Skowhegan Area High School

Skowhegan Area High School is a public high school in Skowhegan, Maine, United States.^[3] It is part of Maine School Administrative District 54 which includes the towns of Skowhegan, Canaan, Mercer, Smithfield, Cornville, and Norridgewock.^[4]

Skowhegan Area High School
Location
61 Academy Circle Skowhegan , Maine 04976 United States
Coordinates	44.7505°N 69.7288°W / 44.7505; -69.7288
Information
School type	Public, high school
Founded	1814
Oversight	Maine School Administrative District 54
Superintendent	Jon Moody
Principal	Jason Bellerose
Teaching staff	51.80 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	702 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.55[1]
Language	English
Campus	Rural
Color(s)	Black, Orange, and White
Mascot	River Hawk
Team name	River Hawks[2]
Newspaper	River Hawk Review
Yearbook	Lever
Feeder schools	Skowhegan Area Middle School
Website	https://sahs.msad54.org/

Academics

Skowhegan High School currently offers five AP classes which include: AP World History: Modern, AP United States History, AP United States Government and Politics, AP English Literature and Composition , and AP Calculus AB. However, another AP, AP Computer Science Principles, is also available if you take pre-engineering at their technical center. Additionally, several AP classes have been removed, including, AP Statistics and AP Spanish Language and Culture .^[5][6]

Notable alumni

• Abner Coburn, 30th Governor of Maine (1863–64)
• Susan Clark (sailor)
• Brad Farrin, state legislator
• Robert Nutting (politician), state legislator
• Margaret Chase Smith, American politician, first woman to serve in both the United States House of Representatives and United States Senate

Notable faculty

• Marti Stevens (educator)
• Chandler Woodcock, state legislator