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News Archive - September 2011 
September 30, 2011
Casco Bay High School (CBHS) has received two grants totaling $42,000 to support an adventure-based orientation program for all freshmen and seniors that includes kayaking and camping on islands in Casco Bay with their advisory groups and writing about their experiences. The Quimby Foundation awarded a grant of $15,000 for Casco Bay Quests, as the program is called. The school received an...
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September 30, 2011
Children in the early childhood program at Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) recently visited the school’s greenhouse to learn all about apples. Students in the PATHS landscape and gardens class taught the preschoolers about different types of apples, how to grow them organically and the parts of apples. They told the children the story of Johnny Appleseed.
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September 27, 2011
A University of Maine Cooperative Extension nutrition educator and two diet tech interns from Southern Maine Community College recently conducted an apple taste testing with 150 students at Hall Elementary School. Of four apples tested, the favorite by far was the Chestnut Crab, a crab apple. The other varieties sampled were Wolf River, Gala and Honey Crisp.
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September 23, 2011
Lyseth Elementary School has received nearly $1,000 of seeds and other gardening supplies, including a grow light lab with timers and books about integrating gardens into classroom teaching. The National Gardening Association provided the materials as a result of a grant application submitted by the Lyseth Garden Club.
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September 21, 2011
Deering High School in Portland will hold an informational night for students and parents about Internet safety and cyber bullying on October 6 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the school library. The public is invited to attend free of charge. The event will tell parents about techniques for keeping their children safe on the Internet. For more information, please call 874-8260.
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September 21, 2011
The Deering Outdoor Club recently went on a camping trip to Woodstock, Maine. Nine students and two teachers hiked up Bald Mountain and swam in a cold but refreshing mountain pond. At night, they sat around a large fire and ate s'mores. Many students spent their first night ever sleeping in a tent under the stars.
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September 16, 2011
Elementary students in the Portland Public Schools will enjoy Maine-grown foods as part of school lunch during Maine Harvest Lunch week (September 19-23). Students at Longfellow Elementary School will shuck corn on September 20 at 1:30 p.m. The corn from Belanger Farm will be served as part of Maine Harvest Lunch.
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September 14, 2011
Four young people from the nonprofit group, Invisible Children, will visit Moore Middle School in Portland on September 23 to talk about their experiences working to raise awareness about the use of child soldiers in Uganda and surrounding countries. One of the presenters, Grace Nimaro, is a recent college graduate who spent her childhood in war-torn northern Uganda.
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September 14, 2011
The Portland School Board voted at its September 13th meeting to approve creation of a single, school-wide athletic booster club at Portland High School and a similar club at Deering High School. The school-wide clubs will replace those that have raised money for individual sports teams and other extracurricular activities.
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September 14, 2011
The Portland Public Schools is implementing the University of Chicago School Mathematics Project as a new way of teaching math to all students in grades six through eight. “This program will help us boost student achievement and it will standardize what students learn at all three Portland middle schools,” said David Galin, the district’s chief academic officer. “We’re working toward the goal...
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September 13, 2011
A team of eighth grade students at Lyman Moore Middle School will present their public policy proposal about encouraging students to participate in community service to the Rotary Club of Portland on September 30 at 1 p.m. at Holiday Inn by the Bay. The team created the proposal last school year as part of Project Citizen, a program that involves students in researching current problems and...
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September 13, 2011
East End Community School (EECS) in Portland has extended its school day by a half-hour and added a new program, Rise and Shine, to provide additional learning opportunities for students. That is one of several changes underway at the Munjoy Hill school aimed at improving academic performance of students in kindergarten through grade five. EECS has received a federal School Improvement Grant...
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September 13, 2011
Two Portland Public Schools - Casco Bay High School (CBHS) and King Middle School - have been designated as Expeditionary Learning Mentor Schools for the 2011-2012 academic year. The award recognizes King and CBHS as among the top performing schools in Expeditionary Learning’s network of 165 schools in 30 states.
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September 13, 2011
Students at Longfellow Elementary School will harvest potatoes, carrots, squash and corn from the school garden on September 14 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The produce will be served in school cafeterias throughout the district as part of the Portland Public Schools’ Maine Harvest Lunch during the week of September 19.
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September 9, 2011
All Portland public school students in kindergarten through grade three are using the same literacy program beginning this year. The standardized program will provide greater consistency throughout the district and make it easier for students who move from one school to another. The books, CDs and other curriculum materials cover early literacy concepts, high frequency words, spelling patterns...
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