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Leavitt Area High School

Coordinates: 44°16′02″N 70°13′41″W / 44.2672°N 70.2280°W / 44.2672; -70.2280
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Leavitt Area High School
Address
Map
21 Matthews Way

,
04282

United States
Coordinates44°16′02″N 70°13′41″W / 44.2672°N 70.2280°W / 44.2672; -70.2280
Information
School typePublic, high school
School districtMSAD 52
PrincipalEben Shaw
Teaching staff65
Grades9–12
GenderCoed
Enrollment544 (2019-2020)[1]
LanguageEnglish
Hours in school day07
Campus sizeMedium
Campus typeRural
Color(s)  Green and   white
SongSweet Caroline
Athletics conferenceKVAC
MascotHornet
RivalGardiner Area High School, Mount Blue High School, Spruce Mountain High School, Winslow High School, Morse High School
AccreditationNEASC
NewspaperThe Buzz
YearbookAngelus
Communities servedTurner, Leeds, & Greene
Feeder schoolsTripp Middle School
Websitersu52.us

Leavitt Area High School is a public secondary school that serves grades 9–12 in Turner, Maine. It is a regional high school and serves the communities of Turner, Leeds, and Greene and is run by Maine School Administrative District 52. It is bordered by the school districts of Buckfield Junior-Senior High School, Edward Little High School, Lewiston High School, Winthrop High School, Monmouth Academy (Maine), and Cony High School.

History

The school takes its name from an 1895 gift by James Madison Leavitt, a Turner native who became a wealthy New York City manufacturer of umbrellas and parasols.[2] Leavitt donated $10,000 to the town of Turner to build a preparatory school.[3] The school opened on Jan. 20, 1897, and was dedicated to Leavitt. In 1899 the first class of eight students graduated.[4]

The school later outgrew the initial building, which now houses the Turner Homeless Shelter and the Turner Public Library. The last class graduated from the Leavitt Institute facility in 1966. In 1967 the school's name was changed to Leavitt High School, and in 1969 when the school district was consolidated, the school's name was changed to Leavitt Area High School, now located nearby the old Leavitt Institute Building.

References

  1. ^ "Maine Department of Education".
  2. ^ Trustees of Leavitt Institute, Turner, Maine[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ A Guide 'Down East,' Federal Writers' Project, Houghton Mifflin Company, Boston, Printed by The Riverside Press, Cambridge, Mass., 1937
  4. ^ "Leavitt Institute Building, Turner, Maine, turnermaine.com". Archived from the original on 2009-07-05. Retrieved 2009-09-23.