Portland High School, Portland, Maine

Portland High School is a public high school in Portland, Maine (Cumberland County) which educates grades 9–12. The school is part of the Portland Public Schools district.Infobox Secondary school
name = Portland High School

established = 1821
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = Portland
state = Maine
country = USA
district = Portland Public Schools
accreditation = New England Association of Schools and Colleges
principal = Michael Johnson
students = 1,100
faculty = 75
campus = Urban
mascot = Bulldog
colors= Blue and White
website = [http://portland.portlandschools.org/ portland.portlandschools.org] Established in 1821 as a boys' school, Portland is the second oldest public high school still operating in the United States, having been the third public high school to be established in the U.S. Joseph Libbey was its first principal. A separate school for girls was added in 1850, and in 1863 the school moved to Cumberland Avenue, its present location. The original school building on that site, which is now the middle wing of the modern school was originally divided into two by a brick wall running from top to bottom of the building to divide the girls from the boys. Much of the wall has been removed, but its remains can still be seen in the basement. [http://portland.portlandschools.org/content/mainoffice/history.htm]

The school was added to the National Register of Historic Places on 1984-11-23. [ [http://www.nr.nps.gov/ US National Park Service, National Register Information System] accessed 2006-12-14]

In 1989 a new annex was opened containing classrooms, a cafeteria, a theater/auditorium and an athletic facility. Portland High School, however, uses the off campus Fitzpatrick Stadium, Hadlock Field, Portland Expo, and Portland Ice Arena for the school's sporting events.

The school principal, as of 2008, is Mr. Michael Johnson, and his assistants are Kimberly Wike and Steven Rogers. Approximately 1100 students are enrolled each year.

Notable Alumni

* Harold Taylor Andrews, killed in action, Battle of Cambrai, 1917; the first Portland native to die in World War I
* Rear Admiral Albert Cleaves, WWII commander of Cruiser-Transport Force
* LeBaron Coakley, illustrator and political cartoonist for the Richmond Times-Dispatch and The Washington Post
* Steven Michael Dibiase, United States envoy to the Canadian consulate
* John Ford (John Martin Feeney), film director
* John Lynch, U.S. Representative
* Admiral Robert Edwin Peary, explorer, first to reach the North Pole
* Edward Pennell, USMC, a Navy Cross recipient for his actions at Iwo Jima, February, 1945
* Quinton Porter, professional football player
* Thomas B. Reed, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
* John Calvin Stevens, architect, pioneer of Shingle Style
* Sewall C. Strout, U.S. federal court judge
* Dave Epstein, Television Meteorologist, WCVB,TV Boston, Massachusetts
* Dave Littlefield, Former Major League Baseball executive, Senior Vice President and General Manager of the Pittsburgh Pirates
* Wyatt Allen, Olympic gold and bronze medalist in rowing

Notes

External links

* [http://portland.portlandschools.org/ Portland High School homepage]
* [http://maine.schooltree.org/public/Portland-High-037370.html Portland High School profile] provided by schooltree.org
* [http://www.portlandhighlacrosse.com/ Portland High Lacrosse]
* [http://portlandhighschoolfootball.com/ Portland High Football]
* [http://www.phscheering.org/ Portland High Cheering]