Dr. Elie Bracy III

Congratulations again to our 2026 Outstanding Principal of the Year Teesha Sanders and Assistant Principal of the Year Terrica Newby! Keep up the tremendous work! #PPSShines @ICNorcomHigh @HodgesManorPPS ppsk12.us/article/3005749

Administrators from across the division gathered to kick off the first day of the 2026 PPS Leadership Institute! The opening speakers drove home the importance of alignment with the PPS strategic plan, Igniting Futures 2025-2030, from the unique perspectives of a current student, a graduate who returned to serve as a member of the PPS staff, an administrator, a parent and as a member of the Portsmouth City School Board. See more photos on the PPS Facebook page here: facebook.com/share/18ysQchm… #PPSShines

Congratulations to Hodges Manor Elementary’s Terrica Newby for being named the 2026 Outstanding Assistant Principal of the Year and Norcom High School’s Teesha Sanders for being named the 2026 Outstanding Principal of the Year! #PPSShines @ICNorcomHigh @HodgesManor

The PPS Department of Communications has earned nine National School Communication Awards from the National School Public Relations Association (@NSPRA)! Learn more about the awards and see the winning media entries here: ppsk12.us/article/2972291 #PPSShines #NSPRA

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PreK staff engaged in Summer PD! School has ended but the learning has NOT‼️ @PortsVASchools @pps_FedsPreK @PPSPREK @ebracyPPS @cardellpatillo

PPS has been named the 2026 @Jumpstartkids Read for the Record School District of the Year for its year-long commitment to literacy in classrooms! Learn more about the award here: ppsk12.us/article/2959332 #PPSShines #PPSReads

Congratulations to the Churchland High School Class of 2026! Check out more photos from the ceremony on the PPS Facebook page here: facebook.com/media/set?vani… #CaPPSandGowns #PPSShines #ClassOf2026 #Graduation

Congratulations again to the Norcom High School Class of 2026! See more photos from the evening here: facebook.com/share/17wBVDgA… #PPSShines #CaPPSandGowns #Graduation #ClassOf2026

Congratulations to the Manor High School Class of 2026! Go to the PPS Facebook Page to see more photos here: facebook.com/media/set/?van… #PPSShines #CaPPSandGowns #Graduation #ClassOf2026

What a day for @PortsVASchools! We celebrated the Class of 2026 for our three high schools, and it was a thrill to shake hands with all 862 graduates as they crossed the stage! We are proud of you! #CaPPSandGowns #PPSShines

🎓✨ Big smiles and even bigger futures! Today, our amazing kindergartners crossed the bridge to 1st grade! We are so incredibly proud of how much they’ve grown, learned, and laughed this year. Watch out 1st grade, here they come! 📚 #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

Today's the day! Tune in and watch the PPS Class of 2026 cross the stage LIVE at ppsk12.us/CaPPSandGowns, or from mobile devices on the PPS Facebook page according to the schedule below: - Churchland High School: 1:30 p.m. - Manor High School: 4:30 p.m. - Norcom High School: 7:30 p.m. Don't forget to share your graduation moments with us suing #CaPPSandGowns! #PPSShines #Graduation #ClassOf2026 @gochurchland @ManorHS757 @ICNorcomHigh

It was a privilege to present the Superintendent's Excellence in Leadership scholarships to this year's honorees: Churchland's Aubrie Dalton, Manor's Alexander Lovejoy and Norcom's Robert Jones. I’m excited to see what’s ahead for each of them! Congratulations again! #PPSShines

On Friday, we celebrated our incredible 6th-grade Thoroughbreds as they crossed over to middle school! Huge thanks to our dedicated staff, amazing families, and the entire community for your unwavering support. The future is bright for these rising 7th graders! #PPSShines

Congratulations to @ICNorcomHigh's Sabrina Bass and Jy'Sland LeSane, and @gochurchland's Andrew Hawks and Kenya Johnson for being named to the Hampton Roads Workforce Council Top 20 Under 20 list! See more PPS highlights at ppsk12.us/shiningbright. #PPSShines #PPSShiningBright

As school closes, every @PortsVASchools PreK student took home a backpack filled with a handwriting, a math, a journal and an Express PreK or K workbook, 10 reading books, stickers, crayons, paper & pencils. #NoLearningLoss @PPSPREK @cardellpatillo @ebracyPPS @in8days @PPSPREK

The 2026 PPS Retirement Ceremony was an event to remember! Thank you to all of the honorees for your hard work and dedication to the school division, your students and the greater Portsmouth community. See more event photos here: facebook.com/media/set?vani… #PPSShines #Retirement

Thank you, teachers, for all you do! We appreciate you! #PPSShines

It was an exciting morning at @AccessCollegeFd #igotin2026 rally at the Chartway Arena. We are Manor proud! @PortsVASchools