Fruit Street School was recognized by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos as one of 362 National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2019. The recognition is based on a school’s overall academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps among student subgroups. Fruit Street School educates Read More
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State Law Changes Regarding Chronic Absenteeism
May 9, 2018 Dear Parent/Guardian, This letter is to inform you of some changes that have been implemented in Maine State law regarding chronic absenteeism. Chronic absenteeism occurs when your child misses 10% of the days they are enrolled in school. In Bangor, for a student attending the Read More
Bangor Students Win National Science Bowl Regional Championship
Bangor High School's Science Bowl team won their regional competition for the 2018 National Science Bowl® (NSB) this past weekend and will advance to compete in the NSB National Finals this spring in Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), who sponsors the NSB, announced Monday, March Read More
PCHC to Open Dental Clinic for Students at Downeast School
Penobscot Community Health Care (PCHC) is pleased to announce that PCHC Dental Center and Downeast Elementary School have partnered to offer students in-school dental care during the school year. Starting this fall, a licensed dentist and registered dental hygienist from PCHC Dental Center will Read More
2015 AP Exam Results Exceptional at BHS
Bangor High School sophomores, juniors, and seniors sat for AP Exams over two weeks in May, the results of which show another year of exceptional achievement on this nationally-standardized set of exams: 181 students took a total of 472 AP Exams 90% of BHS students enrolled in an AP course sat Read More
Cohen Students Get Published
Twenty-one Grade 7 students at the William S. Cohen School have had their essays selected for publication in the Fall 2014 edition of A Celebration of Essays anthology. Creative Communication runs the contest to bring recognition to student writers, and since the contest is regionally based, Read More
Congress to Campus Comes to BHS
Bangor High School has been honored to be selected as a participant of the University of Maine's Congress to Campus Program. The Congress to Campus Program was established by the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress to improve college students' understanding of Congress and American Read More
BHS Junior wins the Maine Jr. Stockholm Water Prize
BHS STEM Academy junior, Mary Butler, has earned the top award in Maine’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize and will represent Maine at the 2014 U.S. National SJWP Competition in Herndon, Virginia in June. The top research project among the 51 state entries will earn the right to compete at the Read More
BHS earns National Silver Award
US News & World Report and the respected American Institutes for Research (AIR) have established BHS in the top 10% of over 19,400 schools in the 2014 publication America's Best High Schools, earning BHS a second consecutive National Silver Award. According to the U.S. News & World Report Read More
Bangor High School on List of America’s Most Challenging High Schools
BANGOR - Jay Mathews, education columnist for the Washington Post, has released his annual Index of Most Challenging Schools, and Bangor High School is one of only six Maine high schools on the list. Mr. Mathews explains that he designed the list “in contrast to the usual ranking of schools by test Read More