Mission Statement
The South Portland High School Community believes that all students are able to obtain the knowledge and skills necessary for post-secondary education, career, and citizenship. Toward that goal, every student will graduate as a capable learner who is able to think critically and produce quality work.
Academic Expectations
Students will demonstrate their critical thought, knowledge, and skills through:
-Writing
-Reading
-Research
-Performance or Product
Civic & Social Expectations
Members of the SPHS Community will practice:
-Appreciation of diversity in school and community
-Contributing to their community through initiative, cooperation, and leadership
-Respect for self, others, ideas, property, and the environment
-Integrity
-Perseverance
Blunt Youth Radio Recruiting
Award-winning Blunt Youth Radio Project is recruiting! Our program seeks high school students of all ages to receive FREE training in radio journalism and broadcasting.
We are having an Open House on MONDAY, JUNE 29th from 7-8:30 pm at WMPG, 92 Bedford St, Portland, ME on the University of Southern Maine campus. Details are online
Blunt Youth Radio Project brings together 60 teenagers from a variety of schools to produce a weekly, call-in, public affairs radio show on WMPG-FM, the non-profit, community radio station of the University of Southern Maine. The hour-long show features two teen hosts who interview guests on topical issues, interspersed with public radio-style feature reports, produced by the team's reporters.
At Blunt, our young members handle all aspects of show production: reporting, on-air hosting, choosing topics and locating guests, studio production, and broadcast engineering. Find out more about Blunt at: http://www.bluntradio.org.
In addition to airing weekly in Greater Portland, our best work regularly airs on National Public Radio, Maine Public Radio and, through the Public Radio Exchange, on various stations around the USA.
Blunt Youth Radio aims to equip our members with the tools and training that will give them a voice in electronic media and, by that, encourage this emerging generation to develop critical thinking and a civic-minded outlook. Blunt combats Maine's "brain drain" problem by helping young people take an active role in community life right here and right now!
Beyond building technical skills, our members have many opportunities to develop communication, presentation, and leadership skills. Blunt conducts an ongoing outreach programs with youth incarcerated at Long Creek Youth Development Center in South Portland, and with Terrascope Youth Radio at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Experienced members are eligible for internships as peer trainers with these programs, sometimes paid. And each year, our program travels to regional and national conferences to learn more about radio documentary and to present our work. Membership in Blunt Youth Radio Project is an excellent resume-builder and our members often cite membership in their college interviews.
Training begins soon!
Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast
Monday, June 8, 2009
7 AM - 11 AM
J. P. Thornton's
740 Broadway
Stop by Thornton's anytime between 7 and 11 AM on Monday, June 8. Sit down and have breakfast or grab something to go - our treat! We want to THANK YOU for the incredible contributions you have made to our students and the entire community. We'll be there and would love the opportunity to thank you in person, share a coffee, and chat about the school year.
Suzanne Godin, Superintendent
Molly Aldrich
Jane Eberle
FMI call 773-5629, ext. 432 or email AldricMo@spsd.org
H1N1 Update
Here is an update regarding the H1N1 Flu from Central Office.
Finals Schedule
Here is a link to the 2009 Finals Schedule.
NEASC Report Letter
The NEASC Report Letter has been returned with commendations and recommendations. Here is page 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5!
Junior Privilege Information
Information regarding Junior Privilege and the SATs is now available online.
NEASC Report
The NEASC Report can be found online here.
FBLA Awards
Congratulations to our Future Business Leaders of America members who participated at their annual FBLA State Leadership Conference during the last three days. Here are our chapter's results:
JC Esquibel- elected as State President, 2nd place in Sports Management
Brian McHugh - elected as State Reporter, recognized as Outstanding New Member of the Year,
Nickolas Brown- elected as State Parliamentarian, placed 2nd in Parliamentary Procedures, 3rd in Economics
John Petitto - 2nd in Management Information Systems, 3rd in Marketing
Nathan Marles - 2nd place in Computer Problem Solving, 1st in Management Information Systems, 1st in Outstanding FBLA Member of the Year, 3rd in Technology Concepts, 2nd in Word Processing II, 2nd in Networking Concepts
Parker Gerrish - 1st in Future Business Leader, 1st in Word Processing I
Mr. Hunter will be serving again as State FBLA Advisor
Students interested in joining FBLA so that they may participate in our conference next March should see Mr. Hunter or one of the students that participated in this year's conference.
Proposed Change in Notification of Discipline Actions
In the past, the Assistant Principal's Office has mailed home a letter notifying parents of detention, late night detention and suspensions. In an ongoing effort to trim printing and mailing costs as well as to provide you with immediate information about your child, we will be making a small but important change in this practice. Beginning second semester, any parent/guardian who has an e-mail address in our system, will receive notification of their child's discipline action via e-mail. If there is no e-mail address, we will send a letter for late night detention and suspensions only. As of second semester, we will not mail home any notice of detentions. So, here is the new notification system:
Detention
* e-mail notification only
* no letter regardless of whether there is an e-mail in the system
Late Night Detention
* e-mail notification for any parent/guardian with an e-mail address in the system
* mailing if we have no e-mail
Suspension
* phone call to parent/guardian
* e-mail notification if there is an e-mail in the system
* mailing if there is no e-mail
* always a letter for any suspension 3 days or more
In addition to swift notification of discipline, having your e-mail address means that teachers can contact you with questions or comments about your child's progress in class and we can use our system to notify you of important upcoming events. If you did not provide your e-mail address on the contact form at the beginning of the year, or if you have changed your e-mail address recently, please contact us at 767-3266 to let us know how we can contact you electronically. We are excited about being able to provide you with swift, secure notification of things here at school while saving hundreds of taxpayer dollars in postage. Don't hesitate to call if you have any questions.
Laurie Wood
Chris Moreau
Alert Now
Keeping you informed is a top priority for the South Portland School Department. That's why we have adopted the ALERTNOW Notification Service which will allow us to send a telephone or e-mail message to you providing important information about school emergencies. Click here for information on how to sign up.
South Portland High School Receives Grant!
South Portland High School has received a $500 grant from the ExxonMobil Educational Alliance program to support South Portland Project Scholarship (SPPS). Pauline McKinney, District Manager of the Exxon/Mobil station in South Portland worked with school officials to secure the grant which is one of 4,000 available to schools across the country served by Exxon or Mobil stations. The grants were made possible by funding from the Exxon Mobil Corporation.
"South Portland High School works hard to make learning interesting and fun," said Pauline McKinney. "As a retailer, I'm proud to help young people of the community."
The ExxonMobil Education Alliance program is designed to provide Exxon and Mobil retailers with an opportunity to invest in the future of their communities through educational grants to neighborhood schools. ExxonMobil believes that, as members of the community, local retailers are best qualified to work with local educators to help identify schools and programs most in need of support.
SPHS Senior Video Yearbook
Information and an order form is now available online for seniors and senior parents. Click here for the information!
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