George W. Stearns High School

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George W. Stearns High School
Image:Stearns HS logo.jpg
Location
199 State Street
Millinocket, Maine, 04462
USA
Information
School district Millinocket School Department
Principal Paul MacDonald
Enrollment

326 (as of 2007-08)
Faculty 40
Student:teacher ratio 11.7
School type Public high school
Grades 9-12
Campus Urban Fringe of a Mid-size City
Mascot Minute Men
Information 207-723-6430
Homepage [1]

George W. Stearns High School (commonly Stearns High School or SHS) is a coeducational public secondary school in Millinocket, Maine, United States, serving students in grades 11–12. Stearns High School is accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges.[1]

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[edit] History

As of the 2007-08 school year, the school had an enrollment of 326 students and had 27.9 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 11.7.


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[edit] Sports

Former Stearns basketball coach, George Wentworth, was inducted, posthumously, into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame. Coach Wentworth's record while coaching Stearns High School was 478 wins to 153 losses. During the 31 years that Wentworth was the coach, Stearns won six Eastern Maine, four State, and one New England title, and got the first backboards in the state.[2]


[edit] References

  1. ^ State of Maine School Educational Profile (HTML) 1. State of Maine DOE. Retrieved on 2008-04-06. “Accreditation for Stearns High School is provided by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. The school is currently accredited. The most recent evaluation for accreditation was conducted in 1996.”
  2. ^ George Wentworth to be Inducted into New England Basketball Hall of fame (HTML) 1. Magic City Morning Star (Jul 17, 2003). Retrieved on 2008-04-06. “Some of the greatest moments in the history of Maine high school basketball have happened in Millinocket, involving George Wentworth and the Stearns Minutemen.”

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