LA’s Jarrett Gulden Wins Mitchell Scholarship
Lincoln Academy 2020 graduate Jarrett Gulden, who was the state runner up in the 2019 cross country season as well as an all-state musician and jazz musician, has been selected as a Mitchell Scholar. The Mitchell Scholarship is worth $10,000 over four years. Lincoln [...]
LA 2020 Graduation: A Story in Photos
June 5, 2020, Newcastle, Maine. The spring of 2020 presented the same challenge to schools around the country and the world: how to celebrate graduation during a pandemic. Remarkable creativity went into solving this unique problem: schools used video, car parades, race tracks, fair [...]
From the Head of School: Facing Past and Present Challenges
Head of School Jeff Burroughs at Lincoln Academy's 2020 graduation ceremony. “Not everything that can be faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed that is not faced.” --James Baldwin This quote by James Baldwin is relevant in so many ways as we [...]
May, 2020 LA Students of the Month
The Lincoln Academy students of the month for May, 2020 are (from left) freshman Gabrielle Vincentsen, sophomore Patrick Miner, junior Bao Dang, and seniors Madi Bisset and Adlai Nelson.
Messages from the Head of School
June 4, 2020 Graduation 2020 I entered this week squarely focused on the celebrations we have planned for our Class of 2020, but on this morning, as I have found for the last several mornings, I am distracted; caught between two worlds. This one [...]
Arts Apart, Together: 2020 Virtual Visual & Performing Arts Celebration
View the 2020 Visual Art Show Zoom Link to Friday Night Performances Zoom Link to Saturday Night Performances Lincoln Academy invites you to join them online for Arts Apart, Together, a virtual Visual & Performing Arts Celebration from 6-8pm [...]
2020 Lincoln Academy Graduation FAQs
An outline of the 2020 Lincoln Academy graduation plan is at this link. Read on for answers to Frequently Asked Questions. Can a graduate have more than one vehicle in the car line? We need to keep the number of cars as close to [...]
Important End-of-Year Information
Dear LA Students & Families, As we draw to the end of the 3rd Trimester, we also bring to close one of the most unusual trimester’s in Lincoln Academy’s long history. With so many changes in our lives, we thought it might be useful [...]
French Students Cook for Credit
(Above and below) Good enough to eat! French delicacies made by Ms. Welch's French classes during virtual learning. In addition to taking her French Classes to a digital medium, World Languages teacher Alison Welch gave her students some cooking challenges during Lincoln Academy's Virtual [...]
A Week on Louds Island: Aiden Jacobs ’23
Aiden Jacobs, '23 reflects on a week spent reviving a cottage on Louds Island. Last fall our family purchased a small cottage on Louds Island, a 3-mile long island across from Round Pond. This was an amazing moment for us in many ways. Our [...]
3-D Printing Face Shields for Essential Workers
LA seniors work together to 3D print face shields for Lincoln County. In mid-March, Cameron Nelson ‘20, attended a community meeting with his neighbors. The residents of their road in Damariscotta gathered - six feet apart - to discuss COVID-19 topics ranging from how [...]
Lincoln Academy food delivery “Filling their hearts, not just their stomachs”
Lincoln Academy Director of Food Services Mikael Andersson started delivering food to LA students when school closed in March due to the covid pandemic. Mikael Andersson has always known that his job as Dining Services Director at Lincoln Academy is about more than just [...]