Portage High School’s course list will include a Computer Science class next year, thanks to a grant from the organization Project Lead the Way. PHS PLTW teacher John Hruskocy was awarded a grant to attend training this summer to teach a new Computer …
Read more
Portage High School senior Sanja Kirova has been named a winner in Peachjar’s Student Success Story contest. The contest highlights students who have been impacted by after-school programs in the community. This school year, Kirova organized She Can Tech …
Read more
Portage High School has been selected to participate in the Indiana Advanced Placement Teacher Investment Program. AP-TIP IN is hosted by the University of Notre Dame Institute for Educational Initiatives Center for STEM Education. The program aims to …
Read more
The Portage High School Business Professionals of America students brought back multiple honors last weekend after competing at the annual BPA Regional Competition. Regionals, which took place at Kankakee Valley High School on Dec. 8, is the first of three …
Read more
On Tuesday, November 27, thirty-five students from the PHS Preparing for College and Careers Classes attended the Construction & Skilled Trades Day at the Lake County Fairgrounds in Crown Point. Students were given opportunities to explore the work done …
Read more
On Saturday, October 13th, the 112-member Pride of Portage marching band travelled to Lafayette Jefferson High School to compete in the Indiana State School Music Association (ISSMA) Open Class “A” Northern Regional. The band received a Gold …
Read more
Portage High School senior Evan Gerike has been named a Commended Student in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students place among the top 50,000 students of the 1.6 million in the country who took the Preliminary SAT/National Merit …
Read more
Portage High School students earned a quarter of the Porter County Career and Technical Center’s total awarded dual credits during the 2017-2018 school year. Portage juniors and seniors enrolled in the county’s vocational programs earned 1,118 dual …
Read more
An essay on the importance of financial literacy has earned Portage High School junior Isabelle Minard a $2,500 scholarship. EVERFI, a digital learning company who hosts the Finance Academy, visited the school on May 25 to deliver Minard her award, which will …
Read more
Portage High Schools Business Professionals of America, traveled to Dallas, Texas Wednesday, May 9-Sunday, May 13, 2018 to participate in the final leg of BPA’s yearlong competition. Sponsor Lisa Melendez had the pleasure of traveling with three amazing …
Read more