Biddeford High School

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Biddeford High School
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Address
Biddeford High School
20 Maplewood Avenue

Biddeford
,
Maine
04005

United States
Coordinates 43°29′43″N70°28′19″W / 43.495265°N 70.4719655°W / 43.495265; -70.4719655
Information
Type Public
Established1848 (1848)
School districtBiddeford Public Schools
SuperintendentJeremy Ray
NCES School ID 230315000072 [1]
PrincipalMartha Jacques
Teaching staff53.70 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades8–12
Enrollment712 (2022-23) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.26 [1]
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Orange and black
MascotTigers
Accreditation NEASC [2]
NewspaperThe Roar [3]
Website www.biddefordschools.me/o/bhs-apc/

Biddeford High School(BHS) is a public high school in Biddeford, Maine, United States. It is the secondary school for Biddeford Public Schools, a school district which exclusively serves the city of Biddeford.

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History

Alfred Street Building. Site of Biddeford High School between 1890 and the 1960s. Old High School, Biddeford, ME.jpg
Alfred Street Building. Site of Biddeford High School between 1890 and the 1960s.

The first public high school in Biddeford was established in 1848. The building for the high school was erected on Washington Street close to the city's downtown. After a rise in Biddeford's population in the late 19th-century, a new high school was constructed in 1888 on a lot in close-by Alfred Street. The former high school building on Washington Street was then converted to a primary school before being demolished in the 1960s. [4] [5]

The high school moved to its new building in 1890. The Alfred Street building suffered a massive fire in 1893 and was promptly rebuilt. A rear annex and gymnasium were added in 1925. [6]

The high school moved out of the Alfred Street building in the 1960s to its present location farther away from the Downtown core. [4] This coincided with the establishment of the Biddeford Regional Center of Technology in 1969 [7] located at the same location.

Sports

Biddeford High School football has won 11 Class A state championships since 1950 (in 1965, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1990, 1991, 1993, and 1994). [8] The school has a long-standing football rivalry with Saco's Thornton Academy dating to 1893 which is referred to as the "Battle of the Bridges" by residents of both communities. This is in reference to the multiple bridges which interconnect the two cities over the Saco River. [9] [10] [11] After Biddeford High School was demoted to Class B in 2015, the two teams no longer compete with one another within the same Class. [12]

In 1971, the boys and girls gymnastics teams won dual state championships. The boys' team repeated as state champions in 1972, while the girls' team would win the state championship again in 1979 and 2003. [13] Biddeford High won the Class A competitive cheerleading state championships in 2002, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2019, and 2020, [14] with the 2014 team capping off the season by winning the New England Championship in the coed division. [15] Other Class A state championships include: ice hockey (in 2007, 2008, and 2010), [16] softball (in 2006, 2016, and 2022), [17] field hockey (in 1990 and 2018), [18] baseball (in 1984), [19] girls' volleyball (in 2010 and 2022), [20] boys' basketball (in 1924), [21] boys' golf (in 1993 and 1994), [22] boys' outdoor track (in 1995), [23] and girls' outdoor track (in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1998). [24] Biddeford High also won the Class B boys' hockey state championship in 1977. [25]

Academic Competitions

Biddeford students taking part in the 1971 Southern Maine Regional Science Fair held at Falmouth High School came home with five of the nine first-place awards. Altogether, Biddeford High School students earned 12 of the 22 total awards. [26]

In 1972, Biddeford High students won the statewide first place Novice Trophy in debate at Brunswick High School. [27]

Biddeford High School's Marching Band won first place in the Division 1 category at the 2024 New England Scholastic Band Association (NESBA) Championship. [28]

Notable alumni

Notable staff

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