West Middle School

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

We'd like to give a huge congratulations and high five to the following 8th grade students. They were accepted into the MSBOA All-State Honors Band & String Orchestra! This a huge achievement for these scholars! Great job! #MSBOA #Band #StringOrchestra #AllIn #TheWestWay

PORTAGE WEST MS SCHOOL PLAY ANNOUNCEMENT! If you are interested in being apart of this year's production of "Peter Pan Jr.", this announcement is for you! See the flyers attached for more details. See you in Neverland soon! #PioneerPlayers #AllIn #TheWestWay

GAME DAY! Good luck Pioneers! Don't forget to bring your gently used, worn and new shoes you'd like to donate for Winston's shoe drive! #BoysBasketball #WinstonsShoeDrive #AllIn #TheWestWay

PIONEER SPOTLIGHT: Congratulations to 2 of our 6th grade Pioneers, Shaurya K. and Pratyusha N., and the rest of their FTC Robotics team ZooBotix 13917 for winning the Robotics qualification tournament last Saturday and qualifying for the Michigan State FTC championship in Howell December 16th and 17th! Way to go Pioneers! #AllIn #TheWestWay

GAME DAY! Good luck Pioneers! Families and Gull Lake friends, remember to bring your gently used and new shoes to donate for Winston's Shoe Drive Fundraiser! #BoysBasketball #WinstonOfTheWest #AllIn #TheWestWay

Winston's Shoe Drive Fundraiser officially begins TODAY! Our goal for week 1 is... 250 pairs of shoes = 10 bags of shoes (25 pairs of shoes/bag) Let's hit our first mark Pioneers! #ShoeDrive #Funds2Orgs #WinstonOfTheWest #AllIn #TheWestWay

Only a few more hours for the Cross Country, Football, Volleyball, and Basketball clothing stores being open. All 4 stores close at 11:59pm. Purchase your gear today! CC - https://www.pwmsxc.ctoutfit.com/ Football - https://www.pwmsfootball.ctoutfit.com/ Volleyball - https://www.pwmsvolleyball.ctoutfit.com/ Bball - https://www.pwmsbasketball.ctoutfit.com/ #AllIn #TheWestWay