Message from Mr. LaMantia....................................-
- Thank you for visiting our Web site.
William S. Porter Elementary School is one of 57 elementary schools in the
Mesa Public School System. I am very proud and honored to be Principal
of such an outstanding learning community. Porter has established
itself as an education institution dedicated to providing approximately 750
remarkable students with a superior educational experience grades pre-K through
6th.
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- Porter is a School Where Kids
Come First! Where Excelling Academically, Caring and Developing
Positive Character Traits are the Most Important Reasons for Being at
School.
- Our mascot is a pride of lions. This symbol
truly represents the philosophy we believe in and practice here at Porter.
Porter's pride embodies our hard working students, supportive parents, our
extended community and our entire dedicated staff. A pride functions
and grows governed by qualities and characteristics we believe in and model
here at Porter. These qualities and characteristics are trust, each
individual of the pride is responsible in maintaining a safe, orderly and
positive environment, cooperation, sharing, honor, respect and a conviction
that every individual has a responsibility and commitment to enrich the entire
pride's existence and future.
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- Please make it a point to visit our "pride".
You will see students and staff actively engaged in learning, sharing and
enjoying each other’s companionship. Parents are encouraged to
visit and are always welcomed. We have an open door policy here at
Porter. We do require all parents and visitors to make an appointment to ensure
an orderly learning environment. Please use the main doors off of Lindsay
St. and to check into the office area. We have two very active and
involved parent support groups, P.O.P., (Parents of Porter) and SIAC, (School
Improvement Advisory Council). Our P.O.P. meetings are held on the first
Tuesday of every month. SIAC begins at 4:00 PM until 5:00PM and P.O.P. meeting
begins at 6:30 PM. This web site provides additional specific information
on these very important parent support groups. Please attend one or
both of these important meetings. For more information on these groups, click
on the following links:
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- We have a highly experienced, knowledgeable
and dedicated group of caring teachers. Porter's teachers are continually
developing their professional skills by implementing state of the art, innovative
and highly motivational approaches to academic achievement and motivation.
Our teachers need your input and cooperation to help provide the support
that will best support our student’s academic, social and emotional growth.
Teachers offer our Young Authors Program, Family Math and Reading Nights,
Open Houses, Parenting Skills Classes, Orchestra, and Choir Concerts, Art
Exhibits, and a variety of activities during Red Ribbon Week. Porter
is a violence and drug/smoke free zone. Our Cultural Awareness Committee
is very active by providing programs throughout the school year in promoting
and celebrating the wide religious, ethnic and cultural backgrounds of our
students and community. The Cultural Awareness Committee also provides
a special week of festivities celebrating our schools and communities cultural
diversity. Very important parent volunteers support all of these outstanding
programs and activities.
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- Our students are actively involved in a
wide variety of community activities. We frequently host community guest
speakers, 6th grade students hike the Grand Canyon, fieldtrips to the Phoenix
Zoo, our local fire station, museums, theatrical and musical performances,
and we encourage our students and their families to participate in community
volunteer work. Our students, staff and parents are very active in supporting
community social service organizations AND efforts. This active involvement
includes: an annual school wide can food drive, making and providing quilts
and hats to the homeless and needy, in April of 2002 we raised over $1,200.00
in the fight against cancer, and through a variety of environmental and services
orientated activities.
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- I am very proud and enthusiastic to be a
part of such a fine educational institution. As a school that has developed
and maintained an outstanding reputation within the Mesa School District,
we are committed in providing to you the best educational experience possible
for your child.
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- Our goal is for every student who attends
Porter is to believe and realize they are a remarkably, and successful learner.
A young person dedicated to being a positive and independent contributor to
the "Porter Pride". Mastery, Independence, Generosity,
and Belonging are the corner stones and benchmarks of our student’s
success. In order for these goals and benchmarks to be achieved we
need your continued support, constructive input, and active involvement.
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- Please Visit Porter Elementary and Find
a Way to Get Positively Involved,
- Mr. Tony LaMantia
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