2007-08 School Profile
Paul Penna, Principal Tim Richards, Asst. Principal John Springer, Asst. Principal Melanie Craig, Athletic Director
Guidance Counselors
Stephanie Brooks 207-657-9321 sbrooks@msad15.org
Kate Genovese 207-657-9322 kgenovese@msad15.org
Teri Hagelin 207-657-9323 thagelin@msad15.org
Gray-New Gloucester High School is located in Gray, a suburban community of approximately 9,000 people and serves the towns of both Gray and New Gloucester within Maine School Administrative District #15. The town of Gray lies 15 miles northwest of Portland, Maine’s largest city.
Gray-New Gloucester High School is a public, comprehensive four-year high school accredited by the Maine State Department of Education and New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The high school has an enrollment of approximately 650 students.
The academic program is organized on a block schedule. A maximum load is 8 credits per year with students carrying eight 80-minute block classes. Students meet for 4 block classes daily.
A minimum of 20 credits is required for graduation. 1 credit = 1 year; .5 credit = 1 semester. Graduation requirements include: 4 credits English; 3 credits Math; 3 credits Science; 3 credits Social Studies; 1 credit Physical Education; 1 credit Fine Arts; .5 credit Health; .5 credit Computer Science; 4 credits Electives.
Advanced Placement (AP) is an open-enrollment program; courses offered are Biology II, Calculus, English, Statistics, and United States History.
Honors courses are offered in Algebra I and II, Chemistry, English, Geometry, Introduction to Psychology, Physics, and Pre-Calculus. In addition, Honors Shaker Studies is a specialized course that takes advantage of the Sabbathday Lake Shaker Village in New Gloucester; a unique academic opportunity found nowhere else in the world. Currently, 120 students are enrolled in AP courses and 381 students are enrolled in Honors courses.
Gray-New Gloucester High School assigns number grades as follows:
A=93-100; B= 85-92; C=75-84; D=70-74; F=69 or below
Class rank and grade point averages are cumulative weighted computations based on final grades after seven semesters and include all credit classes.
122 students graduated in the Class of 2007. Ninety-four students continued their education after high school. Of those 94 students, 44% matriculated to 4-year institutions; 28% matriculated to 2-year institutions, and 5% matriculated to a certificate program. The following list indicates those institutions attended by Gray-New Gloucester High School graduates over the last four years:
| Albany College of Pharmacy | Harvard University | Rochester Institute of Technology |
| Alaska Pacific University | Haverford College | St. Anselm’s College |
| Andover College | Hamilton College | St. Joseph’s College |
| Adelphi University | Hartwick College | St. Lawrence University |
| American International College | Hobart and William Smith College | St. Michael’s College |
| Bates College | Husson College | Simmons College |
| Bentley College | Ithaca College | Southern Maine Community College |
| Bowdoin College | Johnson and Wales | Susquehanna University |
| Boston College | Juniata College | Suffolk University |
| Boston University | Keene State College | Tufts University |
| Campbell Unversity | Lawrence University | Union College |
| Central Maine Community College | Maine College of Art | University of Connecticut |
| Champlain College | Maine Maritime Academy | University of Colorado |
| Clark University | Manhattanville College | University of Hartford |
| Coastal Carolina | Marymount University | University of Maine |
| Colby-Sawyer College | Marywood University | University of Maine at Farmington |
| College of William and Mary | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy | University of Massachusetts at Amherst |
| Curry College | McGill University | University of New England |
| Daniel Webster College | Monserrat College of Art | University of New Hampshire |
| Dickinson College | Muhlenburg College | University of New Haven |
| ECAT Aeronautical Technical College | New York University | University of North Carolina |
| Elmira College | Northeastern University | University of Southern Maine |
| Emerson College | Pratt Institute | University of Utah |
| Endicott College | Regis College | University of Vermont |
| Franklin Pierce College | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | Wentworth Institute of Technology |
| Gordon College | Rhode Island College | Wesleyan College |
| Harding University | Rhodes College | Wheaton College |
| Hartwick College | Roger Williams University | William Woods University |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | ||