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 | CBHS Craft Fair: Items from Local Artisans & a Cookie Walk! Posted on 10/31/2016 |
 | Painting for Purpose Auction Helps PPS Students Help Others Posted on 10/31/2016 The Painting for a Purpose annual fall auction will take place on Thursday, Nov. 3, from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at DiMillo’s Floating Restaurant in Portland. Proceeds from the auction, which will feature the work of more than 40 local artists, go toward service learning grants for students in the Portland Public Schools.
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 | Portland Public Schools’ Third Annual STEM Expo Set for Nov. 4 Posted on 10/27/2016 The Portland Public Schools, in partnership with EnviroLogix, will hold the Third Annual Portland Public Schools’ STEM Exposition on Friday, Nov. 4, at the University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan gymnasium in Portland. More than 1,800 visitors and exhibitors are expected at the 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. event, at which Portland Public Schools’ students, local businesses, and postsecondary schools and other organizations will share their learning in STEM – science, technology, engineering and math.
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 | Students Represent Portland High School at Leadership Conference Posted on 10/27/2016 |
 | Voters to Decide on Three School Board Seats Nov. 8 Posted on 10/27/2016 |
 | Moore Students to Walk to Benefit the Hungry on Oct. 28 Posted on 10/26/2016 Lyman Moore Middle School’s Third Annual Food Pantry and Care Closet Neighborhood Walk will take place on Friday, Oct. 28. During the walk, students will collect donated goods in the North Deering neighborhoods around the school to support a food pantry that students at the school started three years ago to help classmates and their families.
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 | Riverton Holds Author Family Night with Maine Author/Illustrator Posted on 10/24/2016 |
 | CBHS Haunted Walk To Help Juniors Journey to Detroit Posted on 10/20/2016 |
 | National Merit Semifinalists from Each High School Honored Posted on 10/20/2016 The Portland Board of Public Education and Superintendent Xavier Botana recently recognized four academically talented high school seniors: Rose Griffin from Portland High; Alex Smith from Deering High; and Jasper Sommer and Nathaniel Youngren from Casco Bay High. The students have been named Semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program.
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 | Board Honors DHS Student for Volunteering, Being Role Model Posted on 10/20/2016 |
 | District Transition Strategist Honored for Commitment to Students Posted on 10/19/2016 |
 | Wear Orange on Unity Day, Oct. 19, Lyseth Students Urge Posted on 10/18/2016 October is National Bullying Prevention Month and for the second year in a row, Lyseth Elementary School students plan to show their true colors when it comes to combating bullying by wearing orange on Wednesday, Oct. 19 – Unity Day. The students are encouraging everyone in the community to wear orange too.
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 | Painting for a Purpose Auction Set for Nov. 3 Posted on 10/18/2016 Portland Public Schools’ teachers are among the more than 40 local artists whose artwork will be auctioned off at the Painting for a Purpose annual fall auction on Nov. 3. Some of the artists’ work – in the form of whimsical, colorfully hand-painted wooden fish – can be seen on display before the auction at Arabica Coffee’s Free Street Café in Portland this month.
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 | School Board Chair Gives Annual State of the Schools Address Posted on 10/17/2016 Marnie Morrione, chair of the Portland Board of Public Education, gave the annual State of the Schools report to the Portland City Council on Monday, Oct. 17. She highlighted numerous accomplishments of the Portland Public Schools over the past year. She also talked about what is needed to ensure that Portland is able to continue to offer a high quality education to all its students in the future.
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 | Reiche School Annual 5K Run/Walk, Yard Sale, Bake Sale Oct. 16 Posted on 10/14/2016 |
 | Lyseth School Leaders and Students To Walk, Bike to School Oct. 14 Posted on 10/13/2016 |
 | Vote to Help Lyman Moore Teachers win $4,000 Grant! Posted on 10/12/2016 |
| School Board Chair to Give State of the Schools Report Posted on 10/11/2016 |
| Classes Canceled at DHS, East End School on Election Day Posted on 10/06/2016 Based on the recommendation of Superintendent Xavier Botana, the Portland Board of Public Education has voted to cancel classes for students at Deering High School and East End Community School on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 8. Those schools are designated polling places and the high voter turnout anticipated during this year’s general election could disrupt student learning.
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 | School Board Honors DHS Teacher for ‘Going Above and Beyond’ Posted on 10/05/2016 |
 | Ocean Avenue School Celebrates IB World School Status! Posted on 10/05/2016 |
 | Deering Drama Club Costume Sale is Oct. 22 Posted on 10/05/2016 |
| Several Schools To Hold Walk-to-School Events Oct. 5 Posted on 10/04/2016 October is International Walk to School Month and Wednesday, Oct. 5, is International Walk to School Day. Portland’s public schools will participate by encouraging students to engage in healthful, active transportation to school this month, whenever possible.
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 | Peaks Teacher Leader To Discuss Green Schools, Sustainability Posted on 10/04/2016 |
 | New FAME Initiative Encourages Families To Save for College Posted on 10/03/2016 |
 | Public Invited to Parent Partnership Committee Meetings! Posted on 10/03/2016 |