Recent Awards and Honors for the Portland Public Schools

See a list of colleges and universities attended by 2009 graduates of the Portland Public Schools.

Third place (King Middle School) and fifth place (Lincoln Middle School), Maine MATHCOUNTS state competition (2010)

eco-Excellence awards for preserving local ecology, Portland Arts and Technology High School carpentry program and Portland Waste Reduction Group (2010)

Maine 2010 Middle Level Principal of the Year (Michael McCarthy, King Middle School)

2009 Maine Children's Alliance Giraffe Award winner (Superintendent James Morse)

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)

Maine winner of the Secondary School Chemistry Teacher Award presented by the New England Institute of Chemists (Sheryl Dominic, Deering High School, 2009)

State Odyssey of the Mind award (First place, Casco Bay High School and third place, Lyman Moore Middle School, 2009)

Class A Boys' High School Lacrosse State Championship (Portland High, 2009)

Class A Girls' High School Basketball State Championship (Deering High School, 2008 and 2009)

Western Maine Sportsmanship Award for girls' ice hockey sponsored by the Maine Pincipals Association (Portland High, 2009)

Coaches Association Sportsmanship Award for boys' ice hockey (Portland High, 2009)  

WCSH6 "Schools that Shine" (Lincoln Middle School and Casco Bay High School, 2008)

Maine Special Education Administrator of the Year (Barbara Dee, Portland Public Schools' director of student support services, 2008)

"Exceptional" achievement award in National Project Citizen Showcase for a project by a team of students about environmental problems caused by Styrofoam (Moore Middle School, 2008)

Second place, Division A in the Maine State Math Meet and first place for large schools in the Pi-Cone South Math League (Portland High School, 2008)

First place, Maine Odyssey of the Mind state competition (Moore Middle School team with students from Moore, King, Lincoln and Longfellow, 2008)

First place, First Tech Challenge, competing against 21 other schools from New England and eastern Canada (Portland Arts and Technology High School/Casco Bay High School robotics team, 2008)

First and third place awards, New England Regional Science Bowl (Portland High, 2008)

Third place, Maine MATHCOUNTS state competition (Moore Middle School, 2008)

One of five finalists for the Maine Department of Education's 2008 Maine Teacher of the Year award (Andrea Napolitano-Romer, Riverton)

National Semiconductor Science in Action Award (Christel Driscoll, Lincoln Middle School, 2008)

Eco-Excellence Award for outstanding contributions to recycling and energy conservation (Rob Lindsay, Lincoln Middle School, 2008 and Portland High Environmental Club, 2007)

Maine winners of Preserve America's American History Teacher of the Year award (Marilyn Philbrook and Barbara Judge, Lyseth Elementary School, 2007)

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Certification (East End Community School, 2007)

Maine Class A high school baseball championship (Deering High School, 2007)

Maine first place award in the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition (Portland Arts and Technology High School, 2007)

Project Citizen's National Showcase exceptional achievement award, Maine State Showcase exemplary portfolio award and Governor's Service-learning exceptional project award (Lyman Moore Middle School, 2007)