George Stevens Academy (GSA) is a private school in
Blue Hill, Maine
Blue Hill is a town in Hancock County, Maine, United States, located on Blue Hill Bay. The population was 2,792 at the 2020 census. It is home to the Blue Hill Public Library, Blue Hill Memorial Hospital, George Stevens Academy, the Blue Hill ...
.
The following towns in
Hancock County pay GSA to educate their students at the high school level: Blue Hill,
Brooklin,
Brooksville,
Castine,
Penobscot
The Penobscot (Abenaki: ''Pαnawάhpskewi'') are an Indigenous people in North America from the Northeastern Woodlands region. They are organized as a federally recognized tribe in Maine and as a First Nations band government in the Atlantic p ...
,
Sedgwick, and
Surry. The ''
Bangor Daily News
The ''Bangor Daily News'' is an American newspaper covering a large portion of central and eastern Maine, published six days per week in Bangor, Maine.
The ''Bangor Daily News'' was founded on June 18, 1889; it merged with the ''Bangor Whig an ...
'' described the school as "semi-private",
and as "the area high school".
private funds were used to construct all of the buildings. It is the oldest school in the county.
History
The Blue Hill Academy opened in 1803. The original George Stevens Academy entity incorporated in 1891,
[ and began operations in 1898. The two schools' boards of trustees became one body.]Maine Legislature
The Maine State Legislature is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Maine. It is a Bicameralism, bicameral body composed of the lower house Maine House of Representatives and the upper house Maine Senate. ...
passed a bill formally declaring them to be merged, and the institution initially used the name Blue Hill-George Stevens Academy. Segdwick began sending high school students to GSA in 1943. Brooksville began doing so in 1960.[
In 2025 the Blue Hill town government proposed that it buy GSA property for $1,800,000 so it could use the land for town facilities.]
See also
Other private high schools in Maine which take students with public funds (from unorganized areas and/or with agreements with school districts):
* Foxcroft Academy
Foxcroft Academy is a private preparatory high school located in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Foxcroft Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and a member of the Independent School Associa ...
* Lee Academy
* Waynflete School
Waynflete School is a private, co-educational college preparatory day school established in 1898 for early childhood education (from age three) to the 12th grade. It is located in the West End of Portland, Maine.
History
In 1898, Waynflete S ...
References
Further reading
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External links
George Stevens Academy
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Private high schools in Maine
1803 establishments in Maine
Educational institutions established in 1803
Schools in Hancock County, Maine
Blue Hill, Maine