Dora Small Elementary School

Our Small School PTA organized a Move-a-thon fundraiser gets all kids outside and moving. Our students rolled, walked, ran, danced or moved in any way they could around the playgr...

Published on October 16, 2024 by Ananya Kumar, Communications Intern, National Farm to School Network. As part of our ongoing series for National Farm to School Month, we ha...

Students who are meeting our school wide expectations of being safe, respectful and responsible use their feather tickets to vote on the activity for our school wide celebration! ...

Published September 23, 2024 by WMTW. Click here to watch the video from WMTW. SOUTH PORTLAND, Maine — Inspired by Coach Balto on social media, Rose Devlin and Stefan Apse...

"When you never, ever lose faith in the ability of a child to learn, that’s an act of hope and love." –Superintendent Matheney The 2024-25 school year starts next week,...

The following text is from the Maine Department of Education's media release. The Maine Department of Education has awarded $2,788,372 in Summer Learning and Enrichment Grant fu...

The South Portland School Nutrition Program is offering FREE summer meals to participants 18 years of age and younger. Meals will be provided, at a first come, first serve...

Whether you are enjoying the sunshine or exploring new places, bring a book to enjoy on your adventures! What will you be reading this summer? Where to get books: Sora (ebook and...

Today on Take Action Day, thousands of participants from local businesses and community partners came together to volunteer. United Way, a non-profit whose work mobilizes communit...

Despite a surprising power outage that delayed school by two hours, our 2024 field day was a super fun time! The PTO, along with our PE teacher, Jane Papi-Smith, led students thro...

Parm is the grandparent of two students who attend Small School He came to read and answer questions about his book, Dahlia Dances at the Zoo. It was so fun to have a family mem...

Local author, Phuc Tran, visited Small School to speak to K-4 students about the writing and publishing process of his book, Cranky. We also learned about how to be a good friend...

Local author, tattoo artist and educator, Phuc Tran, will visit Small School on May 13th to talk to students about his new picture book, Cranky. From Harper Collins Publishers: ...

Students have logged over 40,000 reading minutes in our school wide Read-a-thon fundraiser! This Friday we will celebrate at an assembly. Teachers have volunteered to have their h...

Join us to celebrate the many cultures that are a part of our school community. On Thursday, March 14, 2024 from 5:30-6:30 p.m., we welcome students and families to eat food, play...

Two student authors co-wrote and co-illustrated their own Who Would Win book: Wh o Would Win: Ants vs. Termites. The two students went to classrooms to read their book alou...

Teachers and students celebrated World Read Aloud day on Wednesday, February 7th! Of course, many books were read aloud! Some classes made reading crowns, others had guest readers...

The Civil Rights Team and other fourth grade students collaborated to color and assemble this banner to honor some notable Black Americans for Black History Month. The banner is ...

The snow has made recess extra fun these days, especially if students have cold weather gear! We keep a stash of extra snow pants, hats and gloves for kids to borrow in the office...

On Monday January 22nd Superintendent Matheney shared the annual State of the Schools presentation at a Board of Eduction workshop. The slide deck of the presentation can be fo...