Portage Middle School - Portarama Yearbook (Fort Wayne, IN)

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1 P w A C A D E M I C S

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Office Personnel Provide Valuable Services Mr. Cira counselled boys . . . as Mrs. Pugsley advised girls School secretaries Mrs. Anderson and Mrs. Scott, school nurse Mrs. Squires Mr. Stiner tested students as visiting psy- chometrist Study hall and library work kept Mrs. Dit- Mrs. Collins, teachers ' aide, also helped in wiler busy the lunchroom Mrs. Patten (left) was responsible for lunch- room activities Miss La Von (right), visiting speech therapist, helped Portage students correct their speak- ing voices.

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Rams Develop Skills Mr. Gall conferring with Mike LoVett in library Cheryl Kramer, Roxanne Jacobs, and Tina Cheme- renko dramatizing short story English classes in all three grades kept busy read- ing and analyzing novels, studying plays, and devel- oping reading skills. Most classes were assigned to write themes, compositions, resource papers, and poems d uring the year. Many frowns appeared as the yearly grammatical and spelling sessions oc- curred. Regularly scheduled annual events also took place, including the spelling bee and Lions Club speech contest. Discussion session sparked by Mr Berg Mark Smith, Jerry Orchard, and Curt Bonsib display- ing dramatic flair The play ' s the thing for Debbie Stinson and Scott Sand- ers, seventh graders