Lincoln Academy is a small, independent secondary school located in Newcastle, Maine

Newcastle, Maine

Newcastle is a town in Lincoln County, Maine, United States. The population was 1,748 at the 2000 census. The village of Newcastle is located in the western part of the town, on the Damariscotta River...

. Chartered in 1801, the school serves 17 towns in the Lincoln County

Lincoln County, Maine

Lincoln County is a county located in the U.S. state of Maine. As of 2010, the population was 34,457. Its county seat is Wiscasset. It was founded in 1760 and named after the English city Lincoln. At its founding, it accounted for three-fifths of the State's land, and stretched east to Nova...

 area of Midcoast Maine. The school is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. is the U.S. regional accreditation association providing educational accreditation for all levels of education, from pre-kindergarten to the doctoral level, in the six-state New England region. It also provides accreditation for some...

 and is a member of several secondary school associations, including the following:

• the National Association of Independent Schools,
• Maine Association of Independent Schools,
• the National Association of Secondary Schools, and
• the Maine School Management Association.

The school mascot for Lincoln Academy is the eagle, and the school colors are black and white.

Famous alumni

• Kate Aldrich
  Kate Aldrich
  Kate Aldrich is an American mezzo soprano.She has performed with the Metropolitan Opera, San Francisco Opera, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, the Hamburg State Opera, Teatro Regio of Torino, Los Angeles Opera, L'Opéra de Montréal, the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf, Teatro Nacional de São...
  
  , class of 1992, opera singer
• Anna Belknap
  Anna Belknap
  Anna Belknap is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Detective Lindsay Monroe on CSI: NY.-Personal life:...
  
  , CSI: NY
  CSI: NY
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  . class of 1990, actress
• Glenn Chadbourne
  Glenn Chadbourne
  Glenn Chadbourne is an American artist. He lives in Newcastle, Maine. He is best known for his work in the horror and fantasy genres, having created covers and illustrated books and magazines for publishers such as Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, and Earthling Publications. Mr...
  
   artist
• Edwin Flye
  Edwin Flye
  Edwin Flye was a nineteenth-century politician, merchant, banker, bank president, and shipbuilder from Maine.-Biography:...
  
  (1817–1886), U.S. Representative
• Joshua Smith, class of 1984, Associate Professor of Maritime History, U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point NY