directly for more information on these class grades.
Back by popular demand for the Holidays…
Buy a brick for McCamley-Knight or Mustang Field, or a tile for the pool! Great Holiday Gifts!
So many families and community members purchased bricks at the new McCamley-Knight and Mustang Fields and tiles at the new pool — to leave their mark in these spaces where so many great kids, parents, families, and community members celebrated and where so many more will celebrate decades into the future. This sale continues until Graduation Day this spring. So if you are considering a brick at the new McCamley-Knight or Mustang Field, click here. If you would like a tile at the new pool, click here.
Thank you — again and again — for all that you have done!
Thank you all for your support of Toby and our kids!
And our thanks also goes out to Arbor Financial Credit Union!
One of my favorite authors would complain, Everybody wants to build and nobody wants to do maintenance. And I get it: we have been a community of builders and farmers for our 100-year history. And over the years we have been blessed to build so much – and some of that maintenance of those community investments can only happen with the help of our local business partners. They help us accomplish tasks as varied as replacing our 19-year-old golf cart that shuttled community members to athletic events for years, to making sure that we could purchase a new counseling dog, Toby, to support our kids when they have difficult days.
One of our local business partners has been Arbor Financial for a lot of years, and we are so grateful! This summer we already started working on raising funds for our next counseling dog. Our goal: to raise $10,000 -$12,000 to pay for the next counseling dog, long after I am gone. If you would like to help, you can hit this link anytime, and we would be so, so grateful – as will our kids years into the future.
Looking forward to time with family at Thanksgiving,
Eric Alburtus
And if you want even more PC news…