Brooke Teller, the district’s science coordinator, shared this update on life science learning on the part of  Portland Public Schools students: 

PPS third-graders have been raising salmon in their schools. On May 15, we released more than 1,600 salmon fry into the Little River in Lisbon Falls, 30 minutes north of Portland.  This is the third year the district’s third-graders have learned about the salmon life cycle and obstacles salmon face during their journey from egg to adult. This experience is linked to the work the students do in the Fall in their Wabanaki Studies and Life Science unit on the Presumpscot River. This project was made possible through the district’s relationships with Maine Audubon and Fish Friends.