Lewiston-Porter Central School District, colloquially referred to as "Lew-Port", is a school district in the towns of Lewiston and Porter, New York, about fifteen miles (24 km) from the city of Niagara Falls.
District
Lewiston-Porter educates students from Youngstown, Lewiston, and Ransomville, New York. The district encompasses approximately 54 square miles (140 km2) in northern Niagara County, on the shores of Lake Ontario and bordering on the Niagara River. Centralized in 1947, the district is contained in the towns of Lewiston and Porter. About 70% of the district's taxable property falls within the Town of Lewiston, while the Town of Porter makes up approximately 30% of the assessed value of the district. The district contains five main structures:
District Offices
Primary building (grades K-2)
Intermediate building (grades 3-5)
Middle School (grades 6-8)
High School (grades 9-12)
As of June 2015, Lewiston-Porter enrolled 2,077 students in K-12 with 12 pupils per teacher. The district had expenditures of $42,234,808 and spending per pupil of $19,241.[2] The superintendent of Lewiston-Porter is Paul J. Casseri
Lewiston-Porter High School serves grades 9–12. The current principal is Bradley Rowles.[13] The high school has a large gymnasium, a pool on the second floor, a large auditorium, and 3 floors of classrooms. Several sections of the high school underwent extensive renovation and remodeling, concluding in 2016.
Over 40 percent of the students participate in interscholastic sports. There are over 30 extracurricular opportunities for students to explore many different interests. Lew-Port High School has a China exchange program where students go to live with a volunteered family, and teachers and students of China live in Lewiston for a 6-month period of time. Lew-Port has formed relationships with sister high schools in Italy, Argentina, France, China, Belgium, and England. 98.4% of Lewiston Porter High School students complete high school, and 84% of the students will further their education in a college setting.[14][15]
History
Lewiston-Porter High School opened in 1971 and was dedicated on October 3, 1971.
Former Principals
Harry K. Blakeslee–1947-1960 (Principal - Lewiston High School, named Director of Health/Physical Education for Lewiston-Porter Central School District and founder of the Lewiston Porter School District)
Paul W. Haley–1960-1967 (Biology teacher - Lewiston Porter High School, unknown)
James W. Davis–1967-1971 (unknown, named Assistant Principal for Instruction at Lewiston-Porter Central School District)
Lewiston-Porter Intermediate Education Center (formerly South Elementary School[18]) serves grades 3–5. The principal is Tina Rodriguez.
The "IEC" as it is called by students and teachers, has a large gymnasium that can be divided, a large cafeteria once referred to as the “Lancer Inn”, two floors of classrooms and a one-story wing with music and art rooms facing east.
History
The "IEC" was originally built as a junior-senior high school for the Lewiston-Porter School District in 1952. The school's named changed from South Elementary to Lewiston-Porter Intermediate Center in 2002.[19]
Lewiston-Porter Primary Education Center (formerly North Elementary School) houses grades K-2 and has an enrollment of 513 students. The Multi-Age Program hosts children from grades 1 - 3. The principal is Tamara Larson.
History
In 2015, the Lewiston-Porter Primary Education Center was one of nineteen schools throughout New York State to be nominated by the New York State Education Department as a National Blue Ribbon School. The nineteen nominees were selected out of 6,500 schools throughout New York State and include elementary, middle, and high school levels as well as public, private, and charter schools.[20]
Special education
The Lewiston-Porter Central School District provides students with disabilities the appropriate services to meet each student's educational needs. A student is classified through the district's (CSE) Committee on Special Education Department or (CPSE) Committee on Preschool Education. The office is located in the Administration Building.
In Lew-Port history, only three Jersey numbers have been officially retired. They include:
Number 34 – NFL player and Lew-Port alumnus Daryl Johnston's number was retired from the school's football program on September 1, 2006.[21]
Number 74 – football player Kenny Mort's number was also retired in Lewiston Porter's football program.[21]
Number 76 – football player Johnathan "J-Mill" Miller's number was retired from the football program on October 1, 2010. Additionally, a patch with his number was placed on the varsity sports teams' jerseys. Miller died on November 15, 2009, in a car accident.[22]
Stadiums
Lew-Port has two stadiums behind their high school. Blakeslee Field, most commonly used for football, can also be used for soccer and lacrosse. It is a synthetic artificial grass turf field. Next to Blakeslee Field is Elia Stadium, which is a full size soccer field. Both stadiums have four large sections of bleachers. In the Lew-Port High School, there is a full size gymnasium in which they hold boys and girls Varsity and Junior Varsitybasketball, and wrestling matches. There is also a pool which can hold swim meets. Behind the middle school there are two baseball diamonds and two softball diamonds for J.V. and Varsity baseball and softball.
Transportation
The school district offers transportation to/from students home to school in the form of school buses, operated by Ridge Road Express. Students are permitted to be driven to school by their parents. Additionally, eleventh and twelfth grade students may drive to school if they have a New York State license and permission by the school.
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