Foxcroft Academy

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Foxcroft Academy
Foxcroft Academy seal on podium.jpg
Foxcroft Academy seal on podium
Location
Foxcroft Academy
975 West Main Street

Dover-Foxcroft
,
Maine

United States
Information
Type Private high school
MottoKnowledge is Power
Established1823;202 years ago (1823)
HeadmasterArnold Shorey
Enrollment450 (day and boarding)
Campus size125 acres
Campus type Rural
Color(s)Maroon and white
  
MascotPony
Nickname Ponies
YearbookThe Review
Website www.foxcroftacademy.org

Foxcroft Academy is a private preparatory high school located in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Foxcroft Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and a member of the Independent School Association of Northern New England, College Board and the National Association of Independent Schools.

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Catchment

Maine School Administrative District 68 directly operates schools for grades Pre-Kindergarten to 8, and then sends all high school students to Foxcroft Academy. [1]

The Maine Department of Education is responsible for school assignments in unorganized territories, and it publicly funds schools which take such assignments. It assigns Ebeemee Township in Piscatiquis County to Foxcroft Academy. It also lists Foxcroft as an option for residents of Codyville in Penobscot County and Atkinson in Piscatiquis County. [2]

Academics

Foxcroft Academy is an Apple Distinguished School. [3]

The Academy has 23 Visual and Performing Arts courses: Art I, Ceramics, Sculptural Welding, Studio Art, AP Studio Art, Digital Photography, Yearbook Production, Filmmaking, Intro To Stagecraft, Band, Chorus, Intro to Guitar, Guitar II, Rock Band, Intro to Piano, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation II, Woodwind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Orchestra/Chamber Ensemble, and Select Choir.

Athletics

Foxcroft Academy’s 23 varsity athletic teams have combined to win 21 state titles–11 in the past 11 years–and have also won four MPA Sportsmanship Awards in the past two years alone.

Notable alumni

See also

Other private high schools in Maine which take students with public funds (from unorganized areas and/or with agreements with school districts):

Connecticut private academies acting as public high schools:

New Hampshire private academies acting as public high schools:

References

  1. ↑ "About". Maine School Administrative District 68 . Retrieved July 14, 2025.
  2. ↑ "Education in the Unorganized Territory - Find Your School". Maine Department of Education . Retrieved July 13, 2025.
  3. ↑ ""Education- K-12 - Apple Distinguished Schools"". Apple K-12. November 2022.
  4. ↑ Frank Edward Guernsey, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed December 8, 2007.
  5. ↑ Charles E. Littlefield, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed December 8, 2007.
  6. ↑ Henry Otis Pratt, Biographical Directory of the United States Congress . Accessed December 8, 2007.
  7. ↑ Westbrook College Alumni Authors: Lillian M. N. Ames Stevens Archived 2008-07-04 at the Wayback Machine , University of New England. Accessed December 8, 2007. "Lillian Marion Norton Ames Stevens (1844-1914), temperance reformer, was born at Dover, Maine, where her father was a teacher. After attending the local Foxcroft Academy and Westbrook Seminary near Portland, she taught school for several years."
  8. ↑ Harrison, Judy (December 15, 2018). "Judge Walker formally sworn in a day after he tosses out Poliquin's suit". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved October 7, 2019.

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