School officials estimate 500 students will use the new food pantry each month to get fresh produce and pantry staples such as pasta and cereals.
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School construction wish list grows in Maine. Only a few will be funded.
Schools in Bath, St. Agatha and Old Orchard Beach topped Maine’s new major construction priority list of 95 projects, while a state commission is studying a better way to fund critical school construction.
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Proposed Portland school cellphone ban gets mixed reaction
Many speakers at a school board workshop Tuesday night support the proposal, but others, including many students, express concern about its implementation and equity.
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Fossil collection of Portland High alum has new digs at school
The donated collection of over 250 items includes teeth from a prehistoric shark and fossilized dinosaur bones like the horn of a triceratops.
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Fights disrupt Portland-Deering basketball game at Expo
Police say no one was injured or arrested during the high school game at the Portland Expo on Thursday night.
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Portland City Council votes to allow changes to Fitzpatrick Stadium, despite public outcry
Hearts of Pine, the city’s new professional soccer team, needs to make changes to the stadium to abide by league rules, but many from the Portland High School community fear they will lose access to the field.
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School Notebook: Aug. 21
Two seniors chosen as Student Leaders interns Two Deering High School seniors were selected for Bank of America’s Student Leaders summer internship, an eight-week paid program to help students connect with employment and develop their skills. Jael Mowa is working at Boys and Girls Club of Southern Maine. She is the state policy director for […]
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School Notebook: July 31
Falmouth student selected for national mock Senate Dahlia Verrill, a rising senior at Falmouth High School, was one of 100 high school seniors across the country selected to attend American Legion Auxiliary Girls Nation last week in Washington, D.C. The weeklong program, founded in 1947, includes mock Senate sessions, caucuses and bill debates, a visit […]
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Portland High School graduates celebrate start of their independence
Off to the workforce and colleges across the state and the nation, students celebrated the end of their high school careers with family and friends Wednesday.
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Portland school leaders renew talks on consolidating its 3 high schools
District leadership said they think consolidating the schools would help them provide high quality education and facilities.