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Highlights are arranged under the four goals of Bangor School Department Strategic Plan

Academic Excellence:

  • US News Silver Award: America’s Top High Schools (4th Consecutive)
  • Washington Post Most Challenging High Schools: (4th Consecutive)
  • 19 Ivy League Acceptances
  • National Merit Commended Scholars: 2016 (5)
  • 8th Consecutive State Champion: Maine Stockholm Junior Water Research Prize
  • 2016 Skills USA Medalists: Gold (2)
  • University of Maine World Languages Day: 2 Awarded Teams

Environment for Success:

  • Graduation Rate Climbs to 87% and Dropout Rate Falls Below 3%
  • 95% Day One Participation / 97% Overall Participation: MHSA Testing
  • 2016 Maine Class A Baseball State Champions (100th State Championship for BHS)
  • National Forensics League: Top 10% National Standing
  • National Forensics League 5-year Commendation: 2nd Consecutive
  • 2016 Maine Music Educators Association: All State Musicians (9)

Quality Instructional Program:

  • 538 AP Exams Administered in May
  • BHS Fine Art Academy / Visual Art Program Operational for Fall 2014
  • BHS STEM Academy Enrollment, Achievement Reach New Highs

Professional Excellence:

  • BSD Selected for College Board National Assessment Steering Committee (PSAT, SAT, AP)
  • BHS: Primary High School Partner with UMaine in NSF $750,000 Stormwater Grant

Academy Programs

Bangor High School eagerly welcomes students to an innovative Academy Programs in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics), Visual and Performing Arts, Business, and Humanities. BHS Academy students complete all the traditional Bangor High School graduation requirements while simultaneously completing a challenging and enriching research-based sequence of courses and experiences. Under our Academy model, the experience of sequential curricula informing and enhancing students’ long-term research and portfolio projects is yielding incredible accomplishments by our students.

BHS a Top-Ranked High School

US News & World Report recognized BHS for a fourth consecutive National Silver Award (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013) based on research by the respected American Institutes for Research (AIR), whose methodology shows that BHS students perform beyond statistical expectations based on its local demographics on state and national exams (SAT, AP).

The Washington Post recognized BHS as one of Maine’s Most Challenging Schools for the fourth consecutive year (2016, 2015, 2014, 2013) based on the number of students in the graduating class who access AP Exams. BHS ranked fourth among Maine high schools in 2014.

National School of Excellence

On May 28, 2002, the Bangor School Department received official word from the U.S. Department of Education that Bangor High School was selected as a 2001-2002 National School of Excellence, one of only 172 schools nationally in that year and the only high school in New England to receive that designation. Read the full article