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, Mapleton, 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.Presque Isle area school district forging relationship with Beijing school Bangor Daily News, September 22, 2011 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
John Cariani, actor (Fiddler on the Roof Tony nominee, Something Rotten!, Law & Order) and playwright (Almost, Maine) Jessica McClintock (Jessie Earle Gagnon), class of 1948, fashion designer Ellis Paul (Paul Plissey), folk musician, author Warren Silver, state supreme court justice Alexander Willette, state legislator Gerald E. Williams, World War II pilot Warren Zubrick, Famous Engineer
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