North Yarmouth Academy
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North Yarmouth Academy's main building, Curtis Hall
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148 Main Street Yarmouth, Maine 04096 United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°47′56″N 70°11′08″W / 43.798839°N 70.185535°W |
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| Type | Co-ed, prep school |
| Established | 1814 (As the Public School for the area, became private in 1961) |
| Head of School | Ben Jackson |
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60 class = 14 students |
| Grades | Toddler - Post Graduate |
| Enrollment | 300 total |
| Student to teacher ratio | 10:1 |
| Color(s) | Black and Orange |
| Athletics | 16 interscholastic sports |
| Mascot | Panther |
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North Yarmouth Academy
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| Location | 148 Main Street, Yarmouth, Maine |
| Coordinates | 43°48′0″N 70°11′4″W / 43.80000°N 70.18444°WCoordinates: 43°48′0″N 70°11′4″W / 43.80000°N 70.18444°W |
| Area | 3 acres (1.2 ha) |
| Built | 1841 |
| Architectural style | Greek Revival |
| NRHP Reference # | 75000097 |
| Added to NRHP | March 4, 1975 |
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North Yarmouth Academy (Also known as "NYA") is an independent, co-ed, college preparatory day school serving students in grades Toddler through Post Graduate located in Yarmouth, Maine. The Head of School is Ben Jackson, with Allen Bornheimer heading the Board of Trustees. NYA has 300 enrolled students with an average class size of 14 students. NYA offers 16 interscholastic sports for both Boys and Girls at the Varsity and Junior Varsity Level.
NYA students carry five academic courses plus electives each year and are required to participate in athletics or theatre each season/semester. NYA offers 16 Advanced Placement courses. Beginning in the 2012-13 academic year, NYA offers Mandarin Chinese as part of its Modern and Classical Languages Department.
NYA student athletes participate on a variety of varsity athletic teams. All NYA students in grades 6-12 participate in team sports or approved alternatives 3 seasons per year. More than 40% of graduates continue to play intercollegiate sports. One hundred percent of Middle School students and 73% of Upper School students participate in a musical ensemble. There are currently 12 musical ensembles offered at NYA.
During the 2010-2011 school year, NYA students gave more than 4,500 hours to community service, assisting more than 55 community and civic organizations in the Greater Portland, Maine area.
From 2001 to 2011, NYA built a $3M science center (the Peter W. Mertz Science Center, 2006), has renovated the oldest building on campus (Russell Hall, 2009) into a foreign language center, added an all-weather athletic (turf) field, built the Priscilla Savage Middle School in 2003 and increased endowment for faculty enrichment and student diversity.
NYA added a Lower School, grades Pre-K through 4, in the fall of 2013 and expanded to include a toddler program (18-months) in the fall of 2014. The Lower School embraces Montessori methods through kindergarten. In the first through fourth grades, the program builds off a Montessori foundation, fostering curiosity and motivation to learn while also preparing students for an easy transition to the Middle School at NYA.
The NYA campus consists of 12 Academic/Art buildings and 2 Athletic Buildings. The campus also has 2 athletic fields, 3 tennis courts, and a softball field. Its two oldest surviving buildings, Russell Hall (1841) and Academy Hall (1847) are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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