Bridgton Academy
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Bridgton Academy is an all-male college preparatory boarding school
in North Bridgton, Maine
. The school offers a true transitional year, to help students who have completed their senior year of high school
gain the academic skills, study skills, self-discipline, and self-confidence necessary to succeed in college.
The 55 acres (22.3 ha) campus hosts twenty four different buildings. The majority of classes are held in the newly constructed state of the art Humanities Center. There are eight dormitories on campus with the capacity to hold 6-40 students.
In a survey of a recent class of Bridgton Academy graduates, the results showed that 74 percent of them graduated from college in six years.
Boarding school
A boarding school is a school where some or all pupils study and live during the school year with their fellow students and possibly teachers and/or administrators. The word 'boarding' is used in the sense of "bed and board," i.e., lodging and meals...
in North Bridgton, Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
. The school offers a true transitional year, to help students who have completed their senior year of high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
gain the academic skills, study skills, self-discipline, and self-confidence necessary to succeed in college.
The 55 acres (22.3 ha) campus hosts twenty four different buildings. The majority of classes are held in the newly constructed state of the art Humanities Center. There are eight dormitories on campus with the capacity to hold 6-40 students.
In a survey of a recent class of Bridgton Academy graduates, the results showed that 74 percent of them graduated from college in six years.