Van Buren High School (Van Buren, Maine) Explained

Van Buren High School
Streetaddress:169 Main Street
City:Van Buren
State:Maine
County:Aroostook
Zipcode:04785
Country:United States
Coordinates:41.1353°N -83.6483°W
Schoolnumber:MSAD 24
District:Van Buren District Secondary School
Superintendent:Karen Dubois
Principal:Kylie Lapierre
Type:High School
Team Name:Crusaders
Enrollment:82 (2016-17)[1]
Communities:Cyr Plantation, Hamlin, Van Buren
Homepage:MSAD24.org

Van Buren High School is a public high school in Van Buren, Maine, United States. The school's sports teams are known as the Crusaders. During the 2014–15 school year, 60% of the school's 80 students were considered economically disadvantaged.[2]

It is also known as M.S.A.D. 24[3] and is located on the site of the old Saint Mary's College,[4] where the first report of the Armistice ending World War 1 was received in the U.S. on Father Thomas's wireless telegraph machine.

Louis Sockalexis played his freshman year of college baseball at St. Mary's before transferring to Holy Cross.

In 2012 the Van Buren M.S.A.D 24 Boys' Baseball team added 3 players from the Girls' Softball Team, senior Naomi Maldonado, sophomore Kayla Durette and freshman Amanda Sytulek, allowing the school to field a team in a year where many of the athletes chose the popular Van Buren H.S. tennis program.[5]

Alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Van Buren District Secondary Sch. National Center for Education Statistics. February 19, 2019.
  2. Web site: Van Buren District Secondary School . https://web.archive.org/web/20180115124750/https://messaging.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maine/districts/rsu-88msad-24/van-buren-district-secondary-school-8898/student-body . 2018-01-15 . US News and World Report.
  3. https://www.msad24.org/ M.S.A.D. 24
  4. https://www.mainememory.net/artifact/10914 Saint Mary's College
  5. https://bangordailynews.com/2012/05/03/sports/baseball/girls-team-up-with-boys-so-van-buren-can-field-baseball-team/ Bangor Daily News reported
  6. http://bangordailynews.com/bdn-maine/community/husson-university-students-to-hold-meet-the-candidates-event/{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} Bangor Daily News
  7. http://legislature.maine.gov/house/hsebios/edgeaj.htm Maine House of Representatives