Bridging the Gap ; Tucked Away in a Small Western Maine Town, On the Field and in the Classroom Students Are ...Bridging the Gap

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Tucked on a hillside in western Maine, the white buildings of Bridgton Academy rise up steeply, the centerpiece to golden colors of fall radiating in sunlight. Young men engage in horseplay on the sidewalk, others scurry to class with backpacks, wide shoulders and long gaits.

By afternoon the playing fields are alive with chatter and the sounds of practice. Football, soccer, fall baseball.

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Bridging the Gap ; Tucked Away in a Small Western Maine Town, On the Field and in the Classroom Students Are ...Bridging the Gap

It could be any school, New England.

But a closer look reveals something much different. Here, 18- and 19-year-old males get their second chance in the classroom and on the playing field before heading off to college.

Bridgton Academy is the only collegepreparatory school in the country whose student body - all male - consists entirely of high school graduates. Th...

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