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Foxcroft Academy


FieldValue
nameFoxcroft Academy
imageFoxcroft Academy seal on podium.jpg
captionFoxcroft Academy seal on podium
mottoKnowledge is Power
established
typePrivate high school
headmasterArnold Shorey
enrollment450 (day and boarding)
streetaddress975 West Main Street
cityDover-Foxcroft
stateMaine
countryUnited States
campus_size125 acres
colorsMaroon and white
campus_typeRural
nicknamePonies
mascotPony
free_labelEmblem
yearbookThe Review
website

Foxcroft Academy is a private preparatory high school located in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Foxcroft Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and a member of the Independent School Association of Northern New England, College Board and the National Association of Independent Schools.

Catchment

Maine School Administrative District 68 directly operates schools for grades Pre-Kindergarten to 8, and then sends all high school students to Foxcroft Academy.

The Maine Department of Education is responsible for school assignments in unorganized territories, and it publicly funds schools which take such assignments. It assigns Ebeemee Township in Piscatiquis County to Foxcroft Academy. It also lists Foxcroft as an option for residents of Codyville in Penobscot County and Atkinson in Piscatiquis County.

Academics

Foxcroft Academy is an Apple Distinguished School.

The Academy has 23 Visual and Performing Arts courses: Art I, Ceramics, Sculptural Welding, Studio Art, AP Studio Art, Digital Photography, Yearbook Production, Filmmaking, Intro To Stagecraft, Band, Chorus, Intro to Guitar, Guitar II, Rock Band, Intro to Piano, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation II, Woodwind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Orchestra/Chamber Ensemble, and Select Choir.

Athletics

Foxcroft Academy’s 23 varsity athletic teams have combined to win 21 state titles–11 in the past 11 years–and have also won four MPA Sportsmanship Awards in the past two years alone.

Notable alumni

  • Corey Beaulieu, guitarist
  • Frank E. Guernsey, U.S. Representative
  • Charles E. Littlefield, U.S. Representative
  • David Mallett, singer-songwriter
  • Sir Harry Oakes, philanthropist
  • Henry Otis Pratt, U.S. Representative
  • Dean Smith, basketball player and engineer
  • Lillian M. N. Stevens, temperance worker
  • Lance E. Walker, judge

References

References

  1. "About". [[Maine School Administrative District 68]].
  2. "Education in the Unorganized Territory - Find Your School". [[Maine Department of Education]].
  3. (November 2022). ""Education- K-12 - Apple Distinguished Schools"".
  4. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000517 Frank Edward Guernsey], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed December 8, 2007.
  5. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000355 Charles E. Littlefield], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed December 8, 2007.
  6. [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000501 Henry Otis Pratt], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed December 8, 2007.
  7. [http://www.une.edu/alumni/wcalumniauthors.asp Westbrook College Alumni Authors: Lillian M. N. Ames Stevens] {{webarchive. link. (2008-07-04 , [[University of New England (United States)). University of New England]]. Accessed December 8, 2007. "Lillian Marion Norton Ames Stevens (1844-1914), temperance reformer, was born at Dover, Maine, where her father was a teacher. After attending the local Foxcroft Academy and Westbrook Seminary near Portland, she taught school for several years."
  8. (December 15, 2018). "Judge Walker formally sworn in a day after he tosses out Poliquin's suit". Bangor Daily News.
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