Bright Minds

Portage Township Schools continue to rake in state and national recognition awards for their high academic standards. Naturally, we emphasize the basics, testing our students at appropriate intervals to ensure they are grasping the concepts and applying them to the world around them.

But it’s our openness to new ideas and unconventional directions that really expand children’s futures. For instance, Portage High School offers seniors a dental health careers program that includes classroom instruction, entry-level skills in a laboratory or clinical setting, and dental office experience. Five years after graduation, 70 percent of youth who completed the program were working in the dentistry field.

Among our accomplishments:

ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
(8 schools covering grades K-5)

• Excellent educational facilities with state-of-the-art technology supporting the K-5 curriculum

• Each classroom has Internet connectivity and access to online resources

• New distance learning equipment

• A program for gifted and talented children beginning at grade 3

• A professional staff dedicated to the whole-child concept

• An emphasis on the basic academic curriculum of language arts and math

• Reading specialists

• Social service personnel

• A comprehensive substance abuse education program

• Art, music, and physical education instruction

• A library media center filled with reading materials for all levels and interests; audio-visual materials and equipment

• More than ninety percent of the faculty with Master’s Degrees

• A pupil/teacher ratio averaging 21-1

• After-school enrichment programs

• Prime Time at grades K-3

• A locally developed, federally funded Title 1 program

MIDDLE SCHOOLS
(2 schools covering grades 6-8)

• Well-rounded academic and fine arts curriculum

• Staffs that understand the middle-school child and create a positive climate for learning

• Specialized reading program at grade 6

• Algebra and foreign language at grade 8 for high school credit

• Eighty percent of the faculty with Master’s Degrees

• A pupil/teacher ratio averaging 22-1

• Academic competitions at local and state levels

• The National Junior Honor Society

• A variety of athletic and club opportunities for all students

• Student Councils

• Exemplary special education program

• Classroom computers with connectivity to the Internet and online resources

• Outstanding library media centers with computer accessibility to all secondary buildings

• New distance learning equipment

HIGH SCHOOL
(a two-building campus covering 9-12)

• A Special 1st Class Commission and North Central Association accreditation

• Sound college preparatory program

• Tech prep program that prepares students for post-secondary associate degrees

• Local area networked computer labs and classrooms with Internet connectivity and access to online resources

• New distance learning equipment

• Advanced placement courses and Honors classes

• An Honors diploma program

• A "silent sustained reading program (SSR)"

• Block scheduling

• Two library media centers

• Ninety percent of the faculty with Master’s Degrees

• A pupil/teacher ratio of 21-1

• A nationally recognized Student Council

• A Marine J.R.O.T.C. program

• A broad range of vocational and special education programs

• A strong fine arts program

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