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Fryeburg Academy, founded 1792, is one of the oldest private school
Private school

Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds....
s in the United States
United States

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. It is located in Fryeburg, Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
. One of the first headmasters was Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests....
, who taught at the school for a year.

Boarding students come from across the United States, North America
North America

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, Europe
Europe

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, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, and Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
. The Academy also serves as the high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 for the MSAD 72 school district.

Gymnasium fire On October 12, 2005, fire
Fire

Fire is the oxidation of a combustion material releasing heat, light, and various Chemical reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water....
 destroyed the Gibson Gymnasium at Fryeburg Academy started by two former students.






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Fryeburg Academy, founded 1792, is one of the oldest private school
Private school

Private schools, or independent schools, are schools not administered by local, state, or national government, which retain the right to select their student body and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students tuition rather than with public funds....
s in the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
. It is located in Fryeburg, Maine
Maine

The State of Maine is a U.S. state in the New England region of the northeastern United States of America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean to the southeast, New Hampshire to the southwest, the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast....
. One of the first headmasters was Daniel Webster
Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests....
, who taught at the school for a year.

Boarding students come from across the United States, North America
North America

North America is the northern continent of the Americas, situated in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost totally in the western hemisphere....
, Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
, Asia
Asia

Asia is the world's largest and most populous continent. It covers 8.6% of the Earth's total surface area and, with over 4 billion people, it contains more than 60% of the world's current human population....
, and Africa
Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km? including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area....
. The Academy also serves as the high school
High school

High school is the name used in some parts of the world to describe an institution which provides all or part of secondary education. The term originated in Scotland and spread to the New World countries as the high prestige that the Scottish educational system had at the time led several countries to employ Scottish educators to develop the...
 for the MSAD 72 school district.

Notable alumni and faculty


  • Daniel Webster
    Daniel Webster

    Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman during the nation's antebellum. He first rose to regional prominence through his defense of New England shipping interests....
    , lawyer and politician (Former headmaster)
  • Nathaniel S. Benton
    Nathaniel S. Benton

    Nathaniel Seley Benton was a New York politician who served as a New York State Senator and Secretary of State of New York.He was born in Westmoreland, New Hampshire but, at the age of four, his family moved to Fryeburg, Maine, where he attended Fryeburg Academy and studied under Daniel Webster....
    , New York
    New York

    The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
     politician
  • James Farrington
    James Farrington

    James Farrington was a United States Representative from New Hampshire. He was born in Conway, New Hampshire and attended the common schools there....
    ,
  • Harvey Dow Gibson
    Harvey Dow Gibson

    Harvey Dow Gibson was an American businessman....
    , financier
  • Spalding Gray
    Spalding Gray

    Spalding Rockwell Gray was an United States actor, playwright, screenwriter, performance artist, and monologist. He was primarily known for his "trenchant, personal narratives delivered on sparse, unadorned sets with a dry, WASP, quiet mania." Gray achieved notoriety for writing and acting in the play Swimming to Cambodia, adapted into...
    , actor and monologist
  • Monroe Mann
    Monroe Mann

    Monroe Mann is an actor, director, producer, and author.Mann played the role of Jake Donnelly in the 20th Century Fox film, "Swimfan".Mann is combat veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom ...
    , author & writer, musician, director/actor
  • Marcus C. Nash, U.S. Olympic, Nordic ski racer
  • Rufus Porter
    Rufus Porter

    For the American football player see Rufus Porter .For the American poet see Rufus L. Porter.Rufus M. Porter was an American painter, inventor, and founder of Scientific American magazine....
    , painter and founder of Scientific American
    Scientific American

    Scientific American is a popular science science magazine, published since August 28, 1845, making it one of the oldest continuously published magazines in the United States....
  • Casey Sherman
    Casey Sherman

    Casey Sherman . He was born on January 19, 1969....
    , author Search for the Strangler & Black Irish
  • Ben Hammond, musician


Gymnasium fire

On October 12, 2005, fire
Fire

Fire is the oxidation of a combustion material releasing heat, light, and various Chemical reaction products such as carbon dioxide and water....
 destroyed the Gibson Gymnasium at Fryeburg Academy started by two former students. The fire was determined to be arson, and two former students were charged. As a result of the fire, a major capital campaign was begun to fund a new and better athletic facility.

A New Fieldhouse

The new facility was opened in May 2007 and is currently in use. Featuring new basketball courts, it also has the benefits of a fitness center, wrestling room, many locker rooms, offices, and a lobby - among other things. The new multi-purpose fieldhouse is widely considered to be one of the finest in the state of Maine at the high school level. The new gym was recently used in its first public event since opening to hold the Commencement ceremonies for the graduating Class of 2007.

Center for the Arts

With the new Fieldhouse/Arena project completed, the school broke ground on a new theater complex in 2007. To be known as the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center, it is planned to serve more than just the theater production program. Aside from a full stage and auditorium style seating for 381, the plans include three art galleries and a student gallery space, a seminar room, a scene shop, and full backstage facilities. The performing arts center is expected to open in the winter of 2009 and officially dedicated in May of that year.

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