Hampden Academy

Hampden Academy
Hampden Academy
Address
	89 Western Avenue; Hampden, Maine 04444; United States
Coordinates	44°44′32″N 68°50′38″W
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	"Nulla vestigia retrorsum."; ("Never a step backward.")
Established	1803
School district	Regional School Unit #22 (R.S.U. 22)
Principal	William Tracy
Grades	9–12
Color(s)	Purple and white
Mascot	Broncos
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Website	ha.rsu22.us

Hampden Academy is a public high school located at 89 Western Avenue in Hampden, Maine, United States. The school is a part of Regional School Unit #22 (R.S.U. 22), with approximately 708 students from Hampden, Newburgh, Frankfort and Winterport attending grades 9–12. It has been accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

The school mascot is the Bronco.

History

The original Academy building

Hampden Academy was founded in 1803 as a private school and before that was a theological seminary. It became a member of MSAD 22 in 1969 (changed to R.S.U. 22 in 2013). It still serves as a public school that educates students from Hampden, Winterport, Frankfort, and Newburgh. The original Hampden Academy building, located across US 1A and now part of the McGraw School, is on the National Register of Historic Places. A new $51.6 million building, located behind the FieldTurf complex, was completed in 2012.

The front lawn of the 1 Main Road North location was the site of the Battle of Hampden during the War of 1812.

Notable alumni

Hiram Batchelder, Civil War soldier and Mayor of Chico, California
Dillon Bates, former member of the Maine House of Representatives
Mike Bordick, baseball player
Ricky Craven, NASCAR driver, ESPN correspondent
Matthew Gagnon, think tank executive, writer and radio host
Jeffrey Hjelm, Maine Supreme Court Justice
Stephen King, author (King was an English teacher at Hampden Academy)
Frederick Low, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives in California and later governor of California
Lewis Mayo, Minnesota state senator
Tanya Ryno (1988), producer, director
Jim Spohrer (1974), computer programmer
Charles Stetson, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Maine's 6th district
Michael Thibodeau (1984), Maine State Senate President

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