Paige Brown traveled to the final round of the nation’s most prestigious pre-college science competition in Washington, D.C. on March 15 and left the 2016 Intel Science Talent Search awards ceremony with the First Place Medal of Distinction in Global Good– and a $150,000 cash award from Read More
Students
BHS Senior Receives Foreign Language Award
Bangor High School Senior Tyler DeFroscia has been chosen by the Foreign Language Association of Maine (FLAME) to receive their Student Recognition Award for 2016 for his passion for and achievement in both French and Chinese, along with his involvement in and service to his school and community. 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
BHS Junior Named National Debate Champ
Nick Danby, BHS Class of 2016, is the National Champion in Congressional Debate after winning at the 2015 National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament in Dallas, Texas. Danby is captain of the BHS Congressional Debate Team that won the 2015 Maine State Championship. Read more about Read More
BHS Student Wins Maine Stockholm Junior Water Prize
Paige Brown, a student at Bangor High School, is the winner of Maine’s Stockholm Junior Water Prize with her project entitled, “Identifying and Remediating the Sources of Pollution in Impaired Bangor Streams.” The Stockholm Junior Water Prize (SJWP) is the world's most prestigious youth award for a Read More
Three Bangor Students Qualify for National Math Meet
Three students at Bangor High School qualified for the 40th Annual American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) Competition at Penn State on May 29-30, 2015. The top 35 Maine students from the Maine Association of Math Leagues (MAML) competitions throughout the year are invited to attend the ARML Read More
JFDS 8th Grader Takes Top Prize at Invention Convention
On May 16, 2015, the Innovation Center at the University of Maine held their annual Maine State Invention Convention, hosting over 100 participants from throughout the state. Bangor's James F. Doughty School was proud to send 15 incredible inventors to pitch their invention ideas. Eighth Grader Read More
BHS Senior Named Presidential Scholar
U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced the 51st class of U.S. Presidential Scholars, recognizing 141 high school seniors for their accomplishments in academics or the arts. Bangor High School senior Hannah Rubin was selected as one of the two Presidential Scholars from Read More
BHS Senior Wins Congressional Art Competition for ME District 2
Bangor High School senior Liam Reading is this year's winner of the Congressional Art Competition for Maine's Second District for his art piece, "The Widow". "I continue to be amazed by the extraordinary talent and work of our Maine high school students,” said Congressman Bruce Poliquin. Read More
BHS Team Wins Maine Regional Science Bowl
Bangor High School's Team A won the Maine Regional Science Bowl, held at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham on February 28, 2015. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Science Bowl® is a nationwide academic competition that tests students’ knowledge in all areas of science (biology, Read More