October is National Bullying Prevention Month, and this year Riverton and Lyseth elementary schools stood as bright examples against bullying on Unity Day, Wednesday, Oct. 25. This is Lyseth’s third consecutive year participating in Unity Day, where schools, communities and businesses display orange to show support against bullying. Riverton also planned a schoolwide event around… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Oct 3, 2017 The district is launching The Portland Public Schools Promise, a new initiative to underscore for the community the unique value proposition that is the Portland Public Schools. PORTLAND, Maine – The Portland Public Schools is about to launch an exciting new initiative to reintroduce the value and power of… Read More
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sept. 27, 2017 Hall Elementary School students on Sept. 28 will visit Maine Audubon’s Gilsland Farm to study how living things survive in and around a pond and the human impact on that ecosystem. The field trip is made possible by a grant from the Maine Audubon Grant for Teachers pilot program,… Read More