Mt. Blue High School

Mt. Blue High School
Address
129 Seamon Road Farmington, Maine, 04938  United States
Coordinates	44°38′18″N 70°07′56″W / 44.6382°N 70.1321°W / 44.6382; -70.1321Coordinates: 44°38′18″N 70°07′56″W / 44.6382°N 70.1321°W / 44.6382; -70.1321
Information
School type	State High School
School district	Regional School District 9
Principal	Monique Poulin
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	904
Language	English
Hours in school day	7:55 A.M to 2:00 P.M.
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Athletics	football, soccer, field hockey, golf, cross country, basket ball, cheering, wrestling, skiing, track and field, softball, baseball, lacrosse.
Athletics conference	Western Maine class A
Mascot	Cougar
Team name	Mt. Blue Cougars
Publication	School Newspaper
Yearbook	Timaron
Tuition	Taxes
Website	www.msad9.org/mbhs/

Mt. Blue High School is a public high school (grades 9–12) in Farmington, Maine, United States. The school is a part of Maine School Administrative District 9, and enrolls students from the Maine towns of Farmington, Weld, Temple, Wilton, Chesterville, New Vineyard, Industry, New Sharon, and Vienna. The school's athletic mascot is the cougar.

Electives available to students include classes in personal finance, advertising, foreign languages, creative writing, Shakespeare and drama, and a variety of Advanced placement courses.

In 2009 Mt. Blue changed from MSAD to Mt. Blue Regional School District (RSD), to start the new changes to the School. The state of Maine issued the school 63,568,833 dollars for the new school. The school will be completely redone and is planned to be finished around 2013. The new school will cover 226,000 square feet, 35.8% bigger than the old school. The school will be three stories tall, and will be the biggest school in Franklin County.

Notable Alumni

Seth Wescott - Professional Snowboarder first Olympic gold medalist in Snowboard Cross

Ski Team

Mt. Blue High School is known as a statewide powerhouse in both Alpine and Nordic disciplines.^{[citation needed]} The women's team holds the state record for the most consecutive state championships in any sport. They train at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington. It is tradition after a championship that they have a police escorted parade to the middle of town. Then they conduct a Chinese Fire Drill running around the bus one time for each consecutive championship.^{[citation needed]}

External links

• Mount Blue High School