Portsmouth Middle School
Safe - Respectful - Responsible - Ready to Learn
October 7, 2022
Please remember...
- Bring a charged Chromebook to school
- Bring a refillable water bottle to school
- Check our monthly calendar often as items are updated as needed
NO SCHOOL - October 10th
Decorating for the season!
REFILLABLE WATER BOTTLES
We have filling stations in all areas of the school.
Please be informed that we have experienced quite a bit of texting by parents to students during school hours. We would like to politely ask you to refrain from texting your child during school hours, as it interrupts the learning process, not to add that phones are not to be on during school hours.
We also would like to add that any child that feels sick is to be cleared by the nurse in order to be dismissed to the parents/ guardians.
We thank you in advance for your full cooperation with this matter.
Have a great weekend.
João P. Arruda
Principal
GRADE 8 - SCIENCE CLASS
PICTURE MAKE-UP DATE
Any student who wishes to have their picture retaken or who missed picture day, will be instructed to have their picture taken first thing Thursday morning.
If you purchased pictures and would like them retaken, please return pictures on make-up day.
Be An Attendance Hero!
1st Place - Grade 6 96%
2nd Place - Grade 7 95%
3rd Place - Grade 5 93.4%
4th Place - Grade 8 92.6%
Congratulations to Grade 6!
PMS PTO IN NEED OF A DJ
Please contact portsmouthripto@gmail.com if you are interested.
Making a masterpiece!
Making connections!
Having a great day learning!
Mustache DASH!
SAVE THE DATE!
PMS 1st Annual 5k Race/Walk
When: Saturday, November 5th
Where: Glen Park, Portsmouth
Time: 8:00am
Open to all.
Click link for registration information.
OCEAN STATE INVITATIONAL CROSS COUNTRY MEET
NEWPORT COUNTY MEET AT FORT ADAMS
Girls First Place Trophy
Eshe Stockton - 1st Place
Boys First Place Trophy
DON'T FORGET: Sign up for the late bus!
Please review the stops with you student(s) as the late bus does not stop at regular bus stops.
Please also be aware that depending on the amount of students riding the late bus on a particular day will determine the length of the ride.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR FAMILY NIGHT
Come to our Scholastic Book Fair Family Night.
When: Tuesday, October 18th
Where: PMS Little Theater
Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Buy a book and get a free Grey's Ice Cream Cone! Scooped on site!
FLU CLINIC
Please click on the link for details and to register.
YEARBOOK COVER CONTEST
Students in grades 5-8 are invited to create a cover design for this year's
yearbook.
Using our school colors, create a cover design that shows
Portsmouth Pride!
The artwork must be on an 8 1/2" X 11" white piece of paper (printer paper size). No lined paper please.
It must have Portsmouth Middle School on the design clearly and uniquely written.
Name, Learning Center, and grade must be written with pencil on the back of the artwork!
If you are feeling extra creative, you can submit a back-cover design
as well!
Artwork should be submitted to Mrs. Heffernan in the Art Room, by Friday, October 14th
5th Grade Drip Mural
All of Mrs. Cavaco’s 5th grade students started a lesson on Color Families and how colors work together. During the lesson, we looked at the artwork from the current artist Jen Stark. Stark creates large scale drip murals in many different communities and places. Stark is interested in the way color makes people feel as well as how they work together. We used our inspiration of her work to create our own mural!
Students in all 3 of my 5th grade classes also came up with questions for the artist Jen Stark (the artist we were inspired by for the lesson). I am adding the questions for the artist that they came up with as well as the video from the Artist! She responded to us with a video!
SmART Gallery Art Contest
This is a chance to showcase your talent! You can submit anything you created this year on your own time.
All artwork must be submitted November 10th to Mrs. Cavaco in the art room.
My School Bucks
Click the button below for club information and sign up.
PMS MATH COUNTS MATH TEAM
Who: Grades 6, 7 & 8
When: Thursday, 2:45-3:45
Click link for more information and to sign up. Math Counts Math Team
Portsmouth Middle School
Email: arrudaj@portsmouthschoolsri.org
Website: portsmouthschoolsri.org
Location: 125 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI, USA
Phone: (401) 849-3700
Twitter: @PmsPatriots