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Recent Awards and Honors for the Portland Public Schools

Read about outstanding graduates of the Portland Public Schools and see their videos.

• See a list of colleges and universities attended by 2012 graduates of the Portland Public Schools.
• Maine Teacher of the Year 2014 nominee (Karen MacDonald, King Middle School)
• Klingenstein Teacher Award (Susan McCray, Casco Bay High School, 2013)
• State winner of Verizon Innovative App Challenge (Deering High School computer science team, 2013)
• Ecomaine Eco-Excellence Award (Olga “Teddy” Valencia and the Riverton Elementary School Cultures Helping Everyone’s Environment club, 2013)
• Leadership award from the Maine Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (Christine Bearce, Longfellow Elementary School, 2012)
• National "Student Ownership of Learning" award from the Stupski Foundation (Casco Bay High School, 2012)
• “U.S. News & World Report” ranking as one of the 10 best high schools in Maine (Casco Bay High School, 2012)
• Maine Environmental Education Association School of the Year (Lincoln Middle School, 2012) 
• Maine Association of Basketball Coaches' Coach of the Year (Daniel LeGage, Deering High School, 2012)
• Class A Boys' Basketball State Championship and Sportsmanship Award (Deering High School, 2012)
• Class A Western Maine boys' basketball championship (Deering High School, 2012)
• Class A girls' swimming state Sportsmanship Award (Deering High School, 2012)
• NAACP Portland Branch award presented to Lyman Moore Middle School at Portland's Martin Luther King Day breakfast (2012)
• HealthierUS School Challenge Bronze Award ( East End, Hall, Longfellow, Ocean Avenue, Peaks Island, Presumpscot, Reiche and Riverton elementary schools, 2011)
• Maine Teacher of the Year 2012 semifinalist  (Paige Fournier, Lyman Moore Middle School)
• Western Maine Class A boys' basketball sportsmanship award (Deering High School, 2011)
• Western Maine Class A girls' hockey sportsmanship award (Portland High, 2011)
• "I Love My Librarian" 2010 national award winner (Kelley McDaniel, King Middle School)
• Western Maine Class A boys' high school soccer championship (Portland High School, 2010)
• Teacher of the Year award from the Kids in Need Foundation (Sally Reagan, Portland High teacher, 2010)
• Finalist in the 2011 MetLife/NASSP National Principal of the Year award program (King Middle School Principal Michael McCarthy)
• Named by the International Center for Leadership in Education as one of 25 "model schools" nationwide (Casco Bay High School, 2010)
• Maine first place award in the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition (Portland Arts and Technology High School, 2010)
• Best overall portfolio award at the Project Citizen State Showcase for a project by a team of students on "Greening our Schools" (Moore Middle School, 2010)
• Third place (King Middle School) and fifth place (Lincoln Middle School), Maine MATHCOUNTS state competition (2010)
• eco-Excellence award for preserving local ecology, Portland Arts and Technology High School carpentry program (2010)
• Maine 2010 Middle Level Principal of the Year (King Middle School Principal Michael McCarthy)
• Maine Teacher of the Year 2010 Finalist (Jayne Quinn Sawtelle, Hall Elementary School)
• Maine Teacher of the Year 2010 Semi-Finalist (Thomas Fournier, Lincoln Middle School)