Lisbon High School (Maine)
Lisbon High School is a public high school in Lisbon Falls, Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The school mascot is the greyhound, and is part of the school is part of the Lisbon School Department. It was founded in 1952, its predecessor being Lisbon Falls High School.
| Lisbon High School | |
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| Address | |
2 Sugg Drive , 04252 United States | |
| Coordinates | 44°00′10″N 70°04′15″W |
| Information | |
| Superintendent | Richard Green |
| Principal | Susan Magee |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 331 (2020-2021)[1] |
| Color(s) | Black White Red |
| Slogan | Greyhound Pride is Inside |
| Athletics conference | Mountain Valley |
| Mascot | Greyhound |
| Rival | Oak Hill |
| Yearbook | Lisbonian |
| Website | lisbonhs |
Sports
Lisbon has football, soccer, field hockey, cross country, basketball, wrestling, cheerleading, baseball, softball, tennis, and track teams. The school joins with Mt. Ararat High School for their ice hockey team.
The class C school has a track team, which has won MVCs (Mountain Valley Conference) every year since 2005 (as of 2017) [2] and won its first state title in 2014[3]
Lisbon's field hockey team won MVCs in 2011, and won the State Championship in 2013. Parker Jarmuzek currently has 4 trophies located in the High school trophy case, 3 wrestling trophies and 1 basketball trophy.
Arts
Lisbon High School has an arts program as well as an extracurricular drama program. The drama program is notable for its ranking in One Act Play competitions, where they have placed regionally. They also have performed one play, White Snake, that was awarded 296 points out of a total 300, as well as members of the cast being awarded for choreography, costume design, narration and more. Currently the drama program is still running.
The performing arts center is dedicated to a deceased Vietnam veteran.
Notable alumni
- Stephen King grew up in neighboring Durham and attended Lisbon High School. The school's library, complete with shelves of both of their work. is dedicated to King and his Wife.
- Beverly Prosser Gelwick (class of 1950), psychologist, director of counseling at Stephens College, the University of New Hampshire, and Bowdoin College
Cultural references
The school appears in the Stephen King novel 11/22/63 as the school at which the main character, Jake Epping, is a teacher.
There are rumors of scenes from Carrie, another Stephen King project, being filmed at the school, but there are no reputable sources to prove it.
References
- "Maine Dept. of Education".
- Horton, Lee; Editor, Assistant Sports (2017-05-26). "Monmouth girls, Lisbon boys win MVC track and field championships". Lewiston Sun Journal. Retrieved 2020-08-19.
{{cite web}}:|last2=has generic name (help) - Clark, Ernie (2014-06-08). "Orono girls, Lisbon boys capture Class C track state championships". Bangor Daily News. Retrieved 2020-08-19.