The Clark F.

This month, students from nine schools will bid adieu to their aquatic classmates in the highlight of the Portland Water District's TroutKids Program - the release.  Before releasing their Brook trout fry, students will determine if the location is clean or polluted through various tests.  Students will test the stream for dissolved oxygen, pH, conductivity, turbidity, flow, and temperature and collect aquatic insects which are indicators of water quality.

Classes have spent the winter nurturing baby Brook trout eggs in chilled incubator tanks while learning the basics of water quality protection.
The TroutKids Program combines hands-on learning with study of a range of subjects, including ecosystems and biodiversity, water quality and pollution, habitat protection, trout anatomy and life cycle, data collection and analysis, and watershed protection. Many students have experience fishing for Brook trout; a species native to Maine.

2011 Headlight Yearbook

Congratulations to Mrs. Sturm for being awarded the 2011 Headlight Yearbook Dedication here at South Portland High School.  Mrs. Sturm was herself once a student here at SPHS in the 1960's.  During her career as Director of Guidance she has assisted thousands of students in achieving their dream of a college education by assisting them in the college application process, provided help and resources for students and their families to obtain financial aid, has written numerous grants that have funded several important initiatives here at school including our annual sophomore college visits, the Real Life course field trips to SMCC, and has worked with area colleges to setup the Early College for ME Program.  She is an active member of the College Board Advisory Committee and Vice President of the South Portland Dollars for Scholars Program.   Mrs.