Congrats to all the students!
The committee met twice earlier this year to meet with potential candidates for the Portsmouth superintendent job.
The school earned high marks in a recent survey of boarding schools in the USA.
The highest bidders can win prizes including tickets to hockey games, Boston Red Sox games and Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Ice queen Elsa from “Frozen” will make an appearance and kids can play games like pumpkin bingo and a cake walk.
The state Department of Education notified the Rhode Island STEAM Academy that their proposal will not be going forward.
But there's a lack of job opportunities, according to the personal finance network WalletHub.
Thomas Kenworthy, principal of North Kingstown High School, will bid farewell to the school he has led since 2010.
Ana Riley, Portsmouth's new superintendent, joined Portsmouth This Week's host Doug Smith to talk about her new job and the school district.
Portsmouth ended the most-recent fiscal year with a $425,000 surplus.
He was a substitute teacher, but at Portsmouth High School, Mr. Fitz was the ambassador of good will and generosity.
Looking for school bus routes? Look no further.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Vermont were in the top 10 of WalletHub’s "Best and Worst School Systems" list. Rhode Island was No. 31.
Croston had indicated he would cede the leadership post on the board after a series of accusations by fellow member Frederick Faerber that he has overstepped his authority as well as increasing pressure from a number of teachers and administrators.
Reunion is Aug. 2.
Allegations come from a fellow committee member, who says Portsmouth School Committee chairman has been acting like a self-appointed superintendent, most-recently authorizing the pouring of a concrete slab without approval.
Croston, who took heat after he reportedly yelled at Hathaway School Principal Lisa Little earlier this year during a superintendent search committee meeting, said he'd step down by the end of July.
The awards are based on academic merit and the scholarships go to two PHS students each year. The money comes from fundraising efforts led by the PBA, which included a road race in 2013 in and an ongoing reusable shopping bag campaign.
Help us ask the right questions of the new superintendent, Ana Riley, who comes to Portsmouth after serving as superintendent in Dartmouth, Mass.
The committee will be appointing coaches for football, soccer, cross country, tennis and cheerleading at Portsmouth High School.
Schoonover will depart Portsmouth after serving many years as a teacher before becoming an administrator.
School Committee votes 7-0 to appoint Dartmouth Superintendent Ana Riley to the superintendent's job in Portsmouth.
A public meeting, during which much of the report's findings will be discussed, is planned for June 25 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Portsmouth Town Hall, 2200 East Main Road.
"We express our concern with the lack of professionalism on the part of the chairman of the School Committee in working with the members of the Portsmouth Leadership Team," the statement read.
Six members have reportedly resigned in just the past few days.
The annual Post Prom Party enters its 17th year this year with a funding boost after coming in first in The Herron Project's Purple and Proud After Prom Award program.
Portsmouth's assistant superintendent could be picked for the top job in nearby Somerset.
The session was funded by a $37,000 grant from Raytheon and each teacher got a curriculum guide and a materials kit to implement engineering activities in the classroom.
Vote planned Wednesday night.
She's not the interim principal anymore.
The gallery, located in St. Paul's Episcopal Church at 2679 East Main Road, is open this Saturday and Sunday, March 8 and 9, from 1 to 4 p.m.
District looking to cut up to 12 full time equivalent positions to make up for revenue declines.
Other cancellations beginning to roll in.
The latest state assessments show improvement in test results and graduation rates, though many seniors are in danger of not meeting graduation requirements.
One Massachusetts high school gave it a try.
An e-mail was sent out to Portsmouth parents Thursday about some Portsmouth Middle School students allegedly "snorting Smarties" candy.
Three weeks after returning from Thanksgiving recess, students get another break for Christmas and New Year's.
Data was compiled by the Department of Epidemiology in the Brown University School of Public Health for the RI State Epidemiology and Outcomes Workgroup for use by cities and towns to battle substance abuse.