York High School (Maine)

York High School
York High School
Location
1 Robert Stevens Drive York, Maine United States
Coordinates	43°9′18″N 70°37′45″W / 43.15500°N 70.62917°W / 43.15500; -70.62917Coordinates: 43°9′18″N 70°37′45″W / 43.15500°N 70.62917°W / 43.15500; -70.62917
Information
Type	Public, secondary
Motto	"Knowledge is Power"
Established	Sometime after 1776
Principal	Karl Francis
Assistant Principal	Mike Bennett
Faculty	approx. 80
Grades	9–12
Number of students	approx. 700
Campus size	small
Campus type	suburban
Color(s)	Columbia Blue and white
Athletics	football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, Ice hockey wrestling, track and field, lacrosse, tennis, golf, cheerleading, field hockey
Athletics conference	Western Maine, Class B
Mascot	Wildcat
Newspaper	Paw Print
Athletic director	Andy Wood
Website	www.yorkschools.org/yhs

York High School is a public secondary school in York, Maine. Its current principal is Karl Francis and its vice principal is Mike Bennett.

York High School has an athletic program. The golf team, girls' basketball, indoor track and soccer teams won the state championships in 2010. The boys' ice hockey team won the Western Maine title in 2010 and the wrestling team has also had 6 state champions since 1995. Rick Clark, the girls' basketball head coach, was inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2016 the school won its third straight Maine Class B Field Hockey title, having gone undefeated for each of the three years.

The Ethel "Babe" Sewall Library was named after Ethel Sewall, the first district librarian for the York School Department. Sewell was a leader in school libraries, having pioneered the integration of media and books, to support all learning styles. The library is staffed by Michele Adams and Megan Reid. The school provides students and staff with a variety of materials and databases to support the school curriculum and personal growth.