Presque Isle High School is a secondary school for students located in
Presque Isle, Maine, United States. Associated with
Maine School Administrative District No. 1 (MSAD1), the school serves the communities of
Castle Hill,
Chapman
Chapman may refer to:
Businesses
* Chapman Entertainment, a former British television production company
* Chapman Guitars, a guitar company established in 2009 by Rob Chapman
* Chapman's, a Canadian ice cream and ice water products manufacturer ...
,
Mapleton Mapleton may refer to:
Places Australia
* Mapleton, Queensland, a rural town and locality in the Sunshine Coast Region
Canada
* Mapleton, New Brunswick, a rural community in Kings County
* Mapleton, Moncton, New Brunswick, a neighborhood
* Mapl ...
, Presque Isle, and
Westfield. In sports it is a class B school. It has about 530 students.
On September 11, 2011, it was announced that MSAD1 students, including PIHS students, could someday study in
Beijing,
People's Republic of China due to a growing partnership between the district and
Niulanshan First Secondary School. In 2014 the district announced that the school will offer a Chinese class and will also host six Chinese students for the 2014–2015 school year.
[Johnson, Scott Mitchell.]
Six students from China to attend Presque Isle High School this fall
" '' Bangor Daily News''. July 18, 2014. Retrieved on December 23, 2014. However, a few short years later, the Chinese language class was dropped from the curriculum after the district failed to renew the instructor's work visa, and to this date, no SAD1 student has studied abroad in Beijing.
Alumni
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John Cariani
John Edward Cariani (born July 23, 1969) is an American actor and playwright. Cariani is best known as the unwavering forensic expert Julian Beck in ''Law & Order''. On stage, he earned a Tony Award nomination for his role as Motel the Tailor in t ...
, actor (
Fiddler on the Roof
''Fiddler on the Roof'' is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial Russia in or around 1905. It is based on ''Tevye and his Daughters'' (or ''Tevye the ...
Tony nominee,
Something Rotten, Law & Order) and playwright (
Almost, Maine)
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Jessica McClintock (Jessie Earle Gagnon), class of 1948, fashion designer
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Ellis Paul (Paul Plissey), folk musician, author
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Warren Silver
Warren Max Silver (born February 4, 1948 in Presque Isle, Maine) is an American lawyer and state supreme court justice.
Silver attended Presque Isle High School and earned his undergraduate degree at Tufts University. He followed his undergraduat ...
, state supreme court justice
*
Alexander Willette
Alexander Reginald Willette (born April 2, 1989) is an American politician from Maine. In 2010, the Republican Willette was elected to represent District 7 in the Maine House of Representatives, covering much of central Aroostook County includ ...
, state legislator
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Gerald E. Williams, World War II pilot
References
Public high schools in Maine
Buildings and structures in Presque Isle, Maine
Schools in Aroostook County, Maine
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