Bridgton Academy

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Bridgton Academy
Location
North Bridgton, Maine, 04057 United States
Coordinates	44°05′59″N 70°42′02″W / 44.09985°N 70.70065°W / 44.09985; -70.70065Coordinates: 44°05′59″N 70°42′02″W / 44.09985°N 70.70065°W / 44.09985; -70.70065
Information
Motto	The Year That Makes The Difference
Established	1808
Dean	Ray Stauble
Headmaster	Graydon E. Vigneau, Jr.
Staff	60
Teaching staff	24
Grades	12-PG
Gender	Male
Age range	17-20
Grade 12	5-10
Grade 13	165-175
Average class size	10
Campus size	55
Sports	Football, soccer, golf, basketball, hockey, skiing, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, rugby
Mascot	Wolverine
Accreditation(s)	NEASC
Yearbook	The Stranger
Tuition	47000
Website	www.bridgtonacademy.org

Bridgton Academy is an all-male college preparatory boarding school in North Bridgton, Maine. The school offers a true transitional year, to help students who have completed their senior year of high school gain the academic skills, study skills, self-discipline, and self-confidence necessary to succeed in college.

The 55-acre (22 ha) campus hosts twenty four different buildings. The majority of classes are held in the newly constructed state of the art Humanities Center. There are eight dormitories on campus with the capacity to hold 6-40 students. The school's mission is to " is to provide a program for young men in a unique, one-year postgraduate environment to prepare for the rigors of college and beyond."

Alumni

Clarence Black, media personality
Victor Cruz, American football wide receiver
Courtney Greene, American football defensive back
Simon M. Hamlin, politician
Andrew Haldane, military personnel
Thomas Treadwell Stone, Unitarian pastor and abolitionist
Robert Vaden, professional basketball player

External links

v t e Maine Private and Boarding High Schools

Boarding High Schools	Bridgton Academy Carrabassett Valley Academy Élan School 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 Cathedral School (Maine) Catherine McAuley High School Cheverus High School Erskine Academy Foxcroft Academy École Française du Maine Friends School of Portland Fryeburg Academy Gould Academy Grace Baptist School Hebron Academy John Bapst Memorial High School Kents Hill School Lee Academy Liberty School (Blue Hill, Maine) Maine Central Institute Merriconeag Waldorf School North Yarmouth Academy Parsonsfield Seminary Pine Tree Academy Robert William Traip Academy Saint-Dominic Academy The Hyde Schools Thornton Academy Tidewater School Washington Academy Waynflete School

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