Bangor High School
| Bangor High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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885 Broadway Bangor, Maine 04401 |
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| Coordinates | 44°49′53″N 68°46′54″W / 44.8315°N 68.7817°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1800s |
| Oversight | Bangor School System |
| Superintendent | Dr. Betsy Webb |
| Principal | Paul Butler |
| Staff | 100 full-time teachers |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1200+ (May 9, 2009) |
| • Grade 9 | 343 |
| • Grade 10 | 351 |
| • Grade 11 | 332 |
| • Grade 12 | 345 |
| Language | English |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and white |
| Mascot | Sam the Ram |
| Team name | Rams |
| Newspaper | Bangor RamPage |
| Yearbook | Oracle |
| Feeder schools |
William S. Cohen School James F. Doughty School |
| Website | http://bangorhigh.bangorschools.net |
Bangor High School, a member of the Bangor School System, is a high school in Bangor, Maine. It has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 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. In 2013, the school was named a National Silver Award winner by US News & World Report's "America's Best High Schools". It is also the only urban school on U.S. News' list of the top 10 high schools in Maine (out of 120).[1].
The Washington Post's 2014 ranking of "America's Most Challenging High Schools" places Bangor High in the top 8% nationally (of approx. 22,000 'normal-enrollment' public high schools). Bangor was one of only six Maine high schools to make the top 10%, and one of only two in a Maine city. [2]
Bangor's first public high school (for boys only) was founded in 1835, followed by a school for girls in 1838. These were consolidated as Bangor High School in 1864. The first principal was Robert P Bucknam, a graduate of Wesleyan University.
In the late nineteenth century, Bangor High School was located on Abbott Square, across from the present Bangor Public Library. Designed by architect Wilfred E. Mansur, this building burned down in the Great Fire of 1911. Its steel-framed, yellow-brick replacement was built in 1913 on Harlow Street, just across from its earlier location, from designs by the Boston architects Peabody and Stearns, who also designed the new Bangor Public Library next door. The high school moved into its present building on outer Broadway, designed by architect Eaton Tarbell, in the late 1960s.
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