Gorham High School (Maine)

Gorham High School
Address
41 Morrill Avenue
Gorham, Maine, Cumberland County 04038
United States
Coordinates 43°40′29″N 70°26′42″W / 43.6746°N 70.4450°W / 43.6746; -70.4450Coordinates: 43°40′29″N 70°26′42″W / 43.6746°N 70.4450°W / 43.6746; -70.4450
Information
Type Public
Principal Chris Record
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 868
Color(s) Maroon and white          
Mascot Ram
Website www.goghs.org

Gorham High School, is a public high school located in Gorham, Maine. It houses grades 9–12.

Academics

Gorham High offers a diverse curriculum including AP courses and electives to adequately prepare students for college, as well as vocational programs to prepare students to enter specific careers.

Athletics

Gorham, competing in Western Maine Class A, participates in fourteen varsity sports: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Ice Hockey, Indoor Track, Lacrosse, Soccer, Cheerleading, Tennis, Track, Field Hockey, Volleyball, Softball, Swimming, and Class B in Football.

Theatre

In the Spring of 2011, Gorham High school took 1st place at the Regional One Acts Class A Competition and then 1st place at the State One Acts Class A Competition with George Brant's play 'Elephant's Graveyard', which is based on a true story from 1916 about the execution of a circus elephant named Mary in the small town of Erwin, Tennessee. In the spring of 2014, Gorham High once again took 1st place at both the Regional and State One Acts Competitions with Suzan Zeder's 'Mother Hicks', which takes place in Ware, Illinois. The show centers around an orphaned child named Girl, a supposed witch known only to the townspeople Mother Hicks, and deaf and mute narrator, Tuc.

Notable faculty

References

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