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Bridgton Academy Dedicates New Humanities Building
Bridgton Academy holds a dedication ceremony for their new $4.5 million humanities building.
North Bridgton, ME (PRWEB) September 27, 2006 -- Bridgton Academy held a dedication ceremony on Friday celebrating the official opening of its new $4.5 million Humanities Center, under blue skies and in front of over 100 guests.
“The Humanities Center is the first major academic facility constructed on the Bridgton Academy campus in thirty years,” said Bridgton Academy Headmaster David Hursty. “It combines cutting-edge technology, current teaching methodologies, and modern construction techniques for an environment that will allow Bridgton Academy to lead the way in postgraduate education as it begins its third century in 2008,” said Hursty.
Speaking at the dedication in addition to Hursty, were Robert Teel ‘65, president of the board of trustees, Pamela Specht, campaign chair, Kevin Hancock, vice president of the board of trustees, and Peter Gately, faculty representative.
After the ribbon cutting, tours of the new facility were lead by current students, who were donning retro hockey sweaters emblazed with a B. During the tour Hursty gave a lecture about the history of Bridgton Academy, which will be celebrating its bicentennial in 2008.
“The Board of Trustees is committed to doing everything possible to ensure the highest quality of each student’s experience in order to achieve the Academy’s mission,” said Teel. “To help our students become independent, confident learners who will achieve success in college, this dynamic Humanities Center creates a college-like environment in which students will use the same technologies that they will use in college and, therefore, enhances the Academy’s college-like atmosphere.”
Included in the Humanities Center are the 60-seat Marcella-Sands Lecture Hall, made possible by a gift from Bridgton Academy trustee Pamela Specht and named for her son, Justin Sands, a 2001 alumnus of Bridgton Academy, and Rick Marcella, a member of the Bridgton Academy faculty for twenty-one years and the school’s head football coach; a library with the latest academic research technologies; centers for academic support, including reading and writing centers, math lab and the Program for Academic Support; a student services suite with offices for the academic dean, college counseling staff and registrar; a multi-purpose classroom; four seminar rooms; and administrative offices.
Architects for the facility were Harriman Associates of Auburn, Maine. Construction was completed by Kelleher Construction Company of Beverly, Massachusetts.
Bridgton Academy is the only accredited college preparatory school in the nation exclusively devoted to the postgraduate year. Its mission is to prepare young men for success in college and in life by developing academic skills; study skills, including time management and organization; self-discipline; self-advocacy; and self-confidence. With older students, the Academy is able to emulate the college environment and experience, yet with some structure and support not provided in college.
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