Middle School Matters

The Mission of Portsmouth Middle School is to create a strong and safe learning environment: promote social, emotional and physical well-being and to provide opportunities for each student, to the best of their ability, to meet high academic standards, develop responsibility, and achieve the positive social values and behaviors to become productive citizens.

At Portsmouth Middle School, we believe that school citizenship is an integral part of a student’s total educational experience. School citizenship is measured by eight key values: integrity, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring, love of country, civic duty, and work ethic. The attainment of these attributes is invaluable to our students' future development and our community.

Congratulations to Kane Brule, Denis Michael (Mikey) Canario, Ashlynn Hubert, Addison Krupa, Camryn Matteos, Simone Orr, Violet Peters, Elena Svenstrup, Olivia Tilman, who were selected as Students of the Month for November.

If you are dropping off in the morning, please plan to arrive at 7:45 am. Homeroom starts at 7:45am and ends at 8:00am. Homeroom is an important time of the day, allowing students to get mentally and physically prepared for the day, hear announcements and be accurately reported for daily attendance. The exterior doors will be closed at 7:58, and students will be marked tardy if they are not in homeroom before attendance is submitted at 8 am. Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

We are continuing to focus on building a positive social culture for our students during 2024. We began a system of reinforcing expected and positive behaviors, aligning student expectations to our school core values: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Ready to Learn.

Expected behaviors will be taught and students will be recognized when those behaviors are demonstrated.

Patriot Pillars will be shared with students and will be collected by grade level to track our progress. Ask your student if they have earned any!

PHS is hosting their CTE open house on January 18th from 6-7:30 P.M. at PHS. The open house will showcase Portsmouth’s 6 CTE programs and will allow students and families to hear from faculty and current students. All 8th grade students and families are encouraged to attend as we will begin the 8th-9th grade scheduling process this month.

Please see the flier linked here.

Please see the link here for a flier regarding information about the PHS Open House on January 31st.

Please see the link to a new afterschool program with limited capacity. This afterschool program runs on Tuesday’s. The sign up form is on the flier.

Please see the link here for a February vacation camp hosted by the town recreation program.

We are excited to announce that we will be hosting a Family STEAM night on Thursday, March 7th from 5:30-7:00 pm. It will be a fun-filled evening with various STEAM challenges and demonstrations that both our students and their families can explore and engage in together.

We are also looking to add tables of professionals who are experts in the STEAM world and are interested in showcasing their STEAM profession. This is an excellent opportunity to expose students to a wide range of career possibilities. If you are working in a job that falls under STEAM and have something that you can either demonstrate or have small activities, and would like to participate in, please send an email to Margie Brennan at brennanm2@portsmouthschoolsri.org.

Please find an update regarding Weightlifting 101 within the community.

Please see the link for the January RI Student Assistance Services.

Please see the link here for a community Sweet Heart Dance.

If you would like to volunteer in school or help on a field trip, please use this form going forward to become VIS approved.

Please see the letter linked here from the PTO regarding board openings for next school year.

Please see the linked flier for more information.

Please look for the order form in your child's backpack this week.

Information is linked here.

Join the Multiplier Effect! Kids4Action, in support of the Portsmouth Middle School's focus to build a positive social culture, presents 'Kind-it-Forward - Random Acts of Kindness'. Choose a Kindness Ornament posted in the two school cafeterias and commit to completing the random act of kindness within the next month. It's that simple. Be the catalyst that creates positive change!

Please see the flier here for more information on the job opportunities within the district for our food service company, Chartwell

Please check out the link here for the December newsletter from the RI Student Assistance Services.