Fifth-graders competing for first

Willowcreek: Ready for its close-up

PORTAGE | Christine Keaton's seventh-grade English class at Willowcreek Middle School may never write the same way again.

Burhans, Psimos, Lynch receive top chamber awards

PORTAGE | Three of the community's outstanding citizens were honored last month by the Greater Portage Chamber of Commerce at its annual awards banquet.

Portage School Board OKs vendor preference policy

PORTAGE | Portage Township vendors will get an edge when doing business with Portage Township Schools from now on.

Kyle elementary second-graders get musical

PORTAGE | The gymnasium at Kyle Elementary School was turned into a musical jungle Thursday by second-graders and music teacher Margie Gough.

Kyle students, teachers celebrate earning Four Star School status

PORTAGE | Kyle Elementary School students danced their way in and out of the gym Monday afternoon.

Bringing song and story to school

PORTAGE | Kyle Elementary School first-graders joined in with the chorus of "Oh Susanna!"

Banjo Tales at Kyle Elementary

Dan LeMonnier, of Munster, tells stories and sings songs to students at Kyle Elementary School in Portage.

Kyle's 'egg-cellent' adventure

PORTAGE | On the count of "1-2-3" an assortment of boxes and oddly-shaped containers were dropped from the roof of Kyle Elementary School on Friday morning.

'Book Madness' a slam dunk

PORTAGE | Youngsters in Jennifer Cannon's fourth-grade class wanted to convince their peers Friday their favorite book was a slam dunk.

PHS students share teeth tips with elementary students

PORTAGE | Losing teeth is "big business" in first grade, said Kyle Elementary School first-grade teacher Kelly Leslie.

Re-enactor gives history lesson on Civil War

PORTAGE | Kyle Kremke clicked the 18-inch long bayonet to the end of his 1861 Springfield rifle and lunged just like a Civil War soldier would have done in the heat of battle.