Portage Township Schools families who speak a language other than English will now be able to effectively communicate with staff members at their child’s school thanks to a new translation program implemented at our schools. PTS has partnered with...
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South Shore CVA Offers Job Shadowing Opportunities to Portage High School Students in 2016
Fifty eight Portage High School students spent a day at the Visitors Center in Highland job shadowing employees from the South Shore Convention and Visitors Authority. Students from AP Programming, Entrepreneurship, and the Microsoft Imagine Academy...
Read MoreMayor Karen Freeman-Wilson Visits Portage High School
Mayor Karen Freeman-Wilson from Gary came to visit students at Portage High School. She had received a letter from PHS senior Abby Bulatovich as part of Mrs. Wysocki’s Letter to a Politician class project. Abby had seen a documentary about Gary in...
Read MorePortage, Lake Central to Square Off at Lucas Oil Stadium
The 2014 version of the battle of the Indians will take place in a larger than usual setting. Lucas Oil Stadium, the home of the Indianapolis Colts which has hosted the Final Four, Super Bowl XLVIII and several other sports and non-sports events,...
Read MorePortage Tops Chesterton in Gymnastics
The Portage High School varsity gymnastics team beat Chesterton 108.1 to 105.5 on Wednesday. Danielle Solis won vault and placed second all-around and on floor, third on bars and beam. Madison Kurtz placed second on vault, bars and beam and third on...
Read MorePortage Swimming Beats Highland
Portage High School earned a sweep of Highland Saturday night as both the school's boys and girls swimming teams picked up victories against their non-conference rival from Lake County. The girls, sparked by a first-place 200 SC meter medlay relay...
Read MorePortage Swimmers Top Merrillville
The Portage High School girls and boys swim teams defeated Merrillville on Tuesday night. The girls won 113-67, while the boys team earned a 143-39 victory. First place finishes for the girls included Jordan Parker, Laryssa Vaclavik, Courtney Joseph,...
Read MoreLady Indians Top Munster, Fall to Tippy Valley
On Saturday, the Portage High School Lady Indians basketball team split a pair of games at the Tippecanoe Tournament. They dropped the first game 46-28 to Tippy Valley. Kaitlin Doud was the leading scorer with 11 points. In the nightcap, the Indians...
Read MorePHS Varsity, JV Boys Sweep Highland Wednesday
Jordan Collazo and Michael Lattanzi each had eight points to pace the Portage High School boys basketball team past Highland Wednesday night, 54-35. The Indians' Luke Kizer had a game-high 14 points to lead a good effort by the whole team. DeJuan...
Read MorePHS Girls Varsity Falls to Lowell, 40-35
The Portage High School varsity girls basketball team fell for the first time this season Friday night, dropping a 40-35 decision at Lowell. Kaitlin Dowd had a season-high 15 points for the Lady Indians, who fell to 2-1 on the season. Kaitlyn Steers...
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