The Mission of Portsmouth Middle School is to create a strong and safe learning environment: promote social, emotional and physical well-being and to provide opportunities for each student, to the best of their ability, to meet high academic standards, develop responsibility, and achieve the positive social values and behaviors to become productive citizens.
Portsmouth Patriot Pride is a proactive approach, using a school-wide Positive Behavior Intervention and Support (PBIS) framework, aimed to create a positive school culture. Based on PMS' Vision, we established our school-wide behavior expectations, focusing on four core values: Be Safe, Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Ready to Learn. These expectations are reinforced daily with Patriot Pillars. When a student demonstrates one of the four core values, a Patriot Pillar may be given. Patriot Pillars are collected and we celebrate our success as a school. The goal is to increase our school's ability to establish the behavioral supports and social culture needed for all students to be emotionally, socially, and academically successful.
During the first weeks of school, our students will be learning about and practicing our school wide expectations for common areas and within their classrooms. This week, all students at PMS participated in lessons focusing on the expectations in the following areas:
Arrival and Dismissal, Classrooms, Hallways, Cafeteria, Bathroom, Bus
Ask your student if they have earned any Patriot Pillars!
