Brunswick High School (Maine)

School in Brunswick, Cumberland County, Maine, United States

Brunswick High School

Aerial view in 2017

Address

71 Dragon Drive

Brunswick

Cumberland County, Maine

04011

United States

Coordinates| 43°53′00″N 69°59′14″W﻿ / ﻿43.8834°N 69.9873°W﻿ / 43.8834; -69.9873
Information
School type| Public
Founded| 1851
School district| Brunswick School Department
Superintendent| Phil Potenziano
Principal| Troy Henninger
Staff| 130
Teaching staff| 66.50 (FTE)[1]
Grades| 9-12
Enrollment| 715 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio| 10.75[1]
Language| English
Color(s)| Black and orange

Athletics conference| Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference
Mascot| Dragon
Nickname| Dragons
Yearbook| Dragon Spirit
Website| www.brunswicksd.org/o/bhs

Brunswick High School is a public high school in Brunswick, Maine, United States. It is a part of the Brunswick School Department.

## History

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Although a private school operated under the same name in the 1840s,[2] Brunswick High School was founded as a public school in 1851[3] as a part of a school consolidation and restructuring effort.[4] In its over 150-year history, the school has occupied three sites within Brunswick. The first high school was located within a larger school building at the corner of Federal and Green Streets (now 46 Federal Street).[3] Hawthorne Elementary School was subsequently located at 46 Federal Street until its closure in 2010.[5] Its most recent use is as the central office for the Brunswick School Department.[6]

In 1938, a new high school building was planned by architect Harry S. Coombs and constructed with Works Progress Administration funds[7] on the corner of Spring and McKeen Streets to the west of downtown Brunswick. In 1951, a one-story wing of classrooms was constructed off the southern portion of the western side of the original structure. A second floor of classrooms was added to this south wing in 1961, along with a new two-floor wing off the northern portion of the original building's western side. The new north wing mirrored the 1951 addition and created a courtyard. The two floors of the north wing provided more classrooms, a new gym, a cafeteria, a wood shop, science labs, and Home Economic rooms. By the 1990s the school was using temporary trailers as classrooms to deal with over-crowding and failed a state inspection.[citation needed] These and other factors contributed to the push to build a new school. The 1937 building and its additions later served temporarily as the location of Mount Ararat Middle School for the neighboring school district (School Administrative District #75) and was demolished in order to construct a new elementary school (Harriet Beecher Stowe School) at the site, which opened in 2011.

The current Brunswick High School building opened in 1995 at a new location at 116 Maquoit Road (now 71 Dragon Drive) south of downtown Brunswick. In addition to providing expanded student capacity, the school contains a television in every classroom and a video announcement system. Crooker Theater, which includes an orchestra pit, hosts the school's performing arts programs. Brunswick High School has been accredited by the state of Maine and the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Classes are 85 minutes each with a five-minute break in between classes.

## Athletics

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Brunswick High School, a member of the Kennebec Valley Athletic Conference, has won several state championships in both Class A and Class B (Football) competition.

* Boys' Basketball – 2002 [8]
* Cheerleading – 1990 [9]
* Girls' Cross Country – 2005–2007, 2023 [10]
* Football – 1961, 2016 [11][12]
* Boys' Lacrosse – 2007, 2015, 2017, 2018,2022 [13]
* Girls' Lacrosse – 2008–2009 [13]
* Boys' Soccer – 1984–1986, 1990–1991, 1999, 2023[14]
* Girls' Soccer – 2004, 2009 [14]
* Boys' Swimming – 1961, 1965–1967 [15]
* Girls' Swimming – 2000–2001, 2015–2016 [15]
* Boys' Tennis – 1955/1956, 1962, 1996–1997, 1999 [16]
* Girls' Tennis – 1997–1998, 2012–2013,2023[16]
* Boys' Track (Indoor) – 1975(tie), 1991, 2008, 2010,2023[17]
* Boys' Track (Outdoor) – 1959 (Class L), 1969 (Class LL), 1996, 2010,2023[18]
* Girls' Track (Outdoor) – 1985 [18]

School front

## Notable alumni

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* Mattie Daughtry, politician
* Mike Dumont, Navy vice admiral
* Bret Gilliam, technical diver and author
* Michael Lemelin, politician
* Stump Merrill, former baseball manager
* Ralph Mims, professional basketball player
* Matilda White Riley, gerontologist
* Aly Spaltro (Lady Lamb), musician
* Grant Tremblay, astrophysicist

### Notable staff

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* Edwin Hall, physicist and former principal

## References

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1. ^ a b c "Search for Public Schools - School Detail for Brunswick High School". nces.ed.gov. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
2. ^ Wheeler, 480
3. ^ a b Wheeler, 473-474
4. ^ Wheeler, 463-465
5. ^ "In school system shake up, Longfellow School to close".
6. ^ "Brunswick School Department".
7. ^ "Brunswick High School, Brunswick, ca. 1937".
8. ^ "Basketball - Past Champions & Runners-up". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.
9. ^ "Cheerleading - Past Champions". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
10. ^ "Annual Champions Cross Country". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.
11. ^ "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Football". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
12. ^ McLaughlin, Ryan; Staff, B. D. N. (November 19, 2016). "Brunswick defeats Kennebunk for first football state championship in 53 years".
13. ^ a b "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Lacrosse". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
14. ^ a b "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Soccer". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
15. ^ a b "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Swimming". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on February 15, 2017.
16. ^ a b "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Tennis". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.
17. ^ "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Indoor Track Events". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.
18. ^ a b "Annual Champions and Runners-up in Outdoor Track Events". Maine Principals Association - Past Champions. Archived from the original on November 10, 2015.

## Sources

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* Wheeler, George Augustus. History of Brunswick, Topsham, and Harpswell, Maine: Including the Ancient Territory Known as Pejepscot. Brunswick, Maine: A. Mudge & Sons, 1878.

## External links

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* BHS Official Website
* GreatSchools.net

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