West Middle School

The D.R.E.A.M.S. Club is holding their annual Portage Community Center drive this week, May 6th - May 10th! 1st hr. classes are competing to see who will bring in the most! All donations go to the PCC (Portage Community Center). See fliers for details! #AllIn #TheWestWay

Today's School Lunch Hero Day! Thank you to our team of lunch heroes for ensuring our Pioneers have breakfast & lunch everyday! Your patience, positivity & passion for making sure students have well-balanced meals is amazing! THANK YOU! #SchoolLunchHeroDay #AllIn #TheWestWay

Next week is our annual DREAMS Club Donation Drive for the Portage Community Center! Our goal is to donate at least 3,500 items, making it our most successful drive since 2020! See flyer for details. Which 1st hour class will donate the most?! #DREAMSClub #AllIn #TheWestWay

PIONEERS! The Air Zoo & Portage Education Foundation is hosting a Middle School Engineering STEP Camp Night on May 14th. This night will provide "a unique and interactive way for families to come together and explore the fascinating world of engineering." #AllIn #TheWestWay

MEET DAY! Good luck to our track and field Pioneers who are competing at Battle Creek Central today! #TrackAndField #AllIn #TheWestWay

MEET DAY! Good luck to our track and field Pioneers who are competing at Gull Lake today! #TrackAndField #AllIn #TheWestWay

April is #PoetryMonth & April 22nd was #EarthDay. Last week, Mrs. Cote taught some classes about Earth Day and how we can make a difference! She also taught them about concrete and shape poetry. Students then had the opportunity to write their own poems! #AllIn #TheWestWay

March Book Madness bracket results are in! GROUND ZERO by Alan Gratz beat out 15 other titles to be named the 2024 book champion by both WMS readers & readers from around the world! We hope that students and staff had fun reading and discussing books both known & new and that all will continue reading these great books and others throughout the spring and into the summer! Happy Reading! Your WMS library team Mrs. Messenger, Mrs. Messing, Mrs. Cote

Congratulations to our Pioneer band & orchestra students who performed at the MSBOA District 11 Solo & Ensemble Festival! Portage West had 3 groups w/ a GOOD rating, 17 groups w/ an EXCELLENT rating, and 67 groups w/ a SUPERIOR rating! Outstanding! #MSBOA #AllIn #TheWestWay

Mrs. Messing has an amazing display for "Katching Kindness" Shout Outs this month in the library! Winston stopped by last week to check it out! Winston is on a mission to promote intentional kindness throughout WMS. Taking Care Of Each Other is a part of The West Way & we're encouraging students to give their peers shout outs in the library this month! #KatchingKindness #AllIn #Winston #TheWestWay

Today Mrs. Graham and Mrs. Hively gathered all of their 7th grade ELA students together throughout the day in the library for a graphic novel scavenger hunt to introduce Unit 3! Great idea and great work Pioneers! #ELA #AllIn #TheWestWay

Good luck to our Pioneer Track & Field team in today's season opener! #TrackAndField #AllIn #TheWestWay

Greetings Pioneer Families, Remember to join us today, April 17th, at Noodles & Company for our fundraiser between 4pm – 8pm! 25% of both in-person and online sales will go to West! See the flyer for details. Thank you for all of your support! #AllIn #TheWestWay

We are still collecting gently used solar eclipse glasses. Drop them off in the main office in our collection box! Thank you for donation! See you soon! #SolarEclipse #EclipseGlasses #AllIn #TheWestWay

PIONEERS! After last week's solar eclipse, we asked students to reflect on their experience through writing, art, song, or any other creative expression. Here is one of the pieces shared. Thank you Temperance for your sharing your reflection! #SolarEclipse #AllIn #TheWestWay

Greetings Pioneers! This Wednesday, April 17th, Noodles & Company is hosting a fundraiser for West between 4pm-8pm. 25% of sales will go towards Winston! Also, remember today is Maui Mondays at Maui Poke! Thank you for your continued support! #Winston #AllIn #TheWestWay

Reminder, there is no school for students Friday, April 12. Staff will be present for their own day of professional learning!

ALRIGHT PIONEERS! Share your Solar Eclipse experience! Be creative! Written reflection, artistic interpretation, original song, or whatever choose! Feel free to post in the comments or email it to Mr. Bailey at sbailey@portageps.org. #SolarEclipseReflections #AllIn #TheWestWay

Solar Eclipse 2024! #SolarEclipse #AllIn #TheWestWay

PIONEERS! We will be collecting all gently used undamaged eclipse glasses in the office starting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9th. The glasses can be the ones the school shared or others. Learn more at https://eclipse23.com/pages/donate-eclipse-glasses. #Glasses #AllIn #TheWestWay