Deshanna Honore, a fifth-grade math teacher at Hodges Manor Elementary School, was named the Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) 2027 Citywide Teacher of the Year. Honore received the...

For many girls in Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS), stepping onto the field will now come with more comfort and more confidence. The PPS Office of Division Athletics just received ...

Cradock Elementary School is one of just 71 schools in the country selected to participate in the Disney Musicals in Schools program, which offers schools free performance rights ...

Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) is one of just six school divisions in the state to be named a Purple Star Division this year by the Virginia Department of Education and the Vir...

At the Oct. 23 meeting of the Portsmouth City School Board, the Board unanimously approved an instructional calendar for the 2026-2027 school year. With this calendar, the First D...

Update: The request submitted to name the I.C. Norcom football field was withdrawn. As such, the public hearings originally scheduled for Oct. 27 and Oct. 28 have been cancelled...

I. C. Norcom High School’s Kennedy Mayes and Manor High School students Raul Lancheros, Alexander Lovejoy, Lillian Miller and Olivia Mitchell have each received awards from the Co...

As part of the division’s ongoing efforts to support students’ mental and emotional wellness, Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) has partnered with Hazel Health, a telehealth compan...

Thursday, July 17, students and staff from Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) will join representatives from the Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC), Breeze Technolog...

Monday, June 30, Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) administration was notified that the U.S. Department of Education (USDOE) was reinstating the original liquidation date for Eleme...

Portsmouth Public Schools is supporting Portsmouth Parks & Recreation with its annual Summer Food Service Program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge and are th...

Congratulations to Churchland Academy's Bria Hill for earning honorable mention in the Virginia Department of Education's "Expressions of Freedom" art competition! For more div...

The Portsmouth Public Schools Department of Communications has again brought home 10 awards from the National Schools Public Relations Association (NSPRA) honoring an array of the...

Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) Director of School Counseling Lorraine Schlichte has been named the 2025 Virginia School Counselor Association (VSCA) Leadership Award reci...

Portsmouth Public Schools (PPS) Superintendent Dr. Elie Bracy, III has been elected to serve as the next president of the Virginia Association of School Superintendents (VASS). I...

Manor High School has been named one of the 2025 “100 Best W!se High Schools Teaching Personal Finance” by Working in Support of Education (W!se). According to W!se, its Top 10...

Portsmouth Public Schools is launching Spark Schools, a new initiative to help support school campuses that have experienced ongoing challenges related to staff retention and tea...

Ian Lindo, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School, has been named Operation Homefront’s 2025 Military Child of the Year® for the Coast Guard. According to Operation Homefront, these...

Congratulations to Churchland Academy's Tammie Maury-Huff for being named a 2025 Virginia Ambassador of Kindness by the Virginia Department of Education! Check out the rest of ...

The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) has named both Churchland Academy Elementary School and Churchland Middle School as having a Recognized ASCA Model Program® (RAMP...