Portland Arts & Technology High School

Congratulations to Alex Grover and Noah Ufkin on winning the Ford AAA regional competition this weekend in New Hampshire. In the competition students had to put their automotive skills to the test by fixing mechanical problems on their assigned Ford cars, Alex and Noah fixed their car in just under an hour. They will represent Maine next month in the national finals at Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan.

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Portland Museum of Art is currently exhibiting student artwork from around Maine and one of our own has made it in!

Amelia Walz from the commerical arts program is now having her artwork featured the whole month of March! Stop in to the museum and check it out!

"March is National Youth Art Month, and the Portland Museum of Art and the Maine Art Education Association are pleased to collaborate on this special presentation of student artwork from across the state of Maine. Sharing this work...

The Fashion Marketing Program here at PATHS has recently attended the DECA state conference on March 7th and 8th at the Double Tree Hotel in South Portland.

DECA is an association of marketing students whose mission is to prepare emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitably, and management.

While attending, one of our students, Paloma Sanchez of Casco BayHigh School, qualified to become a member of the Maine State DECA Action Team. To qualify she was required to...

Here is an update on what some of our New Media Program graduates have been up to!:

Sean Martin, 2010 graduate from South Portland is now a media coordinator/PA for Animal Planet's North Woods Law

Mike Lennox, 2008 graduate from Windham is now working for Ringling Bros./Barnum & Bailey Circus in the lighting department

Kara Marston, 2011 graduate from Bonny Eagle is now working with the engineering control board at WGME13

Congratulations on your successes and we wish you luck on...

Our Recreational/Marine Repair program sent three teams of students to the Maine Marine Troubleshooting Contest this weekend at the Portland at the Maine Boatbuilders Show in Portland. Our students came in 1st, 3rd, and 4th!

1st Place Team: Billy McIntyre & Serena Cobleigh, both of Windham

3rd Place Team: Jack Leeman of Gorham (partner was from Rockland)

4th Place Team: Camden Hopkins of Scarborough & Reed Wilson of Windham

Congratulations all on your great accomplishments!

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Congratulations to Kidayer Al-Jubyly, a PATHS carpentry student from Portland who won first place in the state wrestling championship! It is the first time in 9 years that a PHS student has taken a first place in this sport at the states.

Vanessa Graviss, former student of Chef Armstrong's, recently won first place in a bake competition. Her cake was made with all edible gum paste peonies and we're sure it tasted delicious. She now attends the Lincoln Culinary Institute in Connecticut. 

 Interview with Koree West

PATHS Masonry Student

Instructor

Mr. Wentworth

Questions: Why PATHS ?

Answer:  PATHS provides me the opportunity to study something I like and that interests me. I am interested in masonry; in fact my father and grandfather are both masons.  I chose to come back for a third year to add to my  masonry knowledge, also this year, Mr. Wentworth is teaching me how to read and interpret blue prints.

Question: What would you tell a fellow student...