West Middle School

Here's the status of pairs of shoes collected on "Shoes-Day" Tuesdays so far! I wonder which grade will win! We'll see when the fundraiser ends January 12th. Remember, you can donate shoes M-F from 8am-6pm at West or at any of our other 8 donation locations. And here's a few current pictures of our boy Winston taking a break from his comfort dog training! Can't wait until he joins us! #ShoesDayTuesday #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

Members of the WMS 7th/8th grade bands and the 8th grade orchestra performed at Barnes & Noble on Friday, December 1st. Many students performed in a small ensemble. The William Short Jazz/Rock Ensemble also performed. The store was packed and the students provided lots of holiday cheer! Great job Pioneers! #Band #Orchestra #BarnesAndNoble #AllIn #TheWestWay

Congratulations to this former Pioneer! Keep up the great work Keegan aka KBeaZy! #AllIn #TheWestWay https://wkfr.com/portage-northern-graduate-forbes-list/?fbclid=IwAR3nIMp-KtsvuWjF6ELAB7bv47Ny9PeMmNz1sRtQh2g2SHolbeh_f1RYwhE

Last Friday, December 1st, Mr. Chappa and Mrs. Howe took a group of 8th grade Pioneers to the Western Michigan University Innovation Expo. These scholars presented their products, models, and prototypes to a panel of judges and the community along with other K-12 and WMU students. Ryan C. and Adrian D. won 3rd place at the event! Taimur A. and Gurvir S. earned the popular vote! Congratulations Pioneers on a job well done! #WesternMichiganUniversity #InnovationExpo #AllIn #TheWestWay

Our Portage Central and Portage Northern high school students are partnering this week to collect diapers for those in need. Donations can be dropped off this week at either high school or at the rivalry basketball games Thursday and Friday. Great job, Mustangs and Huskies!

WINSTON'S SHOE FUNDRAISER WEEK 4 With over 625 pairs of shoes collected so far, we're almost 25% of the way to our goal of 3,000 pairs of shoes! Keep the shoes coming and spread the word! **Can't make it to West? Check out our additional drop off locations around Portage!** #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

Tournament Day! Good luck to our Pioneer archers! #Archery #AllIn #TheWestWay

Beginning December 6th, there will be a Portage Public Schools Student Art Show at the Portage District Library! A few of Ms. Fries' Pioneer artists will be featured in the show, so be sure to stop by! See the flyer for more details. #Art #PioneerArtists #AllIn #TheWestWay

As National Indigenous Peoples' Heritage Month comes to a close, we'd like to share a mural our DREAMS club members worked on throughout the month in our 100 hallway. This piece was inspired by research done by the club. Outstanding job Pioneers! #DREAMSClub #AllIn #TheWestWay

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

We've added 2 more shoe donation drop off locations! Thank you to 12th Street Elementary and Chick-fil-A in Portage for supporting Winston's Shoe Fundraiser! You can donate your gently used and/or new shoes at the following locations: 12th Street Elementary Amberly Elementary Central Elementary Woodland Elementary Portage Public Schools Administration Building Orrin B. Hayes Mercedes-Benz Mazda Phantastic Nail Salon We just surpassed 500 pairs of shoes!! Keep those shoes coming! See you soon Winston! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #Operation3000pairs #AllIn #TheWestWay

Swim Fundraiser! Gather your pop cans and have them ready on December 9th! See flyer for details. #Swimming #AllIn #TheWestWay

It's "Shoes-Day" Tuesday! * EVERY TUESDAY, there will be 3 collection boxes in the main office; 1 for each grade * Students are encouraged to bring 2 pairs of shoes to donate on Tuesdays in their grade box. * The grade that donates the most shoes on "Shoes-Day" will have a grand prize event! #ShoesDayTuesday #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

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

Here's this week in sports at Portage West! Come out and support our Pioneer student athletes! #BoysBasketball #Archery #AllIn #TheWestWay

Greetings Pioneers, Check out our shoe fundraiser updates! Thank you so much for your continued donations! We have received over 300 shoes with more to be counted when we return from break! See the flyers for updates! Remember shoes can be donated at West Monday through Friday, at basketball games, and we now have donation boxes at the following locations: - Portage Public Schools Administration Building - Amberly Elementary - Central Elementary - Woodland Elementary - Phantastic Nail Salon, 5719 S Westnedge Ave, Portage, MI 49024 - Orrin B. Hayes Mercedes-Benz Mazda, 543 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49007 Thank you Admin, Amberly, Central, and Woodland for your support! And thank you Phantastic Nail Salon and Orrin B. Hayes Mercedes-Bens Mazda for your community support! Winston, we'll see you soon! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay

Reminder, there is no school Wednesday through Friday for Thanksgiving. Enjoy the break!

Attention all Pioneer artists! LUNCH WITH AN ILLUSTRATOR IS TOMORROW! Children's book illustrator Nicholas Crocker (and former Pioneer!) will be in the library on Tuesday, November 21st during each lunch to answer questions regarding drawing and painting, how to continue art after school and pursuing your dreams of getting published! Have your Pioneer sign up in the library before lunch! #LunchWithAnIllustrator #AllIn #TheWestWay

GAME DAY! Good luck Pioneers! Remember to bring your gently used worn and new shoes for Winston's Shoe Fundraiser to the game! #BoysBasketball #AllIn #TheWestWay

What a great kick off to Winston's Shoe Fundraiser last week! We collected almost 200 pairs of shoes in Week 1 ! Great job Pioneers! Continue to spread the word! With Thanksgiving Break coming this week, we're hoping for 2 big days of donations and huge day of donations when we return. Ambitious? Yes! Possible? Yes! Lets go Pioneers! #WinstonsShoeFundraiser #AllIn #TheWestWay