Recent Awards and Honors for the Portland Public Schools

Second place, Division A in the Maine State Math Meet and first place for large schools in the Pi-Cone South Math League (Portland High School, 2008)

First place, Maine Odyssey of the Mind state competition (Moore Middle School team with students from Moore, King, Lincoln and Longfellow, 2008)

First place, First Tech Challenge, competing against 21 other schools from New England and eastern Canada (Portland Arts and Technology High School/Casco Bay High School robotics team, 2008)

First and third place awards, New England Regional Science Bowl (Portland High, 2008)

Third place, Maine MATHCOUNTS state competition (Moore Middle School, 2008)

Maine Class A high school girls' basketball championship (Deering High School, 2008)

One of five finalists for the Maine Department of Education's 2008 Maine Teacher of the Year award (Andrea Napolitano-Romer, Riverton)

National Semiconductor Science in Action Award (Christel Driscoll, Lincoln Middle School, 2008)

Eco-Excellence Award for outstanding contributions to recycling and energy conservation (Rob Lindsay, Lincoln Middle School, 2008 and Portland High Environmental Club, 2007)

Maine winners of Preserve America's American History Teacher of the Year award (Marilyn Philbrook and Barbara Judge, Lyseth Elementary School, 2007)

Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Silver Certification (East End Community School, 2007)

Maine Class A high school baseball championship (Deering High School, 2007)

Maine first place award in the Ford/AAA Student Auto Skills Competition (Portland Arts and Technology High School, 2006 and 2007)

Project Citizen's National Showcase exceptional achievement award, Maine State Showcase exemplary portfolio award and Governor's Service-learning exceptional project award (Lyman Moore Middle School, 2006 and 2007)

New England League of Middle Schools Spotlight School (King Middle School received this award in 2006 for the fifth consecutive year.)

National Association of Biology Teachers' 2006 Outstanding Biology Teacher Award for Maine (David Sproul, Deering High School)

Maine Class A high school boys' basketball championship (Deering High School, 2006)

Gold medal from the National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association for a team grade point average of 3.873 (Deering High School girls' swim team, 2006)