Thank you to our long-time partner, L.L.Bean, for their continued support of our collaboration with Rippleffect to provide outdoor adventure and team-building opportunities to our middle schoolers. Because of L.L.Bean’s generous donations, all King, Lincoln, and Lyman Moore Middle

The Foundation for Public Schools is looking for Alumni Sweetheart stories! Did you or someone you know meet and fall in love while they were attending Portland public schools? We’d love to hear their story!

Is there a Casco Bay, Deering, Portland, or Portland Adult Ed graduate you think deserves recognition? Please nominate them for the 2nd annual Foundation for Portland Public Schools Distinguished Alumni Awards.  The 2025 Distinguished Alumni

The Foundation for Portland Public Schools (FPPS) is thrilled to bring vision vans to the Portland Public Schools (PPS) to provide students with free eye exams and glasses. On January 6-8, 2025, a van from

From News Center Maine: Author Rya Wooten. Watch the video! Portland Public Schools presented its “State of the Schools” address Monday at Portland City Hall, sharing highlights and challenges the district is experiencing. The plan focuses

In a heartwarming gesture of generosity, the Deering High School Class of 1959 recently donated $3,500 to their alma mater. Class President Tom Chittick, former basketball captain Tom Foley, and student council member Tom Foley

Meghan Mellor Trulaske Miers had a creative, philanthropic spirit that will live on in the Portland Public Schools, thanks in part to a generous gift in her memory. Meghan’s family has made a very generous

Our annual report is here! See how your support made the Portland Public Schools even better last year by clicking here to see our digital annual report.

Last spring, some of our school nurses came to the Foundation seeking help with two pressing needs that are disrupting learning: vision care and menstrual supplies. Our school nurses provide basic vision testing for students.