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 | Peaks Student Trash Project To Get Mayoral Stamp of Approval Posted on 05/31/2016 Peaks Island Elementary School students launched a project earlier this year called RRR-Evolution – Reduce-Reuse-Recycle and evolution or change. The purpose of the project was to learn the impact on the island of all the trash residents generate. Now the mayor of Portland is coming to Peaks to “commission” some solutions that the students designed and built to help deal with that trash: a compost container and a returnables container.
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 | Moore Teacher To Visit Philippines on ‘Global Classrooms’ Fellowship Posted on 05/26/2016 |
 | Board Votes to Approve Xavier Botana as Portland Superintendent Posted on 05/24/2016 |
| Board To Vote on Xavier Botana as New Portland Superintendent Posted on 05/23/2016 Following a nationwide search, the Portland Board of Public Education will vote on Xavier Botana, currently an associate superintendent in Indiana, to become the next superintendent of the Portland Public Schools, Maine’s largest and most diverse school system. The board is scheduled to vote on hiring Mr. Botana at a meeting set for Tuesday, May 24, at Presumpscot Elementary School.
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 | PHS Students to Showcase Engineering Projects Posted on 05/23/2016 Portland High School students will hold an Engineering Open House on Thursday, May 26, at which visitors can get a firsthand look at the challenging engineering projects students have been working on, including robotics, reverse engineering and 3D printing.
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 | King Students Among Top Winners in Windstorm Challenge Posted on 05/23/2016 |
 | PATHS Fest Set for May 26 Posted on 05/23/2016 The Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) will be hosting PATHS Fest on Thursday, May 26, to celebrate and showcase the many programs that are offered at the regional career and technical education center.
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 | Longfellow Receives $1,000 from University Credit Union Posted on 05/23/2016 |
 | Peaks Students Add Plays to After-School Repertoire Posted on 05/23/2016 |
 | Public Hearing on Elementary School Improvements on May 24 Posted on 05/19/2016 On Tuesday, May 24, the Portland Board of Public Education will hold a public hearing to get feedback from the community as the board considers what it will recommend to the City Council regarding the renovation of Presumpscot, Longfellow, Lyseth, and Reiche elementary schools.
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 | Lyman Moore’s Annual HyperHeart 5k Set for May 21 Posted on 05/18/2016 |
 | Proactive Testing in Portland Public Schools Shows Drinking Water Safe Posted on 05/18/2016 |
 | Portland Public Schools Named Confucius Classroom Posted on 05/17/2016 The Portland Public Schools has been named a Confucius Classroom in concert with the University of Southern Maine’s Confucius Institute. In becoming a Confucius Classroom, the district is able to enrich its offerings in Chinese language and culture and expand Mandarin classes at Deering and Casco Bay high schools.
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 | Walk, Run or Roll for DHS' Purple Madness on May 21! Posted on 05/17/2016 |
| New Elementary, Middle School Bell Schedules Set for 2016-2017 Posted on 05/16/2016 |
 | ‘I Made It Happen!’ Celebration to Honor Graduating ELL Students Posted on 05/16/2016 A celebration of achievement will be held Wednesday, May 18, for more than 80 graduating seniors from the Portland Public Schools’ Make It Happen! program. The students didn’t grow up speaking English as their native language, but now they not only have learned English and are graduating from the city’s public high schools, but most also are headed to college.
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 | PATHS Plant Sale Ongoing Throughout May Posted on 05/13/2016 The Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) Landscapes and Gardens program annual Spring Plant Sale is still going on through the end of May. A variety of vegetable and flowers seedlings are available as well as houseplants and succulent gardens.
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 | King Staff Recognized for Expanding School Breakfast Program Posted on 05/12/2016 |
 | Riverton Special Olympians Have ‘Awesome School Spirit’ Posted on 05/10/2016 |
 | PHS Wins $5,500 Grant to Start Steel Drum Band Posted on 05/10/2016 |
| Portland Voters Approve School Budget Posted on 05/10/2016 Portland residents on Tuesday, May 10, voted to approve the Portland Public Schools’ $103.6 million budget for fiscal year 2017. Portland Interim Superintendent Jeanne Crocker issued the following statement in response:
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 | Reiche-Waynflete Project Boosts Love of Reading Posted on 05/09/2016 A strong partnership has developed between Reiche Community School and Waynflete School. More than 60 students from Waynflete, a private school located in Portland’s West End, visit Reiche, a public school in the same neighborhood, each week. Through a program called The Story Boost Project, the older Waynflete students read to Reiche kindergarten students to help foster a love of reading.
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 | King Middle School Named EL Education Mentor School Posted on 05/05/2016 ing Middle School recently was named a 2016 EL Education Mentor School, an honor given to high-performing EL Education schools that have not only reached the organization's high standards for quality, but also have demonstrated a readiness and willingness to share their expertise with new network schools.
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 | Presumpscot Student’s Winning Video Combines Math, Storytelling Posted on 05/05/2016 |
 | Student Art Shows To Be Featured at First Friday Art Walk, May 6 Posted on 05/04/2016 |
 | DHS Reprises Historic Cookbook as Fundraiser for Music Program Posted on 05/03/2016 “Cooking to Beat the Band,” a cookbook created by some Deering High School Band parents in the 1940s, successfully raised enough money to buy new band uniforms at that time. Now the historic cookbook had been reprised with both old and new recipes and is on sale once again. The proceeds will benefit Deering’s music program today, which includes band, chorus and a handbell choir.
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 | City Council Approves School Budget; It Goes to Voters May 10 Posted on 05/03/2016 After a second public hearing on the school budget at its meeting on Monday, May 2, the City Council voted to approve it. Portland voters now will be asked to give final approval to the Portland Public Schools’ budget in a citywide referendum on Tuesday, May 10, 2016. Maine’s School Administrative Reorganization Law requires all school districts to hold elections for approval of their budgets. The budget must be approved by a majority of voters.
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 | DHS/PHS Unified Basketball Team Honored by School Board Posted on 05/03/2016 |
| School Board Announces Two Finalists for Superintendent Position Posted on 05/02/2016 After conducting a nationwide search, the Portland Board of Public Education has narrowed the field of applicants for the position of superintendent of the Portland Public Schools down to two finalists. They are Xavier Botana, an associate superintendent in Indiana; and Teresa A. Lance, an assistant superintendent in Colorado.
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 | PATHS Automotive Students Champions in Technical Challenge Posted on 05/02/2016 Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) automotive class students Victor Graviss, whose sending school is Deering High School, and Zachary Holmquist, who attends South Portland High School, finished in first place recently at the 2016 New England Top Tech Challenge, sponsored by the Universal Technical Institute.
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 | PATHS Construction Cluster Yard Sale on May 7 Posted on 05/02/2016 The Portland Arts and Technology High School (PATHS) will hold its 2016 Construction Cluster Yard Sale on Saturday, May 7, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. Items include some furniture, many household items and children's toys. PATHS is located at 196 Allen Avenue.
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 | DHS Students To Present ‘It Could Happen to You’ Posted on 05/02/2016 Deering High School students on Tuesday, May 3, will present an original performance titled “It Could Happen To You,” which exposes the reality of sexual exploitation of minors in Maine. In partnership with Stop Trafficking ME and under the direction of DHS drama teacher Kathleen Harris, students will perform this free, public production at 6:30 pm in the Deering High School auditorium.
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 | King Middle School Students Exploring Starting Food Pantry Posted on 05/02/2016 |
 | PATHS Spring Plant Sale Starts May 7 Posted on 04/29/2016 |