Leavitt Area High School

History

The school takes its name from an 1895 gift by James Madison Leavitt, a Turner native who became a wealthy New York City manufacturer of umbrellas and parasols. Leavitt donated $10,000 to the town of Turner to build a preparatory school. The school opened on Jan. 20, 1897, and was dedicated to Leavitt. In 1899 the first class of eight students graduated.

The school later outgrew the initial building, which now houses the Turner Historical Museum and the Turner Public Library. The last class graduated from the Leavitt Institute facility in 1966. In 1967 the school's name was changed to Leavitt High School, and in 1969 when the school district was consolidated, the school's name was changed to Leavitt Area High School, now located nearby the old Leavitt Institute Building.

References

References

1. "Leavitt Area High School". National Center for Education Statistics.
2. [http://169.244.183.37/LAHS_Guidance/Trustees%20Page Trustees of Leavitt Institute, Turner, Maine]{{dead link. (December 2017)
3. [https://books.google.com/books?id=OfgBVf_jO3AC&dq=leavitt+institute+turner+maine&pg=PA343 A Guide 'Down East,' Federal Writers' Project, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1937]
4. "Leavitt Institute Building, Turner, Maine, turnermaine.com".