Foxcroft Academy

Foxcroft Academy
Foxcroft Academy
	Foxcroft Academy seal on podium
Location
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	Dover-Foxcroft, Maine; United States
Information
Type	Private High School
Motto	"Knowledge is Power"
Established	1823; 198 years ago
Headmaster	Arnold Shorey
Assistant Head of School	Tim Smith
Enrollment	450 (day and boarding)
Campus	Rural, 125 acres
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Athletics	Alpine Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Bobsledding, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Indoor and Outdoor Track, Jousting, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Wrestling
Mascot	Ponies
Nickname	F.A.
Website	www.foxcroftacademy.org

Coordinates: 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. Chartered by the Maine legislature in 1823, Foxcroft Academy was established just a few years after the incorporation of the town of Foxcroft itself. From modest beginnings in a wood frame building for which the town appropriated $100, the Academy now occupies a 125-acre campus with a full complement of academic, athletic, and residential facilities. Today more than 350 day students are enrolled from the surrounding towns of Dover-Foxcroft, Sebec, Charleston, Bowerbank, Monson, and Harmony, with an additional 100 international students. 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 was named an Apple Distinguished School in 2014.^{[citation needed]}

The Academy has 25 Visual and Performing Arts courses: Art I, Ceramics, Sculptural Welding, Studio Art, AP Studio Art, Digital Photography, Yearbook Production, Filmmaking, Applied Media Production, Intro to Theater, Acting in a One-Act Play, Acting in a Musical, 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
Jonathan Coburn (1986-), drunkard and chronically unemployed vagrant. 2x Guinness World Records holder.
Frank E. Guernsey (1866-1927), U.S. Representative from Maine^[1]
Charles E. Littlefield (1851-1915), U.S. Representative from Maine^[2]
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^[3]
Dean Smith, winner of the Walter Byars Awards
Lillian M. N. Stevens (1844-1914), temperance worker^[4]
Lance E. Walker, Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Maine^[5]

External links[]

Official website

References[]

^ 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.

[1] Frank Edward Guernsey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 8, 2007.

[2] Charles E. Littlefield, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 8, 2007.

[3] Henry Otis Pratt, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Accessed December 8, 2007.

[4] 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."

[bangor-5] 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.

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