May 11, 2023
Students in the Honors English IV class at Portsmouth High School were invited by the Friends of Greenlawn Cemetery to make a presentation on local history at the cemetery on May ...
May 8, 2023
The students of Portsmouth Elementary and Junior High School stepped up to help raise money for the Steven A. Hunter Hope Fund.
Now in its ninth year, the walk-a-thon event was...
May 8, 2023
In recognition of National Teacher Appreciation Week, Western Governors University Ohio (WGU Ohio) paid a visit to Portsmouth City Schools on May 8 to meet with local teachers and...



May 3, 2023
Students in Polly Bowman’s second-grade classroom at Portsmouth Elementary School gave a big, warm welcome to U.S. Navy AOAN Autumn Wright E-3. She visited the school on Wednesday...

April 25, 2023
Students at East Portsmouth Elementary are reaching for the stars during “Blast off into reading” week on April 24-28, 2023.
“We decided to do ‘Blast off into reading’ because ...
April 24, 2023
Representatives from the Ohio Fire Marshal’s Office visited Portsmouth Elementary School on April 19, 2023, to congratulate 6th grader Abigail Charles for winning a statewide elem...
April 14, 2023
Here are the bus stops for the bus students not testing on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

April 14, 2023
The Scioto County Health Department will be here on Wednesday, April 19th, to administer vaccines to any 6th grader and junior who is interested in receiving their state mandated ...
April 12, 2023
Students from Portsmouth Elementary and East Portsmouth Elementary gathered in the PES gymnasium on April 11 to listen to a performance by Ghanaian musician Okaidja Afroso. The ...

April 7, 2023
Families of children who attend Portsmouth Elementary School and East Portsmouth Elementary schools are invited to participate in “Read for the Win” Family Literacy Night at Ports...



March 27, 2023
Language barriers can cause barriers in education, as well. To help foreign-speaking students succeed, the brother and sister team of Tanner and Taitlyn Dutey teach English as a S...

March 24, 2023
After decades of absence in the community, the Boys and Girls Club is returning with new locations at Portsmouth High School and the South Central Ohio Educational Service Center....
March 24, 2023
Portsmouth City School showcased its hydroponic farming program at the 2023 Hunger Summit, sponsored by the Community Action Organization of Scioto County on March 23, at the Welc...

March 24, 2023
PHS 2023 Junior-Senior Prom Newsletter
The 2023 Junior-Senior Prom will be held Saturday May 6, 2023 at Shawnee State
University. Dinner will also be served at Shawnee State ...
