FA Scores! Coming Soon: Competition Under the Lights
Fryeburg Academy’s Board of Trustees recently voted to move forward with an exciting plan to install synthetic turf and lights at the school’s current football field location. This new complex will create a lasting, permanent, multi-sport use addition to the Academy campus. Last fall, the school retained Activitas, Inc., a Boston-area firm specializing in planning, landscape architecture, civil engineering, and athletic facility planning, to consult on project design and related considerations.
The plan’s initial phase includes:
An infilled synthetic turf field suitable for soccer, football, boys lacrosse, girls lacrosse, and field hockey.
Seating for 600 spectators.
A new press box.
Sports lighting, a new scoreboard, and a sound system.
Various parking improvements.
The project will benefit male and female athletes equally and allow teams to utilize an outdoor field much earlier in the spring. Not only will the upgraded facility provide practice and competition surfaces on par with those of conference competitors, but it will also expand scheduling possibilities for FA teams and allow use by middle school and local recreation programs, facilitating a unified K-12 extracurricular program. The Academy also plans to generate revenue through use for regional athletic events and rental by sports clinics, and summer camps. FA’s head of school Erin Mayo stated, “We’re very excited. With so many benefits, this will be a wonderful stride for Academy athletics and the wider community alike. And there’s nothing like a home game under the lights!”
The school will fund this endeavor in part through FA Scores!, a $1.3 million capital campaign. In its initial phase, the campaign has already secured approximately $800,000.00 in gifts and pledges; it will seek the remaining $500,000.00 from project supporters in the months to come. Construction will begin this spring with a planned mid-August completion date. For more information regarding the project, please contact Dawn Gale: (207) 935-2001, x3147.
We are pleased to announce the following students who have earned academic recognition at Fryeburg Academy for the Fall of 2023-24:
HONORS Grade 12: (Honors)
Charlotte Adamus Vittoria Bernardini Natalie Berry Dom Bond Jordin Booker Owen Burford Tori Butters Jilyan Byrne Lorenzo Catana Vallemani Jonah Densmore Vitoria Do Espirito Santo Teixeira Elle Dooley Austin Dorner Deniz Eroglu Manu Fandos Martinez Aidan Flanigan Amber Gagnon Mia Grandchamp Gal Hanan
Emily Hoosier Noah Jacobs Emma Keaten David Kim Joey Kim Kardelen Lacinok Helena Landry Margherita Lassini Leo Lee Celine Lee Ana Maillett Moss Marques Caroline Masterman Asher McKenney Ryan Meade Natalia Millan Arenas Mina Milosevic Tommy Morini Tasia Nason
Rachel Pizzo Grace Porcaro Abby Pratt Ashe Rabideau Winter Raymond Dustin Rhoda Gideon Richard Leah Rokes Margherita Rossi Gunnar Saunders Louie Shin Lamar Smith Hunter Tripp Tanner Tripp Gabby Udoto Logan Walton Kara Willette Connor Williams Mary Wing Kevin Zhou
From October 31 through November 3, five members of the Academy's FFA Chapter (Future Farmers of America) and faculty member Jennifer Solter Jones attended the National FFA Convention held in Indianapolis, Indiana.
On Thursday, November 16th, Fryeburg Academy celebrated the fall sports season with its annual fall sports awards assembly held in the Leura Hill Eastman Performing Arts Center. The following student-athletes were recognized for their outstanding performance during the fall 2023-24 season:
Fryeburg Academy and the Board of Trustees announce the installation of Joseph R. Manning as the Academy’s 55th head of school. The Installation Ceremony was held on Friday, November 3, 2023, with members of the Fryeburg Academy community, the Board of Trustees, and former head of school Erin P. Mayo in attendance as a guest speaker. Manning steps into this new leadership role during the school’s 232nd year, following a long-tenured and successful career at the Academy spanning twenty years of service.
Fryeburg Academy seniors Tyler Bartick and Jiwon Choi have earned Letters of Commendation from the National Merit Scholarship Program (NMSC) for their performance on the 2022 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®).
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