Our School

Founded:  1808; Bridgton Academy is celebrating its Bicentennial anniversary-- 200 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

2008-2009 Tuition:

• Boarding Students -- $38,500
• Day Students -- $23,500

Financial Aid: 50 % of students receive financial aid

Endowment: $4.7 million as of June 30, 2007

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.

 College Counseling:

• Five college counselors guide students through the college search and application process.
• Class of 2007 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.