West Middle School

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

Last Friday, our 8th graders had a chance to visit Western Michigan University and engage with different science activities around campus! Thank you WMU for hosting our Pioneers! #Science #WesternMichigan #AllIn #TheWestWay

Great news Pioneers! Monday, April 8th, all students and staff will receive a pair of solar eclipse glasses to experience the rare, amazing event! See attached a message from Mr. Messenger about our plan for Monday. https://tinyurl.com/4jye6nz2 #SolarEclipse #AllIn #TheWestWay

The first Saturday of Spring Break, our MathCounts team traveled to East Lansing to compete in the sate Competition at MSU! They are the first Pioneer team to represent at states in a long time (if ever)! We are proud of them & looking forward to next year! Great job team, Coach Jason, & Mrs. Bishop! #tbt #MathCounts #AllIn #TheWestWay

Our William Short Jazz/Rock Ensemble performed at Vicksburg High School today! The musicians enjoyed the experience! Great job Pioneers and Mr. Kozian! #Jazz #Rock #Band #AllIn #TheWestWay

When our Pioneer artists returned from Spring Break, their sketches of Winston were posted to see! Check out their work here and a description of the activity. Great job Pioneers and Ms. Fries! #WinstonOfTheWest #AllIn #TheWestWay

Have a safe, restful, enjoyable Spring Break Pioneers! See you in April! #AllIn #TheWestWay

2x Regional First Place Winner! Congratulations again Science Olympiad! #ScienceOlympiad #AllIn #TheWestWay

Tomorrow is the last day of intramural volleyball. Thank you mentors! These 7th, 8th & high school volleyball players came & led our 6th graders throughout the program! Check out these pictures from a 5 team mini tournament the girls played! #Volleyball #AllIn #TheWestWay