FPPS News

Hello Portland Public School Education Team, The member organizations of Culture Club-Portland hope you have been having a splendid school year! It has been wonderful to get to work with many of you and your students this year. We are writing with exciting information about next year’s programming. As a reminder, Culture Club-Portland, established in … Read more

Announcing the Portland Public Library – Annual Book Sale, June 8 & 9 TEN FREE BOOKS for ALL PPS EdUCATORS June 8 (Friday Preview) and June 9 (Saturday SALE!) NEW LOCATION: PPL Collections Center at 1000 Riverside Street Preview night: Friday, June 8 from 5-8pm Sale day: Saturday, June 9 from 9am-3pm

Announcing the PEF Spring for Teachers 2018 Raffle Winners! The winner of the Two LL Bean Kayaks, Paddles and PFDs – Susie and Steve Schwartz And, winners of the following: 1) An overnight at the Press Hotel, Fore Street Gift Certificate, and 2 Tickets to the Portland Symphony Orchestra: Lisa Merchant 2) Sea Dogs Sky … Read more

L.L. Bean has generously donated a set of two kayaks and two pfd’s that will go home with one lucky winner!  Raffle Tickets are $20 each, and there is no limit to the number of tickets you can purchase.  The winner will be chose at random on Monday, May 8th at the Foundation for Portland Public Schools Spring For Teachers … Read more

Foundation for Portland Public Schools Awarded $50,000 Grant from The Stephen and Tabitha King Foundation for PreK-Grade 5 Literacy Resources! This program addresses a general lack of funding for books and literacy resources, helps to build collections that honor and celebrate culture and language differences, thereby helping to meet students where they are and bridge … Read more

Foundation for Portland Public Schools will host the Second Annual Spring for Teachers Event on Monday, May 7th from 5:30-7:30pm at the Bunker Brewing Taproom at 17 Westfield Street in Portland.  Please purchase your ticket at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/spring-for-teachers-2018-tickets-43882784590

What: Portland Public Schools Educators are invited to shop the 2017 Portland Public Library Annual Book Sale and choose up to TEN BOOKS FREE for a classroom or school library. Please bring employee identification with you to the sale. When: June 15-17 (Thursday through Saturday) Thursday 5pm-8pm (there is no charge to attend the Thursday … Read more

Culture Club engages students in Portland Public Schools Standing in the center of a noisy fifth-grade classroom at Lyseth Elementary School in Portland, Hannah Cordes gets the students’ attention by placing her thumb on her forehead and wiggling her fingers while she says, “Wapoosh!” The children repeat the goofy gesture—the “Silent Unicorn”—and settle into a seated circle … Read more

L.L. Bean has generously donated a set of two kayaks and two pfd’s that will go home with one lucky winner!  Raffle Tickets are $20 each, and there is no limit to the number of tickets you can purchase.  The winner will be chose at random on Monday, May 8th at the Foundation for Portland Public … Read more