- Noble High School (Maine)
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Noble High School 
Address 388 Somersworth Road
North Berwick, Maine, 03906
United StatesCoordinates 43°18′23″N 70°46′51″W / 43.3063°N 70.7808°WCoordinates: 43°18′23″N 70°46′51″W / 43.3063°N 70.7808°W Information School type Public, high school School district MSAD 60 Principal Joseph Findlay Asst. Principal Richard Landry Grades 9–12 Enrollment 1,050 Language English Color(s) Maroon, Gray, and White Team name The Knights Communities served North Berwick, Berwick, and Lebanon, Maine. Website nhs.sad60.k12.me.us/ Noble High School is a public high school in North Berwick, Maine serving students in grades 9-12 from the towns of North Berwick, Berwick, Lebanon and Acton.
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Class partitioning
Noble High School's staff and students typically belong to one of three "academies," as the school was designed to hold smaller learning communities in separate wings within the school.
Each of the three academies has approximately 365 students in grades 9–12 (about 1100 total). Each academy is then divided into four "teams" by grade. There is a Freshman Team, a Sophomore Team, a Junior House, and a Senior House. Students stay in the same academy for all four years of high school. For example, as a Freshman entering Noble on Academy 1, you would be placed on the White Team. As a Sophomore, you would move to Team 1 with the same group of students. Then you would become a House 1 Junior the next year and a House 1 Senior the following year. The method is followed in all three academies, although each team has a different name. This system is in place in order for students to develop a stronger bond with a smaller group of students and a defined group of teachers. Because your academy is determined from the time you enter high school, your team is also predetermined. As a White Team Freshman, you would be able to look at the names of the House 1 Senior teachers and see who your teachers would be your last year. This increases the opportunities for students to establish mentors and adjust to the learning styles of their classmates, both part of the administration's mission. Security is very important at NHS with a former Marine as a SRO officer, and a full time police officer. In addition, during lunch sessions and in the morning, teachers are patrolling and perched in different locations.
Athletics & activities
All three academies contribute to the same set of sports teams and activities. In the fall, Noble offers Football, Boys' and Girls' Soccer, Cheerleading, Cross Country, Field Hockey, and Golf. In the winter, both Boys' and Girls' Basketball, Wrestling, Cheerleading, Gymnastics, Indoor Track, and Ice Hockey are available. Baseball, Softball, Boys' and Girls' Lacrosse, and Track & Field are played in the spring.
The Noble teams are mercilessly supported by Noble's Superfans, a recently created organization dedicated to the promotion of school spirit by cheering at athletic events in matching t-shirts. Other activities include Student Council, National Honor Society, Yearbook, Literary Arts Magazine, Writing Center, Project SEARCH, Drama Club, Ski Club, Math Team, uKnight (community service), YAADA, Noble Student Health Advisory Board, and Noble Earthworks
The Noble Football team has had many standouts in its years. Noteable All Conference players include Randy Ouellette (1997) Jon Hall (1997) Brandon Spencer (2006) Josh Gagnon ( 2007 ) Mike Brown (2007) Kirby Phillips(2007) Wade Mondoux (2007) Chris Allen (2009) Tyler Lessard (2010) and Micah Lewis (2011)
Ethnicity
- White Non-Hispanic (90.8%)
- Two or more races (1.5%)
- Black (1.1%)
- American Indian (1.1%)
- Hispanic (0.7%)
- Other Asian (0.5%)
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Arts at Noble
At Noble High School there is an extensive music and fine arts program. The Band Department contains a freshman band, concert band, jazz band, and a pit band when there is a theatrical performance. Within the Vocal Department, there is Chorale (open to all students), Chambers Singers (entry upon try-out and acceptance), and Treble Choir (females only and entry is also dependant on a try-out and acceptance.) For fine arts classes, there are a variety of courses and levels in photography, ceramics, and metals.
2008 poetry slam controversy
During the 2007–2008 school year, a poetry slam was held in one of the senior English departments. Students were given the opportunity to write poems and perform them. Some of the poems contained profanities, which caused a controversy that lead to the dismissal of the UNH intern that organized the slam.[1] Her dismissal caught wind in local newspapers and she claims that after the slam, "she was barred from the building."[1] A spokeswoman for the intern's college, Kim Billings, responded on behalf of the school saying, "All internship placements in the Teacher Education Program are made at the discretion of district and school leadership. They may terminate an intern's placement at anytime." The students who took place in the slam "did not agree" with the removal of the intern. Mark Rioux, a senior English student and first-place winner of the slam explained, "It's sad now that peers of mine have gone from thinking of the slam as the most fun they've ever had on a school project and how much courage it took (for) students to get up and spill their emotions, to now having the memory of it as just 'that event where children were swearing." [2] A video student was filming the entire duration of the slam; the DVDs of the slam were never distributed as previously promised.
Notes
- ^ a b Jason Claffey (March 14, 2008). "Poetic injustice? Teaching intern claims she was barred from Noble High after poetry slam". Foster's Daily Democrat. http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080320/GJNEWS_01/216539540&SearchID=73337776371847. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ^ Mark Rioux (March 14, 2008.) R.I.P. The Great Memory of the Poetry Slam MKRJR.Blogspot.com. Retrieved September 10, 2009.
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Categories:- High schools in Maine
- Schools in York County, Maine
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