Published September 17, 2024 by Maine Principals' Association.
Maine’s Positive Story of the Day ~ South Portland Middle School ~
South Portland Middle School opened in 2023 as a Community School and has not looked back! Our staff, families, and community have partnered together to support students in a variety of ways based on a thorough Assets & Needs Assessment process. These photos show just a few examples of the range of work that the community school strategy supports. We offer lots of additional enrichment programming, such as after-school programs in our community-supported school garden with South Portland Park Rangers. We seek to meet basic needs of our students and families through our comprehensive School-Based Health Center with Greater Portland Health and a clothing and food pantry supported by The Locker Project. A teaming approach around student mental health strengthens the collective work of our diverse support staff that includes clinicians from outside agencies. It takes our whole SPMS Community School village to make this work!