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 | EFS Commission Makes Recommendation Posted on 02/15/2019 The Enrollment and Facility Study Commission – formed this past fall to identify and recommend possible cost-saving efficiencies to the Portland Board of Public Education – voted Feb. 14 to recommend one option, but “only if necessary” in the event of a large budget shortfall. The option the Commission recommended would save $2.8 million by repurposing one middle school building, reconfiguring high schools and middle schools and creating room for pre-K in the elementary schools by taking 5th grade out of the elementary schools. The Commission rejected four other possible options, saying the savings could not justify the changes and disruption.
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 | Deering presents "The Women of Lockerbie” Posted on 02/14/2019 |
 | PHS Quiz Show Match Airs Feb. 14 Posted on 02/13/2019 The Portland High School Quiz Show Team once again qualified and competed in the MPBS High School Quiz Show Maine Competition. The team’s first round match against Gould Academy will air Thursday, Feb. 14, at 8 p.m. on Maine Public television (Channel 10 on Spectrum). It will be re-broadcast on Sunday, Feb. 17, at 5 p.m.
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 | PPS Students Win Awards at Math Meet Posted on 02/06/2019 |
 | Musical ‘Petting Zoo’ To Help PPS Students Posted on 02/06/2019 Casco Bay High School senior Francesca Houran, a violinist with the Maine Youth Rock Orchestra, wants to make instrumental music more accessible and equitable for all students in the Portland Public Schools. To help do that, Francesca is hosting a musical instrument “petting zoo” event on Thursday, Feb. 7, designed to introduce PPS elementary and middle school students to a variety of musical instruments.
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 | New Award Provides Summer Opportunities Posted on 02/05/2019 A new award being presented for the first time Feb. 14 will enable Portland Public Schools students from immigrant families to participate in unique summer program opportunities — including an educational adventure on a sailing ship, a residential pre-college program at an Ivy League college or an art school, or participating in a national student leadership conference in Washington, D.C.
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 | Verizon Invests $10k in PPS Science Curriculum Posted on 02/05/2019 |
 | cPort Credit Union Supports PPS Students Posted on 02/04/2019 |
 | No Debate about It: Deering is a winner! Posted on 01/31/2019 |
 | Moore Students Hold Public Policy Roundtable Posted on 01/31/2019 |
.jpg) | “Girls to the Front” Concert Feb. 1! Posted on 01/30/2019 Concerned that women musicians are often overlooked in the male-dominated music industry, Casco Bay High School senior Annie Dodson has orchestrated a benefit concert to promote gender equality in the Portland music community.
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 | Board OK’s Additional Lyseth Funding Posted on 01/29/2019 The Portland Board of Public Education voted Jan. 22 to authorize an additional $550,000 for costs associated with the Lyseth Elementary School renovation project. The board had already approved $15.7 million for the renovation of the school, but the extra funds are needed for stormwater mitigation work that must happen in conjunction with the construction work.
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 | Storytelling Night Celebrates Multiculturalism Posted on 01/24/2019 “Lost in Translation,” a multilingual night of storytelling to celebrate multiculturalism in Portland, will take place on Monday, Jan. 28, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Portland Public Library’s Rhines Auditorium. The event is patterned on The Moth storytelling sessions, and is being orchestrated by Casco Bay High School student Emeline Avignon as the culmination of her senior learning expedition.
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 | Music Faculty Showcases Talents Posted on 01/24/2019 The teachers behind the accomplished music students in the Portland Public Schools will put their own considerable musical talents on display in February when the Portland Public Schools Music Department presents its Faculty Showcase.
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 | DHS Educator Exceptional Poet and Teacher Posted on 01/23/2019 |
| PPS Increases Substitute Teacher Pay Posted on 01/17/2019 The Portland Board of Public Education recently approved an increase in pay for substitute teachers. It is the first such adjustment in more than six years and puts the Portland Public Schools back in a competitive position in the face of a substitute teacher shortage that school districts in Maine and around the nation are experiencing.
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 | King To Host Citizenship Ceremony Jan. 18 Posted on 01/16/2019 King Middle School students will gain a deeper understanding about immigration to the United States when the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services naturalizes 46 candidates for citizenship during a ceremony at the school on Friday, Jan. 18
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 | PPS Cheerleaders Perform in London Parade Posted on 01/10/2019 |
 | PPS Students Perform at Inauguration Posted on 01/03/2019 Musical performances by a Casco Bay High School sophomore and two Reiche Community School fifth-graders helped make the historic Jan. 2 inauguration of Maine’s first woman governor even more special.
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 | Student App Aids Winter Sports Enthusiasts Posted on 01/03/2019 Do you enjoy winter sports and recreation but are disappointed when you travel to an outdoor venue only to find that conditions there are not what you expected? If so, two Deering High School students have an app for you.
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 | PPS Math Students Score at Regional Meet Posted on 12/19/2018 Portland Public Schools mathletes did a fabulous job at the Southern Maine Math Meet on Dec. 13 at the Holiday Inn by the Bay in Portland! Lyman Moore Middle School won a 1st Place Award and individual students also won awards too.
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| PPS Food Fund To Address Student Hunger Posted on 12/18/2018 |
 | DHS Cheerleader To Perform in London Parade Posted on 12/12/2018 |
| Make It Happen Students Win Step Up Awards Posted on 12/11/2018 |
 | DHS Students Take Part in Poetry Reading Posted on 12/11/2018 The Young Writers & Leaders program at the Telling Room is holding poetry readings this week and Deering High School students are among the participants. One reading took place Dec. 11 and another will be held on Thursday, Dec. 13, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Telling Room, located at 225 Commercial St in Portland.
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 | CBHS Students’ Annual College March Is Dec. 14 Posted on 12/06/2018 |
 | CBHS Build Community Symposium Is Dec. 13 Posted on 12/06/2018 On Thursday, Dec. 13, Casco Bay High School ninth-graders will present a Build Community Symposium. At the event, the students will share with the local community their urban planning proposals and development ideas, as well as information about local organizations
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 | PAE Student Exhibit Runs through Dec. 13 Posted on 12/06/2018 Portland Adult Education’s ESOL5 classes have spent the fall semester studying the community of Portland, including the city’s history, environment and cultural traditions. As the culminating event, students wrote reports showing how their new home compares with the place where they grew up.
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 | Report Highlights Immigrants’ Hidden Talents Posted on 12/04/2018 The New Mainers Resource Center (NMRC), a Portland Adult Education program, has released a report highlighting the skills and education of Maine’s foreign trained professionals and the challenges they face resuming their professions.
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 | Concert to Benefit Rowe School Playground Posted on 11/29/2018 |
| PPS Teachers Win $35K in Grants Posted on 11/29/2018 The Foundation for Portland Public Schools (FPPS) has completed its tenth annual Teacher Grants Program cycle. Fifty-four grant proposals have been awarded totaling just over $35,000.
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 | DHS presents 'Charlotte’s Web' Dec. 7, 8, 9 Posted on 11/29/2018 Deering High School thespians will present “Charlotte’s Web” on Friday, Dec. 7, at 7 p.m.; on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; and on Sunday, Dec. 9, at 2 p.m. Performances will be at the high school, located at 370 Stevens Avenue.
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 | Board Renews Superintendent’s Contract Posted on 11/28/2018 On Tuesday, Nov. 27, the Portland Board of Public Education voted unanimously to renew Superintendent Xavier Botana’s contract for another three years. Botana’s current three-year contract expires at the end of June 2019, and his new contract begins July 1, 2019 and runs through June 30, 2022.
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| PPS Reaches Out To Foreign-Trained Teachers Posted on 11/28/2018 A new Education Academy starting in January at Portland Adult Education is designed to help diversify the Portland Public Schools’ workforce by helping new Mainers trained as teachers in their home countries to become educators here
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 | DHS, PHS Game Rescheduled Posted on 11/20/2018 After consultation with athletic directors, coaches, players, sports boosters and school physicians, the 107th Annual Thanksgiving Day Game between Deering High School and Portland High School has been rescheduled to tomorrow, Wednesday, Nov. 21, at 4 p.m. The venue also has been changed: the game will take place at the city’s Fitzpatrick Stadium.
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 | PHS, DHS Traditions: Game and Alumni Dance Posted on 11/14/2018 Alumni and other supporters of Portland High School and Deering High School will have the opportunity over the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday to celebrate with two traditions: the annual Turkey Day football game between the two schools on Nov. 22 and a revival of the annual alumni dance on Nov. 23. Both are a chance to have an enjoyable time while reconnecting with former classmates and friends – and maybe making some new ones!
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 | King Students Holding Donation Drive Posted on 11/14/2018 Eighth-grade students in the Matinicus House at King Middle School are conducting a donation drive to collect food, warm clothing and bedding and basic kitchen items for the city’s most vulnerable citizens. The drive began earlier this month and runs through the first week of December. All donations can be brought to King, located at 92 Deering Avenue, and dropped off in the lobby.
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 | ‘Moore Together’ Mural Opening Is Nov. 16 Posted on 11/13/2018 |
 | Reiche School Is Teacher-Powered Leader Posted on 11/13/2018 In 2010, Reiche Community School became the first public school in the country to convert from a traditional principal-led model to an innovative teacher-powered model. Reiche continues to do pioneering work in this growing movement, and now will be featured at a national Teacher-Powered Schools conference to be held in Boston Nov. 30-Dec. 2.
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 | Rippleffect Grant To Benefit King Students Posted on 11/07/2018 To celebrate the grand opening of its new AC Hotel Portland Downtown Waterfront, Norwich Partners has given a $3,500 grant to Rippleffect that will benefit King Middle School students. The donation from the owner group of the Fore Street hotel to Rippleffect will support the expansion of the school-based Rippleffect Outdoor Leadership Education program (ROLE), serving students at King.
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 | PPS Teachers Renew National Board Certification Posted on 11/01/2018 Three Portland Public Schools teachers, Drew Pisani, Kathryn Toppan, and Ann Young, have renewed their certification as National Board Certified Teachers (NBCT). Pisani and Toppan teach English at Deering High School and Young is a math teacher at King Middle School.
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 | PAE Halloween Lesson Involves Landmarks Posted on 10/31/2018 As a learning theme this fall, the upper-level ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages) classes at Portland Adult Education are studying the community of Portland. On Oct. 30, three staff members (two teachers and a volunteer) dressed as Portland landmarks as a little Halloween activity for their classes.
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 | Fifth Annual STEM Expo Nov. 2 Posted on 10/30/2018 The Portland Public Schools’ Fifth Annual STEM Exposition is set for Friday, Nov. 2, from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the University of Southern Maine’s Sullivan Gymnasium.
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 | Portland Empowered Wins Service Award Posted on 10/30/2018 On Oct. 25, Portland Empowered and its director Emily Thielmann received the Maine School Boards Association Distinguished Service Award for outstanding work in helping families engage in their children’s education and for championing the role of parent and student voices in improving educational outcomes.
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| Mural, Poetry Celebrate “Moore Together” Theme Posted on 10/24/2018 The theme of Lyman Moore Middle School is “Moore Together,” as the school’s students, families, and staff work together to support and engage each member of the school community. The school will now hold events to celebrate that theme in collaboration with Deering High School senior Allan Monga, muralist Ryan Adams, and the students of Lyman Moore
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 | Nominate PPS Citizenship Teachers for Award! Posted on 10/24/2018 |
 | Instrument Donation Day is Oct. 20! Posted on 10/18/2018 Do you have a musical instrument to donate to the Portland Public Schools’ music program? If so, please bring it to the Instrument Donation/Drop-off Day this Saturday, Oct. 20, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the back lot of Lincoln Middle School at 522 Stevens Avenue.
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 | Don’t Miss Turkey Day Football Game! Posted on 10/17/2018 |
 | Local Question #1 Good for PPS Posted on 10/17/2018 On Nov. 6, Portland residents will be asked to approve Question 1 on the municipal ballot, which asks voters to support the establishment of the Greater Sebago Education Alliance (GSEA). A “yes” vote on the question will help the Portland Public Schools, because joining this Regional Service Center (RSC) will result in financial and other benefits for the district.
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 | DHS Costume & Yard Sale Moved to Oct. 20 Posted on 10/16/2018 If you don’t have a costume for Halloween, the annual Deering High School Drama Club’s Costume and Yard Sale, set for Saturday, Oct. 20, can help! The sale was originally set for Oct. 13, but the date has been changed because of rain.
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 | New Director, Curriculum, Assessment & Instruction Posted on 10/16/2018 Jesse Robinson, a math and leadership coach with nearly 20 years experience in curriculum, assessment and teaching, has been selected as the district’s new Director, Curriculum, Assessment and Instruction. The appointment was recently announced by Assistant Superintendent of Teaching and Learning Melea Nalli.
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 | OAES Has New Outdoor Classroom! Posted on 10/16/2018 |
 | New Director of Clinical & Behavioral Services Posted on 10/16/2018 |
 | Painting for a Purpose Annual Auction Nov. 1! Posted on 10/11/2018 Portland Public Schools’ art teachers are among the local artists whose artwork will be auctioned off at the Painting for a Purpose 9th Annual Artful Auction on Thursday, Nov. 1. Some of the artists’ work will be in the form of colorful garden totems.
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 | PATHS Showcases Career & Technical Education Posted on 10/11/2018 The Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) hosted the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce in October and the United Way of Greater Portland in September. Both groups held their board meetings at PATHS and took a tour of the building to learn more about Career and Technical Education or CTE. Students in the PATHS Culinary Program also provided the visitors with an amazing spread of food!
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| PEF now Foundation for Portland Public Schools! Posted on 10/09/2018 The Board of Directors of the Foundation for Portland Public Schools, together with the Portland Public Schools (PPS), is pleased to announce its transition from the Portland Education Foundation to the Foundation for Portland Public Schools.
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| Three School Board Seats Up for Election Nov. 6 Posted on 10/09/2018 Three Portland Board of Public Education seats are up for election on Nov. 6. Veteran school board member Sarah Thompson is seeking re-election to her at-large seat for a fifth term on the board. The candidates running for the District 1 and District 2 seats would be newcomers to the school board.
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 | Deering, UNE Partner in Health Science Program Posted on 10/09/2018 |
| PPS wins $150,000 Barr Foundation Grant Posted on 10/02/2018 The Portland Public Schools has won an award of $150,000 from the Barr Foundation to engage in comprehensive analysis to better understand the academic experiences of the district’s high school students and inform future steps to ensure that all students are prepared to succeed in college, career, and the community.
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Flyer.jpg) | Forum on Addictive Technology Oct. 15 Posted on 09/27/2018 |
 | Rowe Grand Opening is Sept. 27! Posted on 09/25/2018 |
 | CBHS Teacher is Award Winning! Posted on 09/20/2018 Mallory Haar, an English language learner (ELL) teacher at Casco Bay High School, is the winner of three awards for outstanding teaching. Haar has won a 2018 Lawrence W. O’Toole Teacher Leadership Award from the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, which includes a $15,000 grant, and is the 2018 recipient of the Education for the Common Good Award from Bowdoin College. She also recently was awarded a Fulbright Teachers for Global Classrooms grant.
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| City, PPS Team Up for Voter Registration Posted on 09/20/2018 The City of Portland and the Portland Public Schools are celebrating National Voter Registration Day on Tuesday, Sept. 25, with the city conducting voter registration drives at two Portland high schools. Also, Deering High School senior Allan Monga, Maine’s 2018 Poetry Out Loud Champion, will travel to Los Angeles for a Sept. 29 young voters' summit.
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 | Three PPS Students National Merit Semifinalists Posted on 09/12/2018 Three high school seniors in the Portland Public Schools have been named Semifinalists in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented students now have the opportunity to compete for 7,500 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million offered next spring.
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| New School Leaders/Other Administrators Welcomed Posted on 08/30/2018 |
 | Open House events 2018-2019 Posted on 08/30/2018 |
| Public Hearing Sept. 4 on Facilities, Capacity Posted on 08/29/2018 The Portland Board of Public Education will hold a workshop and public hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 4, regarding a comprehensive facilities and capacity analysis that the Portland Public Schools plans to conduct during the 2018-2019 school year.
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| Further Study for Non-Citizen Voting Proposal Posted on 08/14/2018 On Aug. 7, the Portland Board of Public Education voted to approve a resolution to support a City Council proposal to send to Portland voters a City Charter amendment allowing non-citizen legal residents of the city to vote in municipal elections. After a City Council public hearing on Aug. 13, however, the council voted to send the proposal to its Legislative Committee for further study.
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 | Portland Families: Back to School Fair August 25! Posted on 08/07/2018 |