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.

We ask for your support with reminding your child of our electronic device policy.

Electronic Devices: All personal electronic devices are to be kept turned off and in the student’s backpack during the class time and during transition times (before school, between classes, and after school). This includes, but is not limited to: Cell phones, iPods/MP3 Players, Smart watches.

Congratulations to our Robotics teams for representing our school so well! The Octobots and Robotics Rulers finished 3rd and 5th in the state competition respectfully. The Octobots also won the award for Best Robot Design! Thank you to Coach Medeiros for providing our team direction, encouragement, and the desire to have fun while doing it!

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

During advisory on Monday, February 5th students will participate in MySAEBERS, a Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener. This screener measures student functioning in three domains: Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior. The screener will take students 5-10 minutes to complete and will be administered during advisory next week.

We are three weeks in to Patriot Pillars, 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.

We couldn't be more proud of our students for being model Portsmouth Patriots! Ask your child if he or she has earned any Patriot Pillars this week and for what.

Please see the linked memo from the RIDOH.

Portsmouth High School will be hosting an open house for all incoming students THIS WEDNESDAY from 6-7:30pm. All current 8th grade students and families are welcome. Topics will include scheduling, electives, CTE programs, and extracurricular activities.

Please see the link here

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 see the flier here for offerings from Aquidneck Athletic Advancement.

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

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

How to be a Great Babysitter

February 22nd 9am-3:30 pm

Location: Portsmouth Middle School

This 6-hour course is fast paced, interactive and fun! Lots of “hands on” practice using adult and infant manikins. Games and role play are used throughout the program to enhance learning.

• Adult/child/infant/CPR Choking

• Use of an AED

• Changing and feeding a baby

• Babysitting safety and prevention of injury

• Elements of first aid for the young child

• Stages of child development/games and activities to play

• Getting your babysitting business started

Fee: $89 Includes certificate and tee shirt. Course is recommended for teens 11 years and older. For more information about activities and events, or to register, visit:

Civic Rec on The Portsmouth Parks and Recreation page at portsmouthri.gov.

Portsmouth Little League has opened registrations for the spring season. Please see the linked flier for more information.

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

A Social Studies project by 8th graders Lucy Tate and Elena Svenstrup. They took the initiative to turn a basic graphic organizer assignment into a creative and informative poster. Information posters are a simple way to communicate sometimes detailed information with key ideas to focus on.

Our MIDDLE school celebrated the MIDDLE of the year on the 90th day!