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}} North Yarmouth Academy (Also known as "NYA") is an independent, co-ed, college preparatory day school serving students in grades Toddler through Post Graduate located in Yarmouth, Maine. The Head of School is Ben Jackson, with Stephan Bachelder heading the Board of Trustees. NYA has 300 enrolled students with an average class size of 14 students. NYA offers 16 interscholastic sports for both Boys and Girls at the Varsity and Junior Varsity Level. NYA students carry five academic courses plus electives each year and are required to participate in athletics or theatre each season/semester. NYA offers 16 Advanced Placement courses. Beginning in the 2012-13 academic year, NYA offers Mandarin Chinese as part of its Modern and Classical Languages Department. NYA student athletes participate on a variety of varsity athletic teams. All NYA students in grades 6-12 participate in team sports or approved alternatives 3 seasons per year. More than 40% of graduates continue to play intercollegiate sports. One hundred percent of Middle School students and 73% of Upper School students participate in a musical ensemble. There are currently 12 musical ensembles offered at NYA. During the 2010-2011 school year, NYA students gave more than 4,500 hours to community service, assisting more than 55 community and civic organizations in the Greater Portland, Maine area. From 2001 to 2011, NYA built a $3M science center (the Peter W. Mertz Science Center, 2006), has renovated the oldest building on campus (Russell Hall, 2009) into a foreign language center, added an all-weather athletic (turf) field, built the Priscilla Savage Middle School in 2003 and increased endowment for faculty enrichment and student diversity. NYA added a Lower School, grades Pre-K through 4, in the fall of 2013 and expanded to include a toddler program (18-months) in the fall of 2014. The Lower School embraces Montessori methods through kindergarten. In the first through fourth grades, the program builds off a Montessori foundation, fostering curiosity and motivation to learn while also preparing students for an easy transition to the Middle School at NYA. == Facilities == The NYA campus consists of 12 Academic/Art buildings and 2 Athletic Buildings. The campus also has 2 athletic fields, 3 tennis courts, and a softball field.〔http://www.nya.org/mapdirect/mapdirect.asp〕 *Priscilla Savage Middle School - Grades 5-8, nurse's office *Peter W. Mertz Science Building - Science, and some math, classes for both the Middle and Upper Schools *Higgins Hall - The choral and instrumental music building, also includes functionality for a black box theater *Russell Hall - Current foreign language center, Edgar F. White '38 Athletic Hall of Fame, and former science building *Academy Hall - Former 7th and 8th grade building, currently empty *Blanchard House - Middle School art *Bates House - Formerly admission office as well as Middle School art and Upper School photography, currently empty *Weld House - Office building, including admission office, web master, marketing and communications, summer programs *Dole House - Office building, including alumni relations, development, and business offices *Curtis Building - Main building for Upper School students, includes library, student lounge, gymnasium, and Safford Center (cafeteria and stage), archival office *Storer House - Former 6th grade building, auction volunteer office, retail store, communications and summer programs office, currently empty *Lower School Building - Main building for Lower School students, includes great room, renovated 23 Storer Street in 2013 and expanded in 2014 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「North Yarmouth Academy」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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