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Mary DeBoer spent her adolescence growing up in Kalamazoo, Michigan. In 1985, DeBoer graduated high school from Loy Norrix High School and later that year, began her college educational path at Western Michigan University (WMU).  At WMU, DeBoer double …

Nate Loucks’ career and education of becoming a pastor stemmed from his mother’s death when he was a teenager and from his passion of always wanting to help people. When his mother passed away, Loucks was able to see just how helpful a church and …

Todd Willis was born and raised in Portage, Ind. In 1991, Willis graduated from Portage High School, which was only the beginning of his journey. Willis then continued his education at Indiana University Northwest (IU Northwest) in Gary, Ind. While at IU …

What’s recently happened: On Friday, February 4, students of Portage High School (PHS) attended their first winter formal since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Due to safety precautions, only 400 students were able to purchase a …

Cara Brown-Benjamin is an eighth-grade grammar teacher at Union Township Middle School (UTMS). Before being a teacher in the Region, Brown-Benjamin spent her adolescence in Oak Park, Ill. In 1995, Brown-Benjamin graduated from Queen of Peace High School …

Jake Reeder is known as a father, husband, brother, son, and friend; but he is widely known as the General Manager (GM) of Reeder’s Automotive Service Center in Portage, Ind. During adolescence Reeder grew up in the Northwest region and graduated from …

Sean Cunningham is a middle school teacher at Union Township Middle School (UTMS) and has been teaching there for two years. Cunningham moved to Valparaiso, Indiana when he was six years old and has resided there ever since. In 2008 Cunningham graduated …

Tara O’hare is an eighth-grade English teacher at Fegeley Middle School (FMS). Originally, O’Hare had intended to go into cosmetology, but when O’Hare got the opportunity to volunteer and assist children with special needs, her heart and mind realized …

What’s recently happened On December 21, 2021, Portage High School (PHS) went on winter break. Over break, students and faculty of PHS made the most of their breaks.  Allison Conrad, a senior at PHS, spent a lot of time with her friends and family …

Portage High School’s (PHS) National Honors Society (NHS) recently sold candy grams at every lunch for two weeks straight. A candy gram is a candy cane with a personalized letter attached and can be bought and sold to students, teachers, or faculty of …