Congratulations South Portland Marching Band, Color Guard & Staff! This past weekend, South Portland received a gold medal at their State Finals competition. 🥇 The group, made up of 54 students in grades 7-12, earned 5s across the board–the highest score given!
There will be a Special School Board Meeting today, Monday, October 26th at 6 p.m. in the South Portland High School Lecture Hall.
For the School Board meeting agenda, visit spsdme.org/schoolboard.
To stream the meeting live on SPC-TV, visit tinyurl.com/SPSDBoardMeeting.
*SPMS BOYS SOCCER* Practice is cancelled this afternoon. More updates to come on the conclusion of their season. The boys will head home via their normal transportation at the conclusion of the school day.
❄️ 🎁 South Portland Holiday Resources 🎁 ❄️
Visit spsdme.org/holidays2026 for more information on holiday support and ways to help. (➡️ Swipe for Español, Français, Lingála, and Português)
If your family is seeking holiday support, the application is available online (due November 1, 2026.) This application is for families who live in South Portland and have children at home from ages 0-18 years old.
If you are in a position to give, please visit our website for ways to support your community this holiday season through volunteering and donating.
South Portland Holiday Toy Drive is a local non-profit organization dedicated to supporting youth in South Portland with holiday gifts.
Thank you to our bus drivers, bus aides, mechanics, dispatchers, crossing guards, and support staff for their dedication to ensuring students travel safely to and from school each day.
Visit spsdme.org/bus-safety for more information on school bus safety and sharing the road.
*SPMS ATHLETICS* Boys Soccer games have been canceled. The teams will practice at Wainwright today and take the Sports Shuttle home or get picked up at Wainwright. Tennis matches have been cancelled. They will practice at SPHS like normal.
For the School Board meeting agenda, visit spsdme.org/schoolboard.
To stream the meeting live on SPC-TV, visit tinyurl.com/SPSDBoardMeeting.
*SPMS ATHLETICS* All outdoor practices are cancelled today, 10/13, however 8th grade boys soccer will practice in the SPMS gym until 3:50. All other teams will take their normal transportation home at the conclusion of the school day.
**SPMS TENNIS** Today's matches at Deering Oaks against King MS has been cancelled due to the opponent's coach's family emergency. There will be no practice today. Please have the tennis players take their normal transportation home at the conclusion of their school days.
**SPMS Boys Soccer** We are without a bus driver this evening for the boys soccer games at Bonny Eagle. The games are cancelled. 7th grade practice is cancelled and the boys will go home at the conclusion of the school day. 8th grade will practice as normal.
**SPMS TENNIS** The SPMS Tennis Practice today is cancelled due to wet court conditions. Please have your student athlete head home on their normal transportation at the conclusion of the school day.
The Tennis Matches tomorrow are also CANCELLED due to no available bus driver. They will be rescheduled to 10/14, same time and location. The team will practice in place of this cancellation.
The King MS matches scheduled for Monday were moved to 10/7, 4pm starts, same place.
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**SPMS ATHLETICS UPDATE** The following cancellations have been made for today, 9/28, for our SPMS fall sports: Girls Soccer game CANCELLED, Boys Soccer game CANCELLED, Tennis match CANCELLED, Field Hockey game CANCELLED. We are attempting to reschedule. All four teams will not practice today and will head home on their normal transportation. Cross Country practice will be held in the SPMS gym as normal.
Each year, National Hispanic Heritage Month is observed from September 15 to October 15 and honors Hispanic and Latino histories and cultures. To celebrate, the South Portland High School Learning Commons has a display with an assortment of books by Hispanic and Latino authors. There are also resources, book recommendations, music playlists, and more available on our district website: www.spsdme.org/page/hispanic-latino-american-heritage
🗓️ 5:30-7 PM Monday, September 28
📍 South Portland Middle School Multipurpose Room
We invite you to participate in our upcoming forum to review and discuss the options currently under consideration for elementary school reconfiguration in South Portland. Childcare and interpretation will be proviced.
For more information, visit spsdme.org/reconfiguration.
Regular attendance helps students stay connected to learning and strengthens classroom communities.
🔗 Find resources about building good attendance habits for the rest of the school year and beyond at spsdme.org/attendance.
