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'''Foxcroft Academy''' is a private preparatory high school located in Dover-Foxcroft, Piscataquis County, Maine. Foxcroft Academy is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges and a member of the Independent School Association of Northern New England, College Board and the National Association of Independent Schools.
== Catchment == Maine School Administrative District 68 directly operates schools for grades Pre-Kindergarten to 8, and then sends all high school students to Foxcroft Academy.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sedomocha.org/about/|title=About|publisher=Maine School Administrative District 68|access-date=2025-07-14}}</ref>
The Maine Department of Education is responsible for school assignments in unorganized territories, and it publicly funds schools which take such assignments. It assigns Ebeemee Township in Piscatiquis County to Foxcroft Academy. It also lists Foxcroft as an option for residents of Codyville in Penobscot County and Atkinson in Piscatiquis County.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/eut/findschool|title=Education in the Unorganized Territory - Find Your School |publisher=Maine Department of Education|access-date=2025-07-13}}</ref>
== Academics == Foxcroft Academy is an Apple Distinguished School.<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 2022 |title="Education- K-12 - Apple Distinguished Schools" |url=https://www.apple.com/education/k12/apple-distinguished-schools/ |website=Apple K-12}}</ref>
The Academy has 23 Visual and Performing Arts courses: Art I, Ceramics, Sculptural Welding, Studio Art, AP Studio Art, Digital Photography, Yearbook Production, Filmmaking, Intro To Stagecraft, Band, Chorus, Intro to Guitar, Guitar II, Rock Band, Intro to Piano, Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Improvisation II, Woodwind Ensemble, Percussion Ensemble, Orchestra/Chamber Ensemble, and Select Choir.
== Athletics == Foxcroft Academy’s 23 varsity athletic teams have combined to win 21 state titles–11 in the past 11 years–and have also won four MPA Sportsmanship Awards in the past two years alone.
==Notable alumni== * Corey Beaulieu, guitarist * Frank E. Guernsey, U.S. Representative<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000517 Frank Edward Guernsey], ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed December 8, 2007.</ref> * Charles E. Littlefield, U.S. Representative <ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=L000355 Charles E. Littlefield], ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed December 8, 2007.</ref> * David Mallett, singer-songwriter * Sir Harry Oakes, philanthropist * Henry Otis Pratt, U.S. Representative<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=P000501 Henry Otis Pratt], ''Biographical Directory of the United States Congress''. Accessed December 8, 2007.</ref> * Dean Smith, basketball player and engineer * Lillian M. N. Stevens, temperance worker<ref>[http://www.une.edu/alumni/wcalumniauthors.asp Westbrook College Alumni Authors: Lillian M. N. Ames Stevens] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080704211524/http://www.une.edu/alumni/wcalumniauthors.asp |date=2008-07-04 }}, University of New England. Accessed December 8, 2007. "Lillian Marion Norton Ames Stevens (1844-1914), temperance reformer, was born at Dover, Maine, where her father was a teacher. After attending the local Foxcroft Academy and Westbrook Seminary near Portland, she taught school for several years."</ref> * Lance E. Walker, judge<ref name=bangor>{{cite news |last1=Harrison |first1=Judy |title=Judge Walker formally sworn in a day after he tosses out Poliquin's suit |url=https://bangordailynews.com/2018/12/15/news/bangor/judge-walker-formally-sworn-in-a-day-after-he-tosses-out-poliquins-suit/ |accessdate=7 October 2019 |publisher=Bangor Daily News |date=December 15, 2018}}</ref>
==See also==
Other private high schools in Maine which take students with public funds (from unorganized areas and/or with agreements with school districts):<!--From https://www.maine.gov/doe/schools/eut/findschool --> * Lee Academy * George Stevens Academy * Waynflete School * Washington Academy
Connecticut private academies acting as public high schools:<!--From https://www.cga.ct.gov/2016/rpt/2016-R-0121.htm--> * Gilbert School * Norwich Free Academy * Woodstock Academy
New Hampshire private academies acting as public high schools: * Coe-Brown Northwood Academy * Pinkerton Academy
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{official website|https://www.foxcroftacademy.org/}}
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Category:Private high schools in Maine Category:Schools in Piscataquis County, Maine Category:Boarding schools in Maine Category:Dover-Foxcroft, Maine Category:Preparatory schools in Maine Category:Educational institutions established in 1823 Category:1823 establishments in Maine