Portsmouth Middle School
Safe - Respectful - Responsible - Ready to Learn
September 23, 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
PHS Football Games
Dr. Reale, Principal of Portsmouth High School, has asked that we convey a message to our middle school community.
Students must be accompanied by a parent or guardian when attending the PHS football games.
Thank you for your cooperation.
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.
My School Bucks
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
PAINT NIGHT
Time: 6:00-7:30pm
Where: Portsmouth Middle School
Please see flyer for sign up information. Paint Night
TIME TO ORDER YOUR YEARBOOK!
Yearbook Orders
2022-2023 Portsmouth Middle School Yearbook
The website is ready and orders can be placed now through Dec. 31, 2022. The cost is $26.
If placing an order online is not an option and you would like to purchase a yearbook, please send a check (payable to PMS) in an envelope with your child’s name and grade.
Envelopes should be handed directly to Mrs. Phillips.
Thank you to all the parents who attended our Open House!
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
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.
PMS Music Department - All -State Choral Auditions
Any 7th or 8th grade student who is interested in auditioning for All-State should return this form to Mr. Couto by Thursday, October 6th with a check payable to PMS-FAB (Portsmouth Middle School Fine Arts Boosters)
PMS Music Department - All-State Band Auditions
Click the button below for club information and sign up.
New Clubs Added
Fall Nature Hikes
Fall Nature Hikes
With Mrs. Reed!
Where: The Farm
When: Tuesdays 9/27-11/1
Why: To get outside in nature!
Organisms do many things to prepare for the long, cold winter months. Let’s go out and explore nature and learn about the amazing transitions that take place for survival! Dress for the weather. We will meet in the 8th grade Science Lab in case of inclement weather.
F1 Club (Grades 6, 7 & 8)
Do you want to learn about the World's Most Popular and Successful Racing Series?
Are you a Fan of Netflix’s Docu-Series “Driver to Survive”?
Do you like Watching Brightly Colored cars go by at over 200MPH
Come and Join Mr. Cotnoir for Portsmouth Middle School’s first ever Formula One Club!
F1 Club will meet Twice a Month after School on Tuesdays Starting October 18, 2022 in the Planning Center (next to the Nurses Office) and go to May 2, 2023 (We will meet 14 total times)
Click the flyer for more information. FI Club
Pawsitive Vibes Club
Meeting Dates:
- Wednesday, October 12th
- Wednesday, October 26th
- Wednesday, November 9th
- Wednesday, November 30th
- Wednesday, December 21st
Click flyer for more information. Pawsitive Vibes Club
Spanish Enrichment Learning
Did you know that there is no foreign language option in Portsmouth schools until the 8th grade? Our program can change this for your kiddos! We are a local non-profit with a mission to bring foreign language learning for our town's kids at the age when they are most likely to learn it the best: elementary school. And... we have been successfully doing this for over 15 years! Our program has lessons throughout the school year @ extremely low prices. Sign up your kids, and bring their friends! Check us out here:
FLU CLINIC
Please click on the link for details and to register.
Portsmouth Middle School Partnering with the community as we build relationships. Over 50 volunteers came out to the farm on Tuesday and secured the chicken coop, weeded, and picked up rocks.
We can’t thank them enough!
Portsmouth Middle School
Email: arrudaj@portsmouthschoolsri.org
Website: portsmouthschoolsri.org
Location: 125 Jepson Lane, Portsmouth, RI, USA
Phone: (401) 849-3700
Twitter: @PmsPatriots