The Portland Board of Public Education voted at its January 15th business meeting to create a task force to provide a consistent source of feedback on options for adjusting elementary school boundaries to address enrollment trends and proposed improvements to several of the elementary school buildings.Read More
The Portland Public Schools is creating a Curriculum Advisory Committee to provide input and feedback about the district’s curriculum, assessments and instruction at all grade levels and how they align with the common core state standards.The committee will focus on English language arts and mathematics during the current school year. In future years, the committee will look at career and...Read More
Students who successfully complete upper-level Greek and Latin classes at Portland High School now are eligible to receive credit from Saint Joseph’s College in Standish. Students will be able to earn four college credits each semester for Greek 2 and Latin 3 and 4. The cost is $100 per class. The district will pay tuition for students who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch based on...Read More
Ocean Avenue Elementary School (OAES) recently held the school's annual National Geography Bee.Portland City Councilor Ed Suslovic volunteered as the guest question pronouncer. The bee lasted for more than an hour, with all 10 contestants still participating in round four. The winning question was: "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in 1848, ended the United States war with what country...Read More
University Credit Union (UCU) has awarded $1,735 to Longfellow Elementary School. The money will be used for technology, guided reading books, teacher instructional kits for the school’s Writer’s Workshop and a digital scan thermometer for the school nurse.Each year, the Portland branch of UCU adopts a school in the Portland Public Schools and raises money for unmet needs. UCU has adopted...Read More
On a recent Saturday, 35 Lyseth Elementary School staff members attended a workshop on mathematical thinking presented by Math Solutions at the University of Southern Maine. Read More
Nate Smart, a senior at Portland High School, won Maine’s first prize in the Classical Association of New England’s writing contest. His essay focusing on the death of Macro, once the palace confidant of Caligula, will compete in the New England competition as the Maine entry. Kyle Reichert, also a Portland High senior, won third prize in the contest for his essay interweaving the divining of...Read More
Three students from the Portland Public Schools won recognition for their achievement in the American Mathematics Contest 8 that took place in November 2012. The competition is a 25-question examination in middle school mathematics. Jacob Goldberg, an eighth grader at Lyman Moore Middle School, and James Hawkes, a fifth grader at Presumpscot Elementary School who takes math classes at Moore,...Read More
A Chapter 104 Gifted and Talented Open House will take place on January 23 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Ocean Avenue Elementary School library. A brief presentation will be followed by a question and answer period. Anyone interested in learning about the Portland Public Schools’ gifted and talented program is invited to attend. Read More
Ocean Avenue Elementary School (OAES) hosted a free, cross-cultural event for families and other community members featuring a book reading, art installation, drum circle and dancing on Martin Luther King Day, January 21. The event began with a reading and guided discussion of the book “Martin’s Big Words.” Children and adults then worked with local artists on a Wall of Dreams art installation...Read More
The Portland Public Schools joined LearningWorks and Biddeford Public Schools in announcing that they have received new Maine Department of Education 21st Century Community Learning Center grants totaling $2.4 million to open four new afterschool programs. Together, the two grants will reach more than 1,400 students over the five-year grant period.Read More
Portland Superintendent Emmanuel Caulk made the following statement about the proposed state curtailment: The proposed curtailment of funding for Maine’s public schools comes at a critical time for our state’s economy. Businesses are unable to fill good-paying jobs with Maine workers because too many employees do not have the necessary job skills. State leaders are working across party lines...Read More
Portland High School presents a musical production of "The Wizard of Oz" on January 19 at 7 p.m. and on January 20 at 2 p.m. in the high school’s auditorium. Tickets are $6 for students and seniors and $8 for adults. Read More
All Casco Bay High School (CBHS) students and staff will participate in five-day “intensive” courses during the week of January 7-11 on such topics as debate, DNA, film making, financial literacy, graphic novel creation, guitar-making, journalism, the musical “Pippin,” photography, Portland Pirates apprenticeships, snowshoeing, songwriting, wilderness first aid and winter sports.Read More
Several upcoming events will help students fill out financial aid forms for college. The following meetings are open to all high school seniors in the Portland Public Schools and their families:Read More
