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News Archive - August 2011 
August 26, 2011
Construction crews are completing nearly $2 million in energy improvements, renovations, repairs and other projects undertaken this summer at the Portland Public Schools. Most of the money for the improvements came from a city bond to fund energy conservation upgrades in Portland’s public buildings and schools. These improvements are expected to pay for themselves over time by lowering energy...
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August 24, 2011
Classes will begin on September 6 for students in first through 12th grade in the Portland Public Schools. Kindergartners will start school on September 8. The normal daily schedule is:
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August 24, 2011
A ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Ocean Avenue Elementary School will take place on September 1 at 4:30 p.m. at the school, located at 150 Ocean Avenue. The ceremony will include brief remarks by Mayor Nick Mavodones, Portland Superintendent James C. Morse, Sr., Portland School Board Chair Kate Snyder and Portland City Councilor Cheryl Leeman. Students, families,...
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August 23, 2011
Mohamed Sharif, a junior at Deering High School, has been selected to serve a three-year term on the College Board’s Advisory Panel on Student Concerns. He will be one of 16 high school and college representatives from throughout the country. The panel meets two or three times a year to give student opinions about the SAT and other College Board tests, Advanced Placement courses and exams,...
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August 19, 2011
The Portland Public Schools is expanding its partnership with Head Start to serve more four-year-olds and their families beginning in September. For the first time, families will be eligible to apply for Head Start even if they don’t meet the program’s income guidelines.
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August 19, 2011
The three kindergarten teachers at Presumpscot Elementary School in Portland are visiting incoming students and their families at home during the next few weeks as a way of helping children transition to school and involving families early in their youngsters’ education. At the home visits, teachers will give each student a book about butterflies that will help lay the groundwork for a fall...
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August 16, 2011
Registration now is open for Portland Adult Education’s fall classes. The course list covers academics, computer programs, job skills, exercise classes and enrichment courses in everything from foreign languages to piano playing. Portland residents receive a discount. See the course catalogue.
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August 12, 2011
The Portland Public Schools has produced profiles of three outstanding graduates who are making their marks in the fields of film, finance and AIDS research while still in their 20s and early 30s. Teachers in the Portland Public Schools helped each of them develop interests and talents that led to a career.
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August 10, 2011
The following school meal prices for breakfast and lunch will be in effect during the 2011-2012 school year: Grades pre-kindergarten through five: lunch - $2.35, breakfast - $1.25, milk - 50 cents.Grades six through 12: lunch - $2.50, breakfast - $1.25, milk - 75 cents.Adults: $4 per meal. Students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 who qualify for reduced price meals receive free breakfast and...
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August 5, 2011
Thirty students from the Portland Public Schools' Multilingual Summer Program took a field trip to the Portland Public Library in July. During the visit, many students from East End Community School (EECS) were proud to see their own posters on display in the youth services department.
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August 5, 2011
Eight public elementary schools in Portland have received a national award from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) for their efforts to promote healthy eating and physical activity.
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August 2, 2011
A group of students from Lyman Moore Middle School who visited Shinagawa, Japan last summer have raised nearly $500 to help victims of the recent Japanese earthquake. The students and their families participate in Moore’s Falcons Take Flight group that helps oversee an ongoing exchange program between middle school students in Portland and Shinagawa.
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August 2, 2011
The 2011 graduates of the Portland Public Schools will attend 131 colleges throughout the United States and as far away as the Czech Republic. Students who received their diplomas last spring from Casco Bay High School, Deering High School and Portland High School will pursue postsecondary education at Ivy League colleges, technical institutes, art schools and a wide range of other institutions...
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