Aylesworth 5th Grade
Our 5th grade students are learning about the instrument families in music class. Students are able to try out some of these instruments through the instrument petting zoo program. This week, students learned about the string family and had the opportunity to try out a violin, viola, cello, and bass. In the coming weeks, our students will be able to explore the brass and woodwind families.
Kyle Elementary
Hannah Pohlplatz, a student from Mrs. Bogue's 5th gr. class was awarded the Young Citizen Award for demonstrating the PTS Critical and Core values throughout her schooling at Kyle.
Saylor Elementary
Saylor's very own Miss Kimauri Sims was teacher for a day in Mrs Stocky's 2nd grade class. Mrs. Stocky was very impressed with how well Kimauri handled the class. Kimauri was one of our top 20 collectors during our Laps for Learning. She earned being "Teacher for Half a Day" and chose to be with Mrs. Stocky. Here are a couple of pics from reading time.
Myers Elementary
On Friday, November 11th, Myers Elementary School put a on program to honor our Veterans. Their music teacher, Mrs. Rebecca Duncan, taught each grade level one patriotic song that they performed at the program. There were songs, speaking parts, hand bells, a presentation of the flag by Portage High School ROTC, and picture of each veteran with their family member. It was a nice way to say "thank you" to our veterans.
PHS Social Studies
Students in Mr. Fortenberry's Geography class did online research using an educational website on Ancient Rome. Each student had to research topics on Rome that they found to be the most interesting. They then partnered up and created graphic organizers. As a culminating activity, the students created one massive graphic organizer as a class review.
PHS Robotics
Portage Robotics is excited to announce the launch of its new website www.portabotz.com Designed to promote Robotics education and the award-winning robotics team, the site is a great resource for the curious, program supporters, students, parents, and the community in general . Be sure to check it out and see what great things our robotics students are doing!
PHS MCJROTC
Cadets from Portage Marine Corps JROTC provided a Color Guard and Honor Guard for the Calumet Marine Corps League Ball on 12 November 2016. The cadets had the opportunity to meet the Guest of Honor, Sergeant Major Micheal Barrett, the 17th Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps. Pictured (L-R): Josh Belt, Zach Dziubla, Sam Hawkins, SgtMaj Barrett, A.J. Malenky, Brock McClellan, Daniel Guzman, and Yesenia Soto. On 14 November 2016 PHS MCJROTC Cadet Daveon Finley signed with the University of Pittsburgh and is the newest member of Pitt's track and field team. Daveon is pictured signing while proud parents Dr. Shaunna Finley and Mr. James Finley look on. Semper Fi Daveon! We are mighty proud of you.
PHS World Language Department
This week we are showcasing some of the projects the German students made. They created "wanted"posters to practice describing people. The students could include either celebrities or people from their personal lives. In the end, the posters turned out really well! Students were creative and used popular characters from tv shows for the postes or made up stories to describe their wanted criminal, such as a unicorn that is wanted for strangling. Overall, the posters look great and we all look forward to hanging them up around our hallway.