Happy Father’s Day from Thoroughbred Country! 🐎🖤 To all the dads, grandpas, uncles & father figures—thank you for riding with strength, love & wisdom. Keep riding tall, Papa Thoroughbreds! 🌟 #FathersDay #cpisthoroughbreds #PPSShines

🎒✏️ WRITE STUFF BACKPACK DISTRIBUTION! The Salvation Army is giving out FREE backpacks filled with school supplies to local K–12 students in need — while supplies last! #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

SAVE THE DATE!!! Join us for our Meet & Greet and get to know your child’s teacher! We can’t wait to see you there! 😄 #PPSShines #CPISThoroughbreds

The Office of Student Support Services will be in attendance to help with school check-in, share about attendance expectations, mental health and behavioral supports, and provide some give-aways. This is a great partnership with The Mercy Chefs and Portsmouth United! #PPSShines

The 2025 PPS Back-to-School Staff Pep Rally is underway, and you can feel the excitement in the air! Check back later for more photos and an insider view of the day! #PPSShines #BackToSchool #WelcomeBack

The energy was high today at the PPS 2025 Back-to-School Staff Pep Rally! All staff members from across the division gathered in one place for a fun morning filled with dancing, prize giveaways and games! Special thanks to our sponsors and our guest host, Peaty Ray-Red, for

🤠🐴 Howdy, Thoroughbred Country! 🌾✨ Tonight’s Meet & Greet at Churchland Primary & Intermediate was a rootin’ tootin’ success! We were thrilled to welcome so many of our amazing families as we gear up for an unforgettable school year. #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds 💙🤍

Wishing everyone a safe, sunny, and joy-filled Labor Day weekend! ☀️🐴 May your days be full of laughter, relaxation, and good company. Our thoroughbreds are smiling—hope you are too! #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

Due to a state mandate that requires any school division that starts the academic year two weeks prior to Labor Day must also be closed on the preceding Friday, all PPS schools and offices will be closed Friday, Aug. 29 and Monday, Sept. 1. #PPSShines #LaborDay

🎪🐴 Thoroughbred Country UPDATE! Our Annual Title I Information Staff & Family Night has a NEW date! 📅 Thursday, September 18, 2025 ⏰ 5:30–7:00 PM ✨ Visit our Community Partners & join the PTA! ✨ #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

Your voice matters, and your membership makes a difference! 💙🤍 Join the Churchland Primary & Intermediate PTA today for just $8.00 and help us strengthen our school community. #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

Your voice matters, and your membership makes a difference! 💙🤍 Join the Churchland Primary & Intermediate PTA today for just $8.00 and help us strengthen our school community. 🔗 Join here: cpischool.givebacks.com/shop #cpisthoroughbreds #PPSShines

Portsmouth Public Schools is hosting an Auxiliary Services Job Fair! Be part of a team that’s shining brighter together! 📷ppsk12.us/jobs #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

🎪🐴 What a night in Thoroughbred Country! Our Title I Family Night was full of creativity, student work, family fun & community support. Thank you to all who joined us under the big top! 💙 #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

With heavy hearts, we send condolences to the Churchland High family after the loss of a dedicated cafeteria worker. Our thoughts and prayers are with her loved ones and the Trucker community. 🖤🧡 #PPSShines #cpisthoughbreds

🎶🥁 CALLING ALL PPS 6th–8th GRADERS! 🎶🥁 Does your child love music, rhythm, and trying something NEW and EXCITING? Here’s their chance to shine! ✨ The Virginia Arts Festival Rhythm Project is holding OPEN AUDITIONS for the Rising-Stars Steel Pan Ensemble 📲 Register now!

🌎💧 Our 5th grade Thoroughbreds explored science at Paradise Creek Nature Park—testing water, identifying species, and learning how nature builds resilience to flooding & sea level rise. #cpisthoroughbreds #PPSShines

🐴💙 Today is National Custodian Appreciation Day! Thank you Mrs. Hicks, Mr. Morgan, Ms. Stevens & Ms. White for keeping Thoroughbred Country clean, safe & welcoming. #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds

Churchland Primary Intermediate & Westhaven Elementary School’s amazing fourth-grade students took the stage tonight as part of the Minds In Motion Dance Ensemble at Churchland High School and what a spectacular performance it was! 🎭✨ #PPSShines #cpisthoroughbreds