Thank you to our School Lunch Heroes! 🦸Today on School Lunch Hero Day, we celebrate the amazing work that our Food Service staff does to provide delicious and nutritious meals to students.
It's National School Principals' Day! This day celebrates and recognizes the vital role of principals in our schools to support students, families, educators, and staff. Thank you, South Portland School principals, for all that you do to help schools thrive! ☀️ Myra Caron, Kaler Elementary Principal; Bethany Connolly, Skillin Elementary Principal; Sarah Glenn, SPHS Principal; Beth Kellogg, Brown Elementary Principal; Allison Hopkins, Dyer Elementary Principal; Diane Lang, Small Elementary Principal; Rebecca Stern, SPMS Principal
Congratulations to the SPHS Class of 2025 Top Scholars, who were recognized at April's board meeting 🎓
Support the 3 Communities Food Drive this Saturday, May 3, between 10am-noon at the South Portland Police Department. They are collecting much-needed nonperishable food items and are raising money for the three pantries feeding neighbors in South Portland, Cape Elizabeth, and Scarborough. See the attached flier for more details or visit fooddrivemaine.weebly.com.
National Poetry Month is wrapping up...and so is the City of South Portland's youth poetry contest! ✨✍🏼 South Portland High School and Middle School students: Enter the "Our Future South Portland" Poetry Contest! Two poets will be published in the City's new Comprehensive Plan and win a $25 gift card to a local business. Learn more and enter: southportland.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=291
Administrative Professionals Day recognizes and celebrates the work of our school clerks and office managers–thank you for all that you do!
Thank you to our South Portland School bus drivers who go the extra mile to ensure students get to and from school safely every day. 🚌
Please note District Office open hours during Spring Break 🌸 4/22-4/24: 7:30 am - 12 pm. 4/21 and 4/25: Closed.
It's officially the start of Spring Break 🌼 🌱 We look forward to seeing you back in class when school resumes on Monday, April 28!
Unless there is a need for another school cancellation, the last day of school is scheduled to be June 13.
Over 104,000 minutes were read school-wide during the annual Read-a-thon at Small Elementary in March, exceeding both reading and fundraising goals! 📖 Everyone had a fantastic time celebrating with students earning prizes and teachers fulfilling silly challenges, like getting duct-taped to the wall or a pie to the face.
Congratulations to Joana Otshudi, SPHS and PATHS Dance Student of the Quarter! "Joana is a force on the dance floor. She has excellent attendance, rehearsal habits, and drive. She wows us every day with her amazing dance ability. Congratulations Joana, excellent work!"
Caleb Gray, SPHS SRO, is one of the 2025 Public Health Award Winners! He received the Unsung Hero Award from Maine Public Health Association, which recognizes an individual, department or organization who has positively influenced public health in Maine from behind the scenes.
Congratulations to Alexis Leo, SPHS and PATHS Commercial Art student, who earned third place for the state of Maine in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Junior Duck Stamp competition! 🦆 Read more about the competition here: www.fws.gov/program/junior-duck-stamp/about-us
Girl Scouts new member sign-up event for Pre-K-3rd graders: 5:30 pm, Wednesday, May 14 at 138 Gannett Drive, South Portland. Visit girlscoutsofmaine.org or see the attached flier for more details!
With the weather warming up, the SoPo Bike Bus is back! Families ride together on bikes to Small Elementary weekly 🚲
The School Board is holding a meeting next week, Monday, April 14 at 6 p.m. in the Lecture Hall at South Portland High School. This meeting can be attended in-person, viewed live on Channel 2 on public access television, and streamed online through SPC-TV at tinyurl.com/4y2eehbw. To see the Board agenda, visit spsdme.org/schoolboard.
Last week, SPHS business students got to compete in the Junior Achievement Titan Challenge! Students were invited to compete in a simulation-based program where groups competed as business CEOs in the phone industry, experiencing firsthand how an organization evaluates alternatives, makes decisions, analyzes the outcomes of those decisions, and then strategizes what to do next.
South Portland Earth Day Resource Fair: Saturday, April 26, 10 am–2 pm at Mill Creek Park. Celebrate our planet and find the resources you need to care for it throughout the year! Connect with Eco-focused community groups with activities and demos for adults and kids. See the attached flier or visit the Facebook event listing for more details: https://www.facebook.com/events/1179131960460330/?rdid=Uk8CSAHjwuBT28OC&share_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fshare%2F1BTM7Pfyah%2F#
National Library Week, April 6-12, 2025, celebrates the valuable role of libraries and librarians. 📚 Libraries are a place of discovery, imagination, and endless learning. Thank you to our school librarians for helping curiosity thrive and knowledge grow!
