Biddeford High School

Biddeford High School (BHS) is a public high school in Biddeford, Maine. It is the secondary school for Biddeford Public Schools, a school district which exclusively serves the city of Biddeford.

Biddeford High School
Address
Biddeford High School
Location of school in Maine
20 Maplewood Avenue

Biddeford
,
Maine
04005

United States
Coordinates43°29′43″N 70°28′19″W
Information
TypePublic
Established1848 (1848)
School districtBiddeford Public Schools
NCES School ID230315000072[1]
Teaching staff51.50 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12
Enrollment769
Campus typeSuburban
Color(s)Orange and Black         
MascotTigers
AccreditationNEASC[2]
NewspaperThe Roar
Websitewww.sites.google.com/biddefordschools.me/bhs
Original BHS Building Constructed in 1848

History
Alfred Street Building. Site of Biddeford High School between 1890 and the 1960s.

The first public high school in Biddeford was established in 1848. The building for the high school was erected on Washington Street close to the city's downtown. After a rise in Biddeford's population in the late 19th-century, a new high school was constructed in 1888 on a lot in close-by Alfred Street. The former high school building on Washington Street was then converted to a primary school before being demolished in the 1960s.[3][4]

The high school moved to its new building in 1890. The Alfred Street building suffered a massive fire in 1893 and was promptly rebuilt. A rear annex and gymnasium were added in 1925.[5]

The high school moved out of the Alfred Street building in the 1960s to its present location farther away from the Downtown core.[3]

Sports

Biddeford High School football has won 12 football state championships since 1950. The school has a long-standing football rivalry with Saco's Thornton Academy dating to 1893 which is referred to as the "Battle of the Bridges" by residents of both communities. This is in reference to the multiple bridges which interconnect the two cities over the Saco River.[6][7][8] After Biddeford High School was demoted to Class B in 2015, the two teams no longer compete with one another in state championships.[9]

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - Biddeford High School (230315000072)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  2. "Old Orchard Beach High staff member tests positive for virus". Retrieved April 22, 2020.
  3. "Old Biddeford High School, Washington Street, ca. 1910". Maine Memory Network. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  4. Biddeford High School Alumni Association (1887). Biddeford High School. Teachers and Graduates, from 1848 to 1888.
  5. "Biddeford High School, Alfred Street, 1955". https://mcarthur.pastperfectonline.com/. Retrieved April 22, 2020. External link in |website= (help)
  6. "Thornton Academy ~ Battle of the Bridge". web.archive.org. July 27, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  7. "A Battle Lost – Maine Football – Down East Magazine". Down East. October 13, 2015. Retrieved April 23, 2020.
  8. Bouthillette, Emma R. (2017). Brief History of Biddeford, A. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-1-4671-3614-3.
  9. "State Of Maine High School Football Conferences – Maine Football Coaches Association". Retrieved April 23, 2020.
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