
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 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 ...


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
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 ...

March 14, 2023
Students in Brooke Skeenes’ Medical Terminology and Human Anatomy class at Portsmouth High School are getting up close with the human body thanks to new technology called an Anato...

March 14, 2023
Portsmouth City Schools are participating in “If You See Something, Say Something Week,” March 13-17, with a series of events at the high school and elementary buildings to remind...

March 13, 2023
Technologies are making the world smaller by bringing people together, and it’s more important than ever for students to learn about other cultures that exist outside their own ne...

February 23, 2023
The former Portsmouth High School gymnasium, the last remaining piece of the original high school, has now finally completed renovations to turn this historic building into a 21st...
February 20, 2023
In recognition of Board Appreciation Month, the Portsmouth School Board was treated to a special art show at Portsmouth High School during its January board meeting. In addition t...

January 30, 2023
Students from Portsmouth High School took a field trip to participate in the Youth Impact Prevention Summitt at Shawnee State University, on Jan. 19.
Zac Nance, student behavio...
January 13, 2023
1/12/2023 PCSD Parents and Families:
Good evening! A short while ago we became aware of a social media post that threatened one of our school buildings. Authorities are work...

December 16, 2022
Wednesday, December 21, 2022
(Early Dismissal)
East Portsmouth School ……
12:00 Bus #32 (Special Run)
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December 15, 2022
This afternoon, Portsmouth High School was notified by a student that a bomb threat had been airdropped onto their phone. Immediately, students were evacuated and through the wo...
December 15, 2022
Students from Portsmouth Elementary visited the high school on Thursday to listen to guest speaker Josh Huffman tell them about his exciting job with SpaceX.
Huffman is a Ports...
December 8, 2022
Portsmouth City School District kicked off its holiday season of Christmas programs, beginning with a K-3 performance at East Portsmouth Elementary on Dec. 6. Sixty students at EP...
December 5, 2022
Staff from Portsmouth City School District enjoyed Portsmouth Winterfest with their families during a private skating event on the ice rink Sunday evening. The day began with a gr...
November 16, 2022
Put on your dancing shoes and get to Portsmouth High School on Nov. 18-20 to enjoy the Portsmouth High School Show Choir in their performance of the musical 42nd Street.
“We’re...