56 years of memories: Portage Central Elementary School’s bittersweet farewell

56 years of memories: Portage Central Elementary School’s bittersweet farewell

Generations of students came together to bid adieu to their beloved school before its demolition this summer.

Portage elementary school prepares for bittersweet farewell

Former students, teachers, and staff at Portage Central Elementary are saying goodbye to a building filled with decades of memories as they prepare to move into a new facility this fall.Jeremy Storteboom, who has taught at the school for over two decades, remembers making his classroom more of his own when he first arrived. "So this is a blue wall that I painted when I got in here. It was just kind of the basic, boring, off white. My dad owns a …

Invite to share memories of Ardscoil Mhuire before chalk dust settles

THE CHALKY dust of a century of education is about to settle for good on a Limerick school which has opened the minds of generations. And before the buildings themselves are taken down, the school is inviting everyone who has treasured memories of Ardscoil Mhuire in Corbally to come back to say goodbye. While it was initially located in Bishop Street, the school relocated to its current location in Corbally in 1977. The school is now about to em…