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Portage High School is a high school located in Portage, Wisconsin. It is part of the Portage Community School District. Portage High School mainly serves the Portage and Endeavor communities. Portage High School is set up in a pod formation. For English, History, and Math, all classrooms are entered through a central "hub." This hub leads to the main hallways. The school has two floors. Band, Choir, Gym, Tech Ed., Family and Consumer Ed., Science, Math, Computer Science, and Business Ed. classes are located on the first floor. Art, World Languages, Social Studies, and English classes are held on the second floor. The library, recently named the "iCenter," was refurbished over the summer of 2011. The goal of the iCenter is to be more student and technology friendly. The use of a Tech Center, multiple computer labs, and portable laptop carries help the school incorporate technology into the students' work. ==Academics== Portage High School offers ten Advance Placement (AP) classes. Those AP classes are American History, Biology, Calculus, Chemistry, Computer Science, English Language & Composition, English Literature & Composition, Music Theory, Physics, and Psychology. Portage High School recently received recognition for receiving the highest AP scores in the state of Wisconsin. Portage's academic departments include English, Social Studies, Science, Math, Agriculture/Natural Resources, Art, Business/Information Technology, Computer Science, Health, Music, Physical Education, Technology/Engineering Education, and World Languages. The Technology/Engineering Education department at Portage is very strong. Fifteen different courses are offered in the areas of drafting, graphics, architecture, automobiles, construction, manufacturing, and engineering. The department ties in with the school's Skills USA club. German and Spanish are the two foreign languages offered at PHS. Students have the opportunity of completing up to five years (levels) of each language. The German club allows German students to travel to Germany every two years, and welcomes foreign exchange students from Germany. The Spanish club is making plans for its initial trip to Costa Rica. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Portage High School (Wisconsin)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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