Gardiner High School (Maine)

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Gardiner High School
Location
40 West Hill Rd

Gardiner, Maine
04345

United States
Information
NCES School ID231059000329[2]
PrincipalChad Kempton[1]
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment620[2] (2018–19)
Websitewww.msad11.org/o/gahs

Gardiner High School, also known as Gardiner Area High School (GAHS), is a public school serving grades 9–12 in Gardiner, Maine in the United States. Tigers are the school mascot.[3] In 2016, the school had a graduating class of 136.[4]

The Old Gardiner High School building was designed by Francis H. Fassett and built in 1870.

Old Gardiner High School pictured on a 1912 postcard
Photo of the Maine Ornithological Society from 1907

The Maine Ornithological Society met at the high school in 1907.

The school has a rivalry with Cony High School.

Alumni of the school include Stanford University professor David Nivison who was valedictorian at the high school in 1940 and Poet Edward Arlington Robinson who graduated from the school when ceremonies were held at the Gardiner Coliseum.[5][6]

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References[]

  1. ^ "Gardiner Area High School". Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Search for Public Schools - Gardiner Area High School (231059000329)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 3 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Gardiner Area High School". www.msad11.org.
  4. ^ Journal, Jessica LowellKennebec (June 12, 2016). "Gardiner Area High School graduates 136 students".
  5. ^ Nivison, David S. (November 29, 1996). Chinese Language, Thought, and Culture: Nivison and His Critics. Open Court Publishing. ISBN 9780812693188 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Donaldson, Scott (January 9, 2007). Edwin Arlington Robinson: A Poet's Life. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231510998 – via Google Books.

Coordinates: 44°13′39″N 69°47′20″W / 44.2276°N 69.7889°W / 44.2276; -69.7889

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