Education

All across Portage Township Schools, students are engaged in Accelerated Reader, which is a program that targets students’ reading level and provides them with short assessments to gauge their comprehension. At Aylesworth Elementary School, each...

Purdue University North Central will present a Social Sciences Colloquium with Dr. Kenneth Kincaid, assistant professor of History, speaking on "Invasive Species, Native Traditions and Resistance: Not Avatar! Ecuador in the Early Twentieth Century!"...

Two 5th grade students at Saylor Elementary, Tyler Goodman and Savannah Harmon, recently received the Young Citizenship Award. This award is given by the Portage Exchange Club. Two 5th grade students are selected twice a year, by all of the 5th grade...

Purdue University North Central students in the Religions of the East, Women and Religion classes will present "Building Bridges: The Challenge of Interfaith Issues" a series of presentations co-sponsored by Purdue North Central and the Valparaiso...

Last week was the State DECA Conference. The following is a list of winning students from the Porter County Career Center. Ryan Hough and Kayla Wallace won medallions which are given for achieving a 85% or better in one or more areas of the student's...

Purdue University North Central has for the fourth consecutive year been named to the President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service in recognition of its students and their "exemplary service efforts and service to...

The latest Porter County Career and Technical Education Newsletter is now available. Articles include: Washington Township Guidance Department Receives Indiana Award for Excellence as Best Guidance Program in Indiana New Greenhouse Goes Up for Morgan...

Portage Christian School is holding a series of open houses to give prospective students an overview of the school and what it offers. The dates and times are as follows: Sunday, March 7, 1:30 - 3:00 PM Tuesday, April 13, 6:30 - 8:00 PM Thursday,...

A team from the Purdue Society of Professional Engineers on Saturday (Feb. 20) won the 28th annual Purdue Regional Rube Goldberg Machine Contest by focusing on the contest's namesake. The PSPE team, which came in third in last year's Purdue regional...

Last week, Myers Elementary School was selected as a 4-Star School by the State of Indiana for 2008-2009. This is a tremendous honor that we accept with a humble heart. Achieving 4-Star status is a challenge that requires excellent attendance and...