Myers Elementary School

Last week first gade took their annual fall field trip to Buckley Homestead. We had a great time learning about what life was like long ago. While we were there we also hiked along trails and we able to see lots of fall colors in the trees around us. Picture …

Kindergarten students at George L. Myers Elementary in Portage, learned about leaves with Michelle Benson from the Porter County Soil and Water Conservation District. Mrs. Benson visits schools in Porter County throughout the year providing “in-school” …

5th grade art students in Mrs. Bridget Nadolski’s classes at Myers Elementary school in Portage, are using their iPads to do their own portrait photography and incorporate it in a mixed media project. Students are coloring their black and white portraits …

Recent research has shown that the effective use of technology in the classroom can and often does lead to improved performance on the part of students. While this is quantifiable in ways such as test scores, other studies have also reflected an increase in …

“Oobleck is coming, Oobleck is coming!” 4th graders at Myers elementary school had been hearing that phrase for a week and could not help to wonder what it meant. Well on September 22nd, they found out! Oobleck is a material that isn’t quite a solid …

Welcome to our Myers Second Grade Family! As our curriculum becomes more challenging, students have greater needs. Each child in 2nd grade has been assigned a home room which they report to every morning. However, in order to provide our 2nd graders with the …

On Thursday, September 11, 2014, the first grade classes from George L. Myers Elementary School in Portage took their annual field trip to County Line Apple Orchard. The children learned about the growth of apples, pollination, and the day to day operations …

Students in Mrs. Pam Cochran’s kindergarten class at Myers Elementary start the school year practicing and learning the alphabet.

3rd graders in Mrs. Porter’s class working on an end of the year memory book: The ABC’s of 3rd grade! They enjoyed reminiscing about all the new things they learned this year, as well as some fun memories that were made. Students pictured are: Lisa Lopez …

Myers Elementary School first graders and many parents went on a field trip to Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago on Friday May 16, 2014. Students researched various animals and their natural habitats and created animal reports and projects prior to the trip …