Welcome back from winter break! 🏀🍽️ Basketball season is underway and Family Dinner Night is coming up on January 15--don’t miss free food, open gym, and a dance party! Read more in Dr. Stern's latest update.

8 months ago, Dana Bettez

Please join us for our 3rd Annual Family Dinner on January 15th!

8 months ago, Dana Bettez
SPMS Family dinner

❄️ Winter Break Reminder! There will be no school from December 22nd through January 2nd. Classes resume on Monday, January 5th.

8 months ago, Dana Bettez

Thursday, December 18th: 7/8 Mathx and Homework Clubs are canceled today. Grades 5-8 Cheer, Karate, and Chess will still meet.

8 months ago, Dana Bettez

Wednesday, December 17th: 7/8 eSports Club begins today and runs on Wednesdays throughout the winter. 7/8 Student Council is canceled today.

8 months ago, Dana Bettez

Tuesday, December 16th: 5/6 Ski Club will meet today for the first ski of the season after school today until 4:40.

8 months ago, Dana Bettez

Nothing is better than a pancake breakfast with friends and family! 🥞 South Portland Middle School teachers and staff prepared and served pancakes, fruit, juice, and coffee for 5-8th grade students and their families on Friday last week.

9 months ago, South Portland Schools
SPMS Pancake Breakfast
SPMS Pancake Breakfast
SPMS Pancake Breakfast

Monday, December 15th: 5-8 Cheer practice is canceled today. There will be an informational meeting & boot fitting for 5th & 6th grade students interested in winter Ski Club after school today with Mr. Lunt. Ski Club will meet tomorrow for those who have signed permission slips.

9 months ago, Dana Bettez

The annual food drive is happening next week at South Portland Middle School, December 15-19! Students, staff, and community members are invited to bring non-perishable food items to SPMS to support the grade of their choice (5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th). All donations will support the SPMS food pantry and The Locker Project, who partners with the district to provide food assistance to members of the community. The grade that raises the most food will win the honor of being the 2025 FOOD FEUD CHOMP-IONS! 🦈

9 months ago, South Portland Schools
SPMS Food Drive 2025
SoPo Unite Tip of the Month: Choose to be Reliable to Avoid Being Liable
9 months ago, South Portland Schools
SoPo Unite Tip of the Month December 2025 - English
SoPo Unite Tip of the Month December 2025 - Arabic
SoPo Unite Tip of the Month December 2025 - French
SoPo Unite Tip of the Month December 2025 - Portuguese
SoPo Unite Tip of the Month December 2025 - Somali
SoPo Unite Tip of the Month December 2025 - Spanish
As a part of the OpenSciEd Ecosystems and Matter Cycling unit, students in Ms. Gartman's class engaged in a food web activity. 5th grade students took on roles of different producers, consumers, and decomposers in the nurse log system. They created a food web as they passed the blue yarn to represent matter being passed among organisms. Students had fun and learned an important concept!
9 months ago, South Portland Schools
Students in Gartman's class during the lessom

December 10th: Tonight's PTO meeting has been canceled

9 months ago, Dana Bettez
South Portland Schools celebrated the holiday season at the Mill Creek Tree Lighting with a poetry reading by SPMS student Sloan Willows and musical performances by the SPMS Chorus and SPHS Chamber Singers. ✨ Thank you to everyone in our community who attended, including the PTA groups and SoPo Unite!
9 months ago, South Portland Schools
Mill Creek Tree Lighting
Mill Creek Tree Lighting
Mill Creek Tree Lighting

🥫 FOOD FEUD IS BACK, SHARKS! 🦈 Starting Monday, December 15, SPMS kicks off our annual school-wide food drive! It’s grade vs. grade all week long, with all donations supporting the SPMS Food Pantry and The Locker Project. Learn more here.

9 months ago, Dana Bettez
SPMS Food Feud

🥞 Family Pancake Breakfast THIS Friday, Dec. 12! 7th & 8th: 7:00-7:30am • 5th & 6th: 7:45-8:15am. Pancakes, fruit, juice & coffee!

9 months ago, Dana Bettez

🏀📝🎺This week at SPMS! Explore our athletics and clubs listings to see what’s happening.

9 months ago, Dana Bettez
South Portland Tree Lighting in Mill Creek Park: Friday, December 5, 4:30-6:30. Enjoy a festive and fun evening with family friendly activities and treats, countdown to turning the holiday lights, petting zoo, and more. Donations being accepted include non-perishable food items, unwrapped holiday gifts, and winter clothes.
9 months ago, South Portland Schools
2025 Tree Lighting in Mill Creek Park flyer

Thursday, December 4th: 7/8 Homework Club is canceled today. Students attending the basketball games at SPMS must leave and return at 3:30 and use District Office doors. Go Sharks! 🦈

9 months ago, Dana Bettez
Last chance to take the survey! What kinds of community spaces do you think we need in South Portland? Take the city's 3-minute survey at https://bit.ly/CommunitySpaceNeeds to help inform decisions about the future, including community-oriented spaces at the proposed new City Center at Mahoney. The survey closes Tuesday, December 9.
9 months ago, South Portland Schools
Last chance - Community Space Needs Survey

Wednesday, December 3rd: Today is an Early Release Day. 7th & 8th grades are dismissed at 11:40 am. 5th & 6th grades are dismissed at 12:30 pm.

9 months ago, Dana Bettez