Porter County students compete in math bowl

PORTAGE │ A packed house watched local kids engage in a heated competition at a Portage High School gymnasium Thursday. And not a basketball was in sight.

Myers Elementary fifth graders tryout instruments

PORTAGE | The 5th grade students at Myers Elementary School have been trying the brass, woodwind, and string instruments during their music class. This has taught them about the instruments and their families, along with helping them choose if they would like to be in band or orchestra when …

Students are enriched with Advanced Math Skills at Myers Elementary

Full-day kindergarten taxes some Portage schools

PORTAGE | At least two elementary schools won't be able to house the increased number of students participating in Portage Township Schools' first year of full-day kindergarten.

Portage schools bid farewell to Berta

PORTAGE | Portage Township Schools Superintendent Mike Berta returned Sunday to where he began his 40-year career in education.

Portage museum opens for season Saturday

PORTAGE | On the back walls of the Alton Goin Historical Museum are two hand-painted murals depicting Portage Township's history.

Portage High School students bring diversity to Myers Elementary

PORTAGE | Crystal Fuller remembers what it was like when she moved to Portage as a fourth-grader.

Portage High School students bring diversity message to Myers Elementary

Portage High School Diversity Club members field questions Friday from fourth- and fifth-graders at Myers Elementary School. The club performed skits for the youngsters to discourage bullying and other negative behaviors.

Portage High School students bring diversity to Myers Elementary

Portage High School home school adviser and diversity club sponsor Jennifer Reilly asks students who have been left out and made fun of to raise their hands Friday as the Portage High Diversity Club visits the school.

Portage High School students bring diversity to Myers Elementary

Myers Elementary School students raise their hands Friday to offer solutions to a bullying situation presented during a skit by members of the Portage High School Diversity Club.

Porter County schools strive for excellence

As school districts across the county struggle with issues ranging from funding to bullying, officials don't want to forget all the good things happening in schools and the progress students, teacher and staff are making to improve education across the region.

School official: Bus driver suspended following alcohol arrest

PORTAGE | Kolleen Lampa, 44, of Portage, has been suspended from her job as a Portage Township Schools bus driver after her arrest Thursday. She is accused of driving drunk with a school bus filled with children.

Portage bus driver arrested after allegedly transporting children while drunk

PORTAGE | A Portage woman was arrested Thursday after driving drunk with a school bus full of fifth-graders during a field trip, police said.

Students proud to be drug-free

VALPARAISO | Loud cheers and dozens of red balloons floated through the sky Monday outside the Porter County Administration Building as students from Myers Elementary School in Portage kicked off the county's annual Red Ribbon Week.

Young patriots in Portage

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Local schools start off new year

PORTAGE | Eva Sech stood in the hallway of Myers Elementary School on Wednesday morning, her arms wrapped around a box of facial tissue, pencil box and folder.

Myers fourth grade students attend Agriculture Day at Valparaiso Fairgrounds

PORTAGE | Myers Elementary fourth graders attended the Agriculture Day at the Valparaiso Fairgrounds on Tuesday, May 10.

Science fair brings out winners at Myers

Myers principal, teacher get stuck for charity

PORTAGE | Myers Elementary School principal Jeff King and physical education teacher Sarah Paape were stuck Friday afternoon -- literally.

Youth Art Month opening reception at the Portage Library

PORTAGE | A crowd of more than 400 student artists, their families, Portage Township School Art Teachers and guests recently attended the Youth Art Month Opening Reception at the Portage Library.