By the time you read this, the first day of school for Portland Public Schools students – Monday, Sept. 14 – will be behind us. At the time of this writing, our plan is to open in hybrid mode, with a mix of in-person and remote learning. But one thing we’ve learned from this pandemic […]
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Portland Kids Duathlon raises $8,000 for COVID needs
PORTLAND — The Portland Kids Duathlon has donated $8,000 to the Foundation for Portland Public Schools to help with COVID-19 needs in the city schools. The money may be used for innovation grants to educators, extra academic support for students, free meals to supplement federal lunch and breakfast programs and to support families in crisis. […]
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Portland renames school for Maine’s first Black legislator
The former Riverton Elementary School formally became the Gerald E. Talbot Community School during a ceremony Monday.
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Six incumbents bowing out on City Council, school board seats
Candidates line up for November election, including four to replace At-Large Councilor Jill Duson, who has served for two decades.
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Portland School Notebook: Portland high schools send off 2020 graduates
Portland’s three high schools held graduations during the first week of August, with outdoor ceremonies held at Ocean Gateway due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Portland High School celebrated its 199th commencement ceremony with 181 graduates in the class of 2020. Class President Erin Chadbourne said students never guessed that when they left school on March […]
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People & Business: Aug. 12
Allen Avenue UU welcomes new minister Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church in Portland announces the arrival of its new minister, the Rev. Donna Dolham. In making the announcement, Search Committee Chair Pauli Juneau said, “Most members got to ‘meet’ Rev. Donna via Zoom meetings. These meetings led to our overwhelming vote to call her as […]
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Maine students on reopening schools: ‘I just hope we do it the right way’
With the return to school around the corner, Maine high school students say they’d like to be back in the classroom, but they’re equally concerned about safety.
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Amid pandemic, Portland High seniors celebrate school’s first drive-in graduation. See the photos.
It has been a turbulent year for the 181 seniors, who graduated Wednesday night while sitting in vehicles parked in a lot on Portland’s waterfront.
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Portland schools may let students learn from home if they want to
The school board will take public comment next week on a range of reopening scenarios, all of which come with a remote learning option.
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School Notebook: June 17
National Merit Scholarship winner Portland middle schooler is Maine State Spelling Bee champ Competing from her bedroom in the virtual Maine State Spelling Bee on June 4, Lincoln Middle School seventh grader Rose Bolduc fought through 32 rounds to win the contest and become Maine’s 2020 Spelling Bee champion. Bolduc was among 12 of the […]