Foxcroft Academy
45°11′04″N 69°14′49″W / 45.18447°N 69.24682°W / 45.18447; -69.24682
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.
Academics
Foxcroft Academy is an Apple Distinguished School.[1]
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 (1983-), lead guitarist of the Florida metal band Trivium
- Frank E. Guernsey (1866-1927), U.S. Representative from Maine[2]
- Charles E. Littlefield (1851-1915), U.S. Representative from Maine[3]
- David Mallett (1951-), singer-songwriter|
- Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet (1874-1943), gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist
- Henry Otis Pratt (1838-1931), U.S. Representative from Iowa[4]
- Dean Smith, winner of the Walter Byars Awards
- Lillian M. N. Stevens (1844-1914), temperance worker[5]
- Lance E. Walker, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine[6]
External links
- Official website
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- Bridgton Academy
- Carrabassett Valley Academy
- Foxcroft Academy
- Fryeburg Academy
- Gould Academy
- Hebron Academy
- Kents Hill School
- Lincoln Academy
- Maine Central Institute
- Maine School of Science and Mathematics (public)
- Washington Academy
- Berwick Academy
- Breakwater School
- Bridgton Academy
- Carrabassett Valley Academy
- Cheverus High School
- Erskine Academy
- Foxcroft Academy
- École Française du Maine
- Friends School of Portland
- Fryeburg Academy
- Gould Academy
- Hebron Academy
- Hyde School
- John Bapst Memorial High School
- Kents Hill School
- Lee Academy
- Lincoln Academy
- Maine Central Institute
- Merriconeag Waldorf School
- North Yarmouth Academy
- Pine Tree Academy
- Robert William Traip Academy
- Saint-Dominic Academy
- Thornton Academy
- Tidewater School
- Washington Academy
- Waynflete School
- Cathedral School (Maine)
- Catherine McAuley High School
- Coburn Classical Institute
- Élan School
- Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (public, still in operation but w/ dorm closed)
- Gorham Academy
- Grace Baptist School
- Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine)
- Oak Grove-Coburn School
- Parsonsfield Seminary
References
- ^ ""Education- K-12 - Apple Distinguished Schools"". Apple K-12. November 2022.
- ^ Frank Edward Guernsey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- ^ Charles E. Littlefield, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- ^ Henry Otis Pratt, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 8, 2007.
- ^ Westbrook College Alumni Authors: Lillian M. N. Ames Stevens Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine, 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."
- ^ Harrison, Judy (December 15, 2018). "Judge Walker formally sworn in a day after he tosses out Poliquin's suit". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 7 October 2019.