Camden Hills Regional High School (CHRHS) is a public

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in the town of Rockport,

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in the United States. It is the sole high school of the Five Town Community School District, which consists of Camden, Rockport, Lincolnville,

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, and Appleton.

Students

Camden Hills Regional High School mainly educates students in grades 9–12 from the Five Town CSD area. Students from other towns can pay

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to attend the school, and some exceptions can be made in the case of students who are deemed essential to the school or at other administrative discretion. The feeder K–8 school districts are Maine School Administrative District 28 and School Union 69.

Academics

Camden Hills Regional High School offers 27 English, 12 social studies, 16 language (French, Spanish, and Latin at various levels), 19 math, 16 science, 6 business, 9 visual media & technology, 11 industrial technology, 11 family & consumer science, 5 music, 14 art, 5 theater, and 3 physical education courses. This includes

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classes in Biology, Calculus, European History, Language and Composition, Latin, Literature and Composition, Physics, Environmental Science, and United States History. The school also sends some students to the Midcoast School of Technology, which offers 14 different courses. The school also has a school-to-career program for juniors and seniors. In 2009, the school was ranked seventh out of 106 Maine high schools for average three-year achievement and average three-year growth in student achievement. Fifteen percent of the teachers at the school are Nationally Board Certified. The school has 13 students who were National Merit Semi-Finalists, and 4 students who were National Merit Finalists.

Athletics

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'' named the Camden Hills Regional High School athletic program the top program in the state of Maine. This was due in large part to the yearly success of the boys basketball, wrestling, and mountain biking teams, all three of which are consistently ranked highly in the state. Camden Hills Regional High School offers

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, golf, mountain biking, soccer, field hockey,

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and

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, basketball, ice hockey, baseball, softball, football, lacrosse, tennis, track and field, swimming, sailing, wrestling, and

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teams.

Notable alumni

* Tim Boetsch – mixed martial arts fighter *

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– former president of Colby College * Sean Hill – neuroscientist *

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– poet * Gary Sukeforth – politician and businessperson * Molly White – Wikipedia editor and writer

References

External links

High school official Website

School district website
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