Our School
Founded: 1808; Bridgton Academy is celebrating its Bicentennial anniversary-- 204 years of making a difference.
Mission: To provide a program for young men in a unique, one-year, postgraduate environment to prepare for the competitive rigors of college and beyond.
Headmaster: Graydon E. Vigneau, Jr., appointed 2008
Accreditation:New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Grades: Postgraduate year
Our Students
Enrollment:
- 188 postgraduate young men
- Boarding - 185; Day - 3
Geographic profile: 26 states represented; 2 foreign countries:
- New England - 116
- Canada- 1
- Middle Atlantic - 28
- Mali - 1
- South Atlantic - 14
- Central - 6
- Mountain and Southwest - 4
- Pacific - 10
Students of Color: 15%
Finances, Tuition, and Financial Aid
2011-2012 Tuition:
- Boarding Students -- $42,000
- Day Students -- $23,500
Financial Aid: 50 % of students receive financial aid
Endowment: $4.7 million as of June 30, 2010
Academics
- Faculty - 24 full and part-time teachers; 18 administrators
- Average Class Size - 13; student/faculty ratio: 9:1
- Curriculum - Courses in English, math, science, social science, and technology
Special Programs
- The College Articulation Program - through a partnership with the University of Southern Maine, University of New England, and Plymouth State University, Bridgton Academy offers 15 actual college courses for transferable credit upon college matriculation.
- Focused Academic Coaching - for students with mild-to-moderate learning disabilities
- Learning Strategies - for students to determine their learning style and develop appropriate strategies and skills for academic success
- Writing Center - for students to receive individual help with writing assignments and additional instruction in writing.
- Math Lab - for students need help with or have questions about concepts or assignments in math.
- SAT Prep Program - to help prepare students for the test.
- Five college counselors guide students through the college search and application process.
- Class of 2010 matriculation: 95% to four-year colleges; 5 % to two-year colleges
Athletics
Interscholastic competition offered on 9 teams: football, soccer, golf (fall); basketball, hockey, skiing (winter); lacrosse, baseball, tennis (spring). Intramural competition offered in basketball, softball, ice hockey, and dodgeball.
Our Campus
- 55 acre campus with 24 buildings.
- Academic facilities: Humanities Center (2006), six classrooms, library, lecture hall; Hamlin Study Center, nine classrooms.
- Student housing: 8 dormitories ranging in size from 6-40 students.
- Athletic facilities: Memorial Gymnasium; Bridgton Ice Arena; Ellis Fisher Field for football and lacrosse; soccer field; baseball field; Ham Field for practice; tennis court. Shawnee Peak Ski Area at Pleasant Mountain, home of our skiing and snowboarding teams for practice and races, is ten minutes from campus.
- The Academy also has a beach on Long Lake, just across the road from campus, and a cabin with bunks for 22 students on Stearns Pond, in Sweden, Maine, eight miles from campus.
Technology
- Campus-wide computer network accessed by all dormitory rooms.
- Classrooms are networked.
- Marcella-Sands Lecture Hall has 60 network ports.
- 2 computer labs house 32 networked computers for students.
- Library offers 8 networked computer stations.