Foxcroft Academy

Not to be confused with Foxcroft School.

Coordinates: 45°11′04″N 69°14′49″W / 45.18447°N 69.24682°W / 45.18447; -69.24682

Foxcroft Academy
Foxcroft Academy seal on podium "Knowledge is Power"
Location
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine USA
Information
Type	Private High School
Established	1823
Enrollment	450 (day and boarding)
Campus	Rural, 125 acres
Color(s)	Maroon and White
Athletics	Alpine Skiing, Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Football, Golf, Indoor and Outdoor Track, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Wrestling
Mascot	Ponies
Website	www.foxcroftacademy.org

Chartered by the Maine legislature in 1823, Foxcroft Academy (Dover-Foxcroft, ME) 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 hailing from Canada, China, Czech Republic, Ethiopia, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Korea, Spain, Taiwan, Turkey, Ukraine, and Vietnam. 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.

Location

The town of Dover-Foxcroft (population 4,300) is 80 miles (130 km) from the Atlantic Ocean, Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, 10 miles (16 km) from the mountains and lakes of northern Maine, just over two hours from Portland, and four hours from Boston.

Academics

Foxcroft Academy was named an Apple Distinguished School in 2014. A pioneer in the state of Maine in both the adoption of a standards-based curriculum and grading system as well as moving forward with a 1:1 iPad initiative in 2011, Foxcroft Academy strives to articulate clearly the rigorous learning standards that it expects all students to meet and provides students with a rich set of tools to achieve success. The Academy’s required combination of course credits, learning standards, and community service is designed to instill in students the knowledge, skills, and habits of mind that will best ensure their development as valued and valuable global citizens in the 21st century.

The always-vibrant art scene at FA has exploded in recent years, and the Academy now offers 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
Mary Chandler Lowell of the class of 1881, who is one of the few to have earned the degree of Doctor of Medicine, Bachelor of Law, and Doctor of Jurisprudence.^[1]^[2]
Frank E. Guernsey (1866-1927), U.S. Representative from Maine.^[3]
Charles E. Littlefield (1851-1915), U.S. Representative from Maine.^[4]
David Mallett (1961-), singer-songwriter
Luke and Will Mallett, musicians
Sir Harry Oakes, 1st Baronet (1874-1943), gold mine owner, entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist
Henry Otis Pratt (1838-1931), U.S. Representative from Iowa.^[5]
Dean Smith, winner of the Walter Byars Awards
Lillian M. N. Stevens (1844-1914), temperance worker.,^[6]

External links

Maine Private and Boarding High Schools

Boarding High Schools	Bridgton Academy Carrabassett Valley Academy Foxcroft Academy Fryeburg Academy Gould Academy Hebron Academy Maine Central Institute Maine School of Science and Mathematics

Private High Schools	Berwick Academy Breakwater School Bridgton Academy Carrabassett Valley Academy Catherine McAuley High School Cheverus High School Erskine Academy Foxcroft Academy École Française du Maine Friends School of Portland Fryeburg Academy Gould Academy Hebron Academy John Bapst Memorial High School Kents Hill School Lee Academy Maine Central Institute Merriconeag Waldorf School North Yarmouth Academy Pine Tree Academy Robert William Traip Academy Saint-Dominic Academy The Hyde Schools Thornton Academy Tidewater School Washington Academy Waynflete School

Former High Schools	Cathedral School (Maine) Coburn Classical Institute Élan School Gorham Academy Grace Baptist School Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine) Parsonsfield Seminary

References

↑ "Mary Chandler Lowell x1885". mtholyoke.edu. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
↑ Representative Women of New England, p.174. http://books.google.com/books?id=BY0EAAAAYAAJ
↑ 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, 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."

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