Mount Desert Island High School is a comprehensive 4 year public high school with an enrollment of approximately 571 students, 70 faculty members, and 20 support staff. It is a Regional Community High School serving not only Mount Desert Island, but also 5 surrounding mainland communities and 4 outer island communities. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and by the State of Maine. The mission of the Mount Desert Island High School community is to provide a safe, supportive environment in which all members are held to high academic and ethical standards. The faculty staff, and administration, supported by the community, guide students as they acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to become responsible, self directed learners and healthy, productive citizens.
Educate each student to become a responsible adult and contribute to the quality of life in a free, changing society. Develop capable, confident learners who contribute to their community, participate thoughtfully in democracy, and succeed in a diverse and evolving global society.
Frenchboro School History The island's first schoolhouse was built in 1842 and served as a combination worship hall, school building and Plantation office. School sessions were erratic at best, despite the island's growing population. The island's second schoolhouse was built in the 1870s near the site of today's Frenchboro Historical Society. The second school building deteriorated rapidly. At one point, during the late 1800s, the children brought paper from home in attempt to brighten the inside of the aging structure. The current one-room schoolhouse "a grand building for its time and place" was built in 1907 as islanders and the state recognized the growing need for more formal education. The new school building would also play host to all town meetings and serve as the town office into the 1980s. By 1912, the school finally became a graded school and had more than two dozen pupils. The school and schoolhouse have survived the ups and downs of island population during the past several decades, with enrollment dwindling to a single student twice in the past 30 years. Maintaining the student population has been at the heart of the island's most dramatic decisions during those times. In 1960s, the island made national headlines when roughly 20 foster children were placed in island homes to revive the school population and made national headlines again in 1980s when it spearheaded a homesteading program. All moves have been successful and enrollment now stands at its highest point in decades. For the current school year, the school boasts 12 pupils, two full-time teachers and additional specialized volunteers. An interesting tidbit: in 1875, the teacher was paid $19.09, plus $3/week room and board. Written by Dean Lunt
Mission Statement-The mission of the Mount Desert Island High School community is to provide a safe, supportive environment in which all members are held to high academic and ethical standards. The faculty staff, and administration, supported by the community, guide students as they acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to become responsible, self directed learners and healthy, productive citizens.
Welcome to our website! Sedgwick Elementary School is a small, rural elementary school serving around 100 students from Kindergarten through grade 8 in the Town of Sedgwick, Maine.We are also the host facility for the Peninsula Early Childhood Education Center, a high quality pre-school, Head Start and child care program administered in collaboration with Child and Family Opportunities and St. Francis Episcopal Church.Sedgwick is a beautiful coastal community just east of Penobscot Bay along the Eggemoggin Reach. Bordered by the towns of Brooklin, Penobscot, Blue Hill, Brooksville and Little Deer Isle, Sedgwick is at the heart of the Blue Hill Peninsula.