Greely High School

For schools with similar names, see Greeley High School.

Greely High School
Address
303 Main Street Cumberland , Maine 04021 United States
Coordinates	43°47′55″N 70°15′17″W
Information
School type	Public, high school
Opened	September 28, 1868
School district	MSAD 51
Superintendent	Jeff Porter
School code	200280
Chairperson	Kate Perrin, MSAD 51 School Board Chair
Principal	Donald Gray (Interim)
Teaching staff	64 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	667 (2018–19)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	10.42[1]
Color(s)	Maroon   White
Slogan	Rangers lead the way
Team name	Greely Rangers
Newspaper	Greely Times
Feeder schools	Greely Middle School
Website	ghs.msad51.org

Greely High School is a public high school for grades 9 to 12 located in Cumberland, Maine, United States. The enrollment is approximately 715 students. It also has a professional teaching staff of 64 and 50% of the teachers have advanced degrees. Greely High School is a part of Maine School Administrative District 51, which serves the towns of Cumberland and North Yarmouth. Renovated and added onto over the years, the building originally opened in 1868. The school completed a 10-million-dollar addition/renovation in 2009. Another addition completed in 2018 added a new auditorium to the school.[2] It adopted the International Baccalaureate (IB) program in 2009.

History

Greely was founded in 1868 with money granted in the will of Eliphalet and Elizabeth Greely. Greely was originally private and known as the Greely Institute until a 1953 town meeting voted to make it a free school.[3]

Notable alumni

• Hanley Denning - Founder of Charity Safe Passage/Camino Segura
• Ben True - Professional runner
• Bezabeh "Buggs" Mendelsohn - Record breaking Ethiopian soccer and lacrosse player

Seal

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  Wooden version of seal
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  Printed version of seal

References

1. "Greely High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
2. "Greely High School Performing Arts Center Project". Ledgewood Construction. Retrieved April 9, 2021.
3. "Greely Institute, Cumberland, 1921".

External links

• Greely High School website