York High School (Maine)

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York High School
Location
York High School (Maine)
1 Robert Stevens Drive

York
,
Maine

United States
Coordinates 43°9′18″N70°37′45″W / 43.15500°N 70.62917°W / 43.15500; -70.62917 Coordinates: 43°9′18″N70°37′45″W / 43.15500°N 70.62917°W / 43.15500; -70.62917
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Type Public, secondary
Motto"Knowledge is Power"
Established1889 [1]
Faculty107 [2]
Grades9–12
Number of students573 (2016-17) [3]
Campus sizesmall
Campus typesuburban
Color(s) Columbia Blue and white [4]
Athletics football, basketball, soccer, baseball, softball, Ice hockey wrestling, track and field, lacrosse, tennis, golf, cheerleading, field hockey [5]
Athletics conferenceWestern Maine, Class B
MascotWildcat
NewspaperAgamenticus Sun
Website yhs.yorkschools.org

York High School is a public secondary school in York, Maine, United States.

Contents

Athletics

York High School has an athletic program with four coed sports, 11 female sports, and 10 male sports. The coed sports teams include golf, skiing, unified basketball and wrestling. The female sports include basketball, cross country, field hockey, ice hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, and volleyball. The male sports are baseball, basketball, cross country, football, ice hockey, indoor and outdoor track and field, lacrosse, soccer, and tennis. [6]

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. [ citation needed ] In 2016 the school won its third straight Maine Class B Field Hockey title, having gone undefeated for each of the three years. [7] The boys indoor track team has seen particular success in the past eight years, winning five of the last eight Maine State Class B championships, the most recent being in 2019. [8]

Library

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 Nicole Masterson and Alyssa Skaves. [9] The school provides students and staff with a variety of materials and databases to support the school curriculum and personal growth.

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References

  1. ↑ "About Us". York High School. Retrieved May 29, 2019.
  2. ↑ "Staff Directory". York High School. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  3. ↑ "York High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved February 19, 2019.
  4. ↑ Home Page - "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 12, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ↑ YHS Profile - "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 9, 2008. Retrieved May 29, 2008.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ↑ "York School Department". yorkathletics.rankonesport.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  7. ↑ "Field hockey: York wins third straight Class B state title". Portland Press Herald . 29 October 2016. Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Pinsonnault, Jay. "HS boys track: York boys win fifth Class B state title in eight years". seacoastonline.com. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
  9. ↑ "CONTACT". yhslibrary. Retrieved 2019-02-23.
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