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.

Last Friday, we celebrated all of our military connected families by planting a tree in the front island. We had a Proclamation read by our town council president, Mr. Kevin M. Aguiar. The Proclamation is linked here. Members of our band then played the songs for each branch of the military. The ceremony then closed with a presentation by our Anchor for Life students which is linked here. We couldn't have asked for a more beautiful day. We thank all the families who were able to attend with their children.

Please see the link here for a special dinner fundraiser on behalf of Team Atkinson.

PMS Anchored for Life, in collaboration with Team Atkinson, will be hosting a bake sale during the PHS community yard sale on Saturday, May 18th from 10-2. We are looking for student and parent volunteers to help staff our table. Please fill out this google form if you are interested in helping out. Ms. Naron will be in touch with you as the date gets near. Please reach out to naronm@portsmouthschoolsri.org if you have any questions

Attention all cast and crew members for Legally Blonde Jr., there will be a private showing this week afterschool on Thursday May 2nd, so we may watch the video of the show as a cast. This is open to cast and crew members ONLY. We will meet in the chorus room after school. Mr. Couto

Please click here for the Officer Holly raffle calendar. You can turn in the slip and money to the office.

Learn 365 Programming free for current 8th graders to learn about Maritime opportunities in sailing. Please click the link here for more information. Program organizers will come to lunches to recruit interested students. There are a limited number of spots available. There will be a bus available at PMS for pick up and drop off for this event.

Please click the link here for information regarding the school planner cover contest for next school year.

Please click the link here for information regarding a summer basketball camp.

When students arrive at 7:45, they are meeting our core value of "Be Ready to Learn". Thank you for helping your child be a responsible Portsmouth Patriot!

Please see the letter linked here from the PTO regarding donations requests for the annual Faculty/Staff Appreciation Week.

We want to welcome Ms. Fuoco to our team. She is fulfilling our school social worker position for the rest of the school year. Her email is fuocon@portsmouthschoolsri.org if ever need to reach out to her for any reason. We appreciate her stepping in for the home stretch of the school year!

Portsmouth High School's Green Club is committed to promoting environmental conservation through the teaching of students with multiple events and projects within the school system and beyond. As part of this goal, the club is hosting a community-wide tree-planting event to offset the school's annual energy consumption. Our goal is to give out 350 saplings to the residents of Portsmouth and surrounding towns, which would offset the amount of carbon our school emitted from electricity and gas last year. Our event will be held on May 4th, 2024. Residents can support our mission by ordering saplings for $5 or donating to make saplings free for others. Residents can choose from Eastern Rebund, Red Maple, and Yellow Poplar saplings. All of these saplings will thrive in our New England climate. We look forward to making our community more sustainable! Please check out our website.

Last week we began our school-wide Patriot Pride student recognition.

Students are eligible to be Patriot Pride winners by entering Patriot Pillars they earn in their grade level collection container. A winner from each grade level is selected daily and recognized on our school-wide morning announcements.

Students receive Patriot Pillars when they demonstrate our school core values: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Ready to Learn.

We are proud of our Portsmouth Patriots!

Please see the agenda for the PTO meeting taking place this week.

Please see the linked document regarding a PBruins outing sponsored by the PTO.

Save and send in your Clement’s receipts in your child’s folder and sent to the main office. The PTO receives 1% of sales. There is no date too old. All Clements receipts will be taken as long as it shows Clements logo and pre-tax sales total.

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

The Portsmouth Special Education Local Advisory Committee is hosting our annual LAC Awards on May 16, 2024. Please consider nominating someone from our school community who has helped your child to succeed this year. Typical nominees are teachers and support professionals, bus staff, RBTs and Paraprofessionals, coaches, students, and administrators. The deadline for nominations is May 1, 2024.

Please check out this flier for information regarding a tennis opportunity in the community.

Please see the link here to the PHS yard sale opportunity.

Please see the linked flier for a summer program taking place in the community.