West Middle School

One of the questions we've consistently received about "Winston's Shoe Fundraiser" is "why shoes" and "where are the shoes going?" The shoes you are donating will be distributed to micro-enterprises in developing nations around the world! What is a micro-enterprise? Watch this video: https://youtu.be/nRdvXJ4C9oo Not only are you helping us with Winston (who will be here sooner than you think!), but you are also making a social impact by simply donating your shoes. Thank you for your ongoing support! Keep spreading the word! #WeWantYourShoes #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #MicroEnterprise #AllIn #TheWestWay

Two more days of Winter Spirit Week! Thursday - Grinch Day (Wear Green) Friday - Comfy Cozy Day (PJ Bottoms and comfort wear) #WinterSpiritWeek #AllIn #TheWestWay

Last Friday, Ms. Ha's 8th graders were preparing for their literary analysis paper at the end of their dystopian unit. Check them out in action and learn more about this activity! #EnglishLanguageArts #AllIn #TheWestWay

Our 7th & 8th Grade Choir, 8th Grade Band & 8th Grade Orchestra put on an amazing concert last evening! The collage concert is always a treat to witness. Mr. Kozian and Mrs. Sturdy have prepared these musicians with limited practice together for this performance, in addition to each of their group performances! And they always do a fantastic job! Bravo Pioneers! We have one more performance in our Holiday Concert Series, this Wednesday, with our 6th Grade Band and Jazz Band performing at Portage Northern at 7pm. See you there! #HolidayConcertSeries #AllIn #TheWestWay

Congrats to ZooBotix 13917 on winning their divisional final of the Michigan NW State FTC Robotics championship last weekend! 2 of our West Pioneers, Pratyusha N. & Shaurya K. (kneeling in front), are members of this award winning team! Great job! #Robotics #AllIn #TheWestWay

WINSTON'S SHOE FUNDRAISER UPDATE WEEK 6 We are now officially halfway to our goal with over 1,500 shoes collected! We have hit our weekly goal the past 4 weeks! THANK YOU! Let's see how many we can collect before break - keep spreading the word and clean out those closets! There will be donation boxes at both holiday concerts this week. Also, during the 2nd week of Winter Break, after the holidays and New Year has come, stop by for our "DRIVE THRU DROP OFF" event on January 2nd! We may even have a ****special guest**** stop by! See you soon Winston! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #HolidayConcertSeries #AllIn #TheWestWay

PIONEERS! This week is Winter Spirit Week! Here are the dress up days: Monday - Festive Holiday Wear (Wear your winter holiday gear, shirts, hats, etc.) Tuesday - Mad About Plaid (Wear flannels and plaid) Wednesday - Let It Snow Day (Wear your winter gear) Thursday - Grinch Day (Wear Green) Friday - Comfy Cozy Day (Wear pajama pants, slippers, cozy gear, etc.) See you tomorrow in your holiday gear! #AllIn #TheWestWay

Before the weekend, we'd like to take a moment to say thank you to our Career Explorers and Front Office staff for managing the collection of all of your shoe donations! We are almost at 1,500 pairs of shoes which is half way to our goal of 3,000!! None of this happens without them, so thank you. **WINTER BREAK ANNOUNCEMENT** During the 2nd week of Winter Break , on 1/2/2024, we will have a Drive-Thru Drop-Off event! See the flyer for details! Happy Friday Pioneers! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

GAME DAY! Good luck Pioneers! Today is the last day of the boys basketball season. Coaches and players, thank you for your hard work and dedication. Way to show The West Way! Remember to bring those gently worn, used, and new shoes to donate! #BoysBasketball #AllIn #TheWestWay

It's been a great week of singing, strings, & instruments! Our holiday concert series continues next week on Monday & Wednesday. Here are pictures from Tuesday's pair of concerts. Great job to our Pioneers & music directors for a wonderful week! #HolidayConcertSeries #AllIn #TheWestWay

GIRLS BASKETBALL TRYOUTS BEGIN MONDAY! Tryouts are December 18th, 19th, and 20th. For more information, click the link below. https://www.portageps.org/o/wms/page/student-athletics #GirlsBasketball #AllIn #TheWestWay

GAME DAY! Good luck Pioneers! Remember to bring your gently used and/or new shoes to donate! #BoysBasketball #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

Our 6th grade choir kicked off our holiday concert series tonight. They did an amazing job! Kudos to Mrs. Sturdy and these Pioneers for a job well done! Our 6th & 7th grade orchestras, 7th grade band, and jazz band are up next tomorrow! #HolidayConcertSeries #AllIn #TheWestWay

Tomorrow is... SHOES-DAY! We're still looking to see which grade can donate the most shoes on "Shoes-Day" Tuesday. The winning grade will receive an event at the end of the fundraiser! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #ShoesDay #Tuesday #AllIn #TheWestWay

WINSTON'S SHOE FUNDRAISER WEEK 5 We've collected over 1,000 pairs of shoes! We are 1/3 away from our goal of 3,000 pairs of shoes. Our students, families, and community are AMAZING! Let's keep those shoes coming and spread the word! **Going to a WMS music concert this week? We will have donation boxes there! Bring your gently used and/or new shoes! **Can't make it to West? Check out our additional drop off locations around Portage! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

Yesterday, we held several Woohoo ticket raffles for our Pioneers. In addition to School Store being open, our PTSO graciously sponsored a student raffle for all 3 lunches. Airway Fun Center, Celebration Cinema, and Peace, Love & Little Donuts sponsored our end of day student raffles. Our Pioneers earn Woohoo tickets by exhibiting The West Way throughout the day. That means they are 1) Taking care of themselves, 2) Taking of each other, and 3) Taking care of this place. If you would like to donate prizes for our West Way Woohoo ticket raffles, please contact Mr. Bailey at sbailey@portageps.org. #AllIn #TheWestWay

Thank you to our Main Office Student Career Explorers for your assistance in counting and bagging our shoe donations in addition to your other daily duties. You are appreciated! Also thank you to Woodland Elementary for having our first full box of our 8 donation locations! Can't wait to share our updated total and new goal next week! Have a great weekend Pioneers! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

On Wednesday, December 6th, our swimming & diving Pioneers had meets w/ their Mustang and Huskie teammates. Check out the results. Congratulations to all of the swimmers and divers! Several of them made MISCA cuts which is their State meet times! Way to go! #AllIn #TheWestWay

GAME DAY! Good luck Pioneers! Don't forget to bring your shoes to donate to the game! #BoysBasketball #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

Our Holiday Concert Series begins this Monday! Be sure to come see our band, choir, and orchestra students put on a display of their work over the year so far and music for the holiday season. Also, there will be shoe donation boxes at each performance, so bring sure to clean those closets out and bring your gently used or new shoes to donate! #HolidayConcertSeries #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay