Gardiner High School, also known as Gardiner Area High School (GAHS), is a public school serving grades 912 in

Gardiner, Maine Gardiner is a city in Kennebec County, Maine, Kennebec County, Maine, United States. The population was 5,961 at the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census. Popular with tourists, Gardiner is noted for its culture and old architecture. Gardiner ...

in the United States. Tigers are the school mascot. In 2016, the school had a graduating class of 136. The Old Gardiner High School building was designed by

Francis H. Fassett Francis Henry Fassett (June 25, 1823 – November 1, 1908) was an American architect in Maine who built as many as 400 homes and buildings throughout the state. Working in the Victorian High Gothic and Queen Anne styles, he especially influ ...

and built in 1870. The Maine Ornithological Society met at the high school in 1907. The school has a rivalry with

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. Alumni of the school include Stanford University professor

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who was valedictorian at the high school in 1940 and Poet

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who graduated from the school when ceremonies were held at the Gardiner Coliseum.

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{{authority control School buildings completed in 1870 Buildings and structures in Gardiner, Maine Public high schools in Maine

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