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Anne Polak Joins Bridgton Academy as School Counselor

Career health professional brings a wealth of experience to North Bridgton CONTACT: Nick LeBel, [email protected] / 207.647.3322 x1217 NORTH BRIDGTON, ME – Anne Polak, MS, LCPC, has joined Bridgton Academy as School Counselor. Polak comes to Bridgton as a career health professional, with past experience including community mental health, school-based counseling, private practice, residential and […]

Class Notes Commencement 2018

Written and compiled by Sarah Gaines Welcome to Bridgton Academy Class Notes, an exclusively digital addendum to the biannual publication of our print newsletter, Bridgton Academy Today! We invite you to read on to see what some of your fellow Bridgton alumni and friends have been up to. Don’t see your name? Re-connect with your […]

AMITY GOTTSCHALK NAMED DIRECTOR OF ACADEMIC SUPPORT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE North Bridgton, ME – Bridgton Academy has hired Amity Gottschalk as its new Director of Academic Support. Gottschalk comes to Bridgton Academy from Stevens Brook Elementary School in Bridgton, ME, where she had been a 5th grade teacher for the past three years. A longtime educator, Gottschalk brings with her a wide […]

JAMEEL MOORE JOINS BRIDGTON ACADEMY COLLEGE COUNSELING OFFICE

NORTH BRIDGTON, ME – Bridgton Academy has hired Jameel Moore as the newest member of Bridgton Academy’s College Counseling Office. Moore, a Cumberland, Maine native, will help guide Bridgton Academy’s students through the college selection process. Spending the previous five years at his alma mater, Endicott College, as Assistant, and then Associate, Director of Admissions, […]

Ellis-Fisher Field Expansion Complete

By: Will Groves ’12 NORTH BRIDGTON, ME – Summertime here at Bridgton Academy is a great opportunity to make improvements to areas around campus. Much like the renovation that is happening at Cleaves Hall currently, Ellis-Fisher Field is also getting an important facelift. Shortly after Commencement for the Class of 2018 wrapped up, the turf […]

BRIDGTON ACADEMY NAMES ROD SIMMONS HEAD HOCKEY COACH

New Head Coach returns to Maine, arrives in North Bridgton, by way of National Sports Academy in Lake Placid, NY CONTACT: NICK LeBEL, 207-647-3322 x1217 NORTH BRIDGTON, ME – Bridgton Academy is excited to announce the hiring of Rod Simmons as Head Hockey Coach. Simmons joins the Wolverine hockey program after three seasons as hockey […]

BRIDGTON ACADEMY WELCOMES NEW TRUSTEES

David Colella ’72 and Tom Hall ’85 named to Bridgton Academy Board of Trustees NORTH BRIDGTON, ME Bridgton Academy is pleased to welcome David Colella ‘72 and Tom Hall ‘85 to the Bridgton Academy Board of Trustees. The two Bridgton Academy graduates have been elected following the retirement of longtime board member Carol Hamblet, and […]

Cleaves Hall Update June 2018

The renovation of Cleaves Hall is well underway, and we are on track to be ready for the incoming Class of 2019. Here is an update on its progress, plus an inside look at what’s going on! For more information on the Cleaves Hall renovation, Click Here, and follow Bridgton Academy on Twitter and Facebook […]

Brody Dupuis ’18 Receives NROTC Scholarship

Bridgton Academy Class of 2018 graduate Brody Dupuis (Hooksett, NH) has been selected as a recipient of the prestigious Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (NROTC) Scholarship. Dupuis received the honor in a small ceremony on the campus of Bridgton Academy in March, but was formally honored during Bridgton Academy’s 2018 Commencement Exercises on May 4, […]

ADMIRAL JOHN C. AQUILINO ’80 NAMED COMMANDER OF U.S. NAVY PACIFIC FLEET

U.S. Navy Admiral John C. Aquilino, Bridgton Academy Class of 1980, was named Commander of the U.S. Navy’s Pacific Fleet in a ceremony on May 17 in a ceremony on Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii. Most recently commander of both the Navy’s 5th Fleet and Naval Forces Central Command, Aquilino takes charge of a fleet […]