Portsmouth United for Education Group Return

The pms pto holds meetings once a month to give parents, teachers, and members of the school administration a place to discuss what is currently happening, and what the future is at pms. We all work together to give the students the best, most well-rounded Education possible. We serve a student body of approximately 630 students, ranging from the fifth to the eighth grade. We raise money that allows us to sponsor field trips, performances, educational assemblies, social events, and extracurricular activities. We provide volunteers for a wide range of purposes, e.g. Teacher and staff support, career day, the teacher appreciation luncheon and many special events. The pms pto also provides each grade and ua with a certain amount of money to purchase items for the classroom. We operate a bookstore/school store where students can buy the supplies they need as well as items that show school spirit. The pms pto also administers funds for the athletic boosters. The athletic boosters raise money through two annual raffles and support the athletics teams with purchases of equipment, uniforms and training support.fy23 approximately 15 volunteers contributing approximately 200 hours

The Portsmouth gridiron club is an all-volunteer organization established to support Portsmouth football. The Portsmouth gridiron club supports approximately 80 football players. We support freshman, jv, and varsity football teams.the Portsmouth gridiron fundraises to provide our football teams with meals for double sessions, end of season banquet, equipment for field and weight room, a clinic on nutrition and proper lifting techniques for players and coaches, an end zone camera, as well as, provide scholarships for families unable to pay for football camp and away game meals. The golf ball drop is the Portsmouth gridiron club biggest fundraiser. Portsmouth gridiron club has sold sponsorship advertising for the golf ball drop, a letter writing campaign and t-shirts to raise money.gridiron club had approximately 8 volunteers who provided approximately 300 volunteer hours

Phs music boosters: to arouse and maintain an enthusiastic interest in the various phases of the band and chorus programs at phs. To lend support; moral, logistical and financial, to the band and chorus programs.

The melville parent teach Group (mptg) is comprised of parent and teacher volunteers who provide the necessary support, financial or otherwise for the enrichment of the children's Education and to establish the lines of communication between the schools, teachers, administrators and parents. The organization serves approximately 300 students and has approximately 40 volunteers who worked a total of approximately 150 hours throughout the year. Special events include: fun k, whale of an evening, fall festival, melville staff appreciation, and a scholastic book fair.

This Portsmouth high school athletic boosters is a non-profit organization whose membership is made up of individuals who are interested in supporting Portsmouth high school athletes, both boys and girls, and the athletic programs in which they participate. The boosters believe that the sportsmanship, fellowship, leadership, character, and team spirit experienced only in athletic competition is an integral part of a well-rounded and wholesome Education. The organization supported approximately 344 student athletes in fy23. The boosters operates concessions during athletic events, sells sporting apparel and conducts fundraisers throughout the school year to raise funds for the athletic teams at phs. 30 volunteers who worked approximately 675 hours.

Portsmouth enrichment: support is provided for students beyond school hours where children have the opportunity to be stimulated through exciting programs such as foreign language classes. The 2022-2023 school year saw 5 classes held for three Portsmouth public schools (via zoom), and served approximately 43 students.

The hpta has served over 400 students in in-school enrichments. Programs include art programs, music programs, science programs, and athletic programs. We support members of the school and local community through various charitable donations, including food baskets for needy families around the holidays. We provided teachers and staff with the technology upgrades and materials to meet educational standards (i.e. Ipads, social/emotional tools, sensory tools, books, etc.). The hpta also promotes school spirit through a variety of events open to all students and their families including: a back-to-school ice cream social, a fun walk, the corn maze, holiday hullabaloo, scholastic book fair, p bruins night, family movie nights, and more. We had approximately 10 volunteers who provided over 50 volunteer hours in the 2022-2023 year.

The mission of the kate grana music & arts association ("kgmaa" )is to create a state-of-the-art hub for the music and arts by initially improving and upgrading the Portsmouth high school auditorium. Phase one of this task involved renovating and improving the auditorium and was completed in september 2019. Our primary focus during fy 2020 was to set forth the tasks and strategy plan for phase two which is focused on the band rooms and classroom space behind the auditorium stage. In 2020, the kgmaa board surveyed the band and chorus teachers for input as to how to redesign and improve the band storage plan, music classrooms, and general area behind the auditorium stage. Due to covid-19, action plans were placed on hold somewhat but kgmaa continued to complete tasks necessary to implement phase two for band and chorus student benefit. Additional activities performed by the organization were identifying what are any necessary updates and purchases of additional equipment and continued training of staff to operate the equipment, as needed. As there was a product defect in the chair plaques, considerable time was spent dealing with the entity who sold kgmaa chair plaques in order to replace those plaques that were defective.in 2021, due to covid, there were not the usual number of scheduled meetings. In 2021, there were some difficulties with warranty and service on the sound system. The board researched alternative companies to provide services as necessary. The board also evaluated how the school system could better designate a staff member with expected continuity to provide support for the sound system and proper usage and maintenance.several name plates were installed in 2022 and some lavalier microphones that were defective were replaced.

The mission of the Portsmouth middle school fine arts boosters, inc. is to promote, build and maintain an interest in the arts programs at Portsmouth middle school. We lend moral and financial support to the art and music programs in the school.total # of events: 14total # of hours: 350 hourstotal # of volunteers: 30