Bangor High School (Bangor, Maine)
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| Bangor High School | |
| Address | |
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| 885 Broadway Bangor, Maine 04401 |
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| Information | |
| Oversight | Bangor School System |
| Superintendent | Robert Ervin, Ed. D. |
| Principal | Norris Nickerson |
| Vice principal | Albert Mooers Tim Reed |
| Staff | 115 full-time teachers |
| Enrollment | |
| Grade 9 | 328 |
| Grade 10 | 346 |
| Grade 11 | 362 |
| Grade 12 | 347 |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Urban |
| Mascot | Ram[1] |
| Team name | Rams |
| Color(s) | Crimson and white |
| Yearbook | Oracle |
| Newspaper | Bangor RamPage[2] |
| Founded | 1800s |
| Feeder schools | William S. Cohen School James F. Doughty School |
| Homepage | http://www.bangorschools.net/?cat_id=282 |
Bangor High School, a member of the Bangor School System, is a high school in Bangor, Maine. It has an enrollment of about 1400 students in grades 9-12.
In 2001-2002, BHS was selected by the U.S. Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.
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[edit] History
In 1911, the Bangor High building in Abbott Square burned down in the Great Fire of 1911. It was rebuilt in 1913 on Harlow Street, next to the Bangor Public Library.[3]
[edit] Sports
Bangor High School is known for its athletic teams. In 2007, Bangor High School earned state championships (Class A) in boys soccer, boys basketball, boys indoor track, boys swimming and diving, girls swimming and diving, and boys outdoor track. Fall sports at Bangor include football (varsity, freshman), cheerleading (V, JV), soccer (V, JV, F), field hockey (V, JV), cross country, and golf. Winter sports include basketball (V, JV, F), pickleball (intramural), cheerleading (V, JV), volleyball (intramural), ice hockey (V, JV), indoor track, swimming and diving, wrestling, and skiing. Spring sports include baseball (V, JV, F), softball (V, JV, F), outdoor track, and tennis.
[edit] Activities
Bangor High offers a variety of activities. The speech and debate teams win various competitions across the state during the year and send students to nationals annually. Bangor has a large number of juniors and seniors in its chapter of the National Honor Society. The Bangor High School newspaper was recognized in 2006 by Governor John Baldacci. Bangor's math team is the largest in the country[citation needed], with about 150 students participating on six different teams. Its top team, Bangor Red does very well; it has won the Eastern Maine Math League year-long competition every year since 1995. Bangor also has a JETS team, which placed 2nd nationally in its division in 2005. Bangor's J.R.O.T.C. is not only one of the oldest in the nation, but is still exceptional today. It is known to sweep competitions held in the spring. Other clubs in Bangor High School (although not a complete list) include Amnesty International, AIDS Committee, Art Club, Gay-Straight Alliance, Shakespeare Club, Chess Team, Spanish Club, French Club, Latin Club, Chorus, Band, Orchestra, Fiddlers, Chamber Choir, Jazz Choir, Yearbook, Newspaper (The RamPage), Mosaic (Literary magazine), Academic Decathlon, Science Bowl, Envirothon, S.E.E.D, A.F.S., Key Club, Book Club, Bridge Club, Student Congress, Boys/Girls Dirigo State, Student Council, and QCC.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Peakes Auditorium is used by many groups around the city and state. Most notably, the Bangor Symphony Orchestra holds concerts there.
The school year runs from September to June. School days are 8:00 to 2:00. The day is split up into sixteen 'mods', or 20 minute blocks of time. There are five minutes between each class. Each class takes up 2 mods. Lab sciences take up 3 mods 2, 3, or 5 days a week, depending on the difficulty of the class. Most classes are 45 minutes long.
The Maine Learning Result assessments were replaced by Bangor 'OnTrack' assessments, which appear as an endorsement on a student's transcript.
Bangor High School enrolls the most students out of all the high schools in Maine.[citation needed]
Although Bangor takes students from communities lacking a high school, most of the students come from Bangor's two public middle schools: the William S. Cohen School and the James F. Doughty School, each of which enroll approximately 500 students.
[edit] Bangor High in pop culture
In the 1994 Disney movie D2: The Mighty Ducks, the goalie was identified as being a Bangor High student.
[edit] Notable Alumni
[edit] References
- ^ Brountas, Maria (Nov/Dec 1996). "When first graders go to the polls". Teaching Pre K-8.
- ^ Governor Baldacci Meets with Bangor High School Newspaper’s Editorial Board. Maine.gov: Office of the Governor (January 22, 2007). Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
- ^ Robbins, Ryan. The Great Fire of 1911. BangorInfo.com. Retrieved on 2007-11-05.
[edit] External links
- Bangor High School (Bangor, Maine) is at coordinates Coordinates:
