Portage Township Schools Update, November 4, 2016

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Kyle Elementary
Teachers at Kyle decorated pumpkins for Halloween. The students voted on their favorite pumpkin during their library class. Mrs. Banaski's, "Pikachu" won.

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Myers Elementary
Myers Elementary second grade does Pumpkin Math every fall! We measure, weigh, estimate, and count pumpkin seeds in small groups. Our math standards are practiced in a hands-on, and fun way!

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Saylor Elementary
Miss Allison from the Recycling & Waste Reduction District of Porter County visited Mrs. Tharp's 3rd grade class today. Students participated in the Water Watchers program where they learned about the history of Indiana's water, and learned how easily pollution can contaminate our water supply.

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PHS English Class
Mrs. Bachman's classes took part in an interactive library presentation with Ian Hughes, Reference Coordinator, at PNW, North Central Library. The lesson introduced students to academic research and provided students with strategies for reading scholarly articles. Students were greeted by Dr. Ralph O. Mueller, PNW first vice chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost.

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PHS Year Book Staff
The Year Book Staff hosts monthly deadline work nights, and tonight's theme is "World Series." They brought in ballpark food (hot dogs, nachos, chips, popcorn, etc.), and we held a Home Run Derby contest where staffers could earn entries into a drawing based on how much of their work they finished at deadline. As you can see, they're Cubs fans!

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PHS Foreign Language Department
The Indiana Foreign Language Teacher's Association holds an annual poster contest. This year, we had not 1, but 2 winners from Portage High School. Congratulations to Mrs. Flynn's French student, Kalena Harrop-Haywood for taking 3rd place in the High School category. She will be getting a $35 cash prize from IFLTA. And Congratulations to Frau Gross's, German 2 student, Sanja Kirova who placed as the Overall State Winner an will be getting a $100 cash prize from IFLTA. Pictured with her winning poster is Sanja Kirova. She is a Sophomore at Portage High School and is active in German Club as well. These 2 posters will be displayed at the IFLTA conference in Indy this weekend. There are only 3 submissions allowed per school each year, so great job to these 2 young ladies!

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PHS Microsoft Imagine Academy
Once again 38 student's from the Microsoft Imagine Academy earned their first certifications of the year in my Digital Apps class.