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Introduction Basic Facts Purposes & Objectives Recent Awards History Useful Information Got a question? The Campus Campus Map Recent photos People Trustees Administration Faculty Staff Other Student debit card Request a transcript Thornton Academy 438 Main St. Saco, Maine, 04072 (207) 282-3361		Basic facts One of New England's oldest schools – founded in 1811. An 80-acre campus in downtown Saco, Maine, with 10 buildings. Total of 1,375 day students in 2006-07. Accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Named a Maine School of Excellence. 91 full-time faculty; 45 with masters degrees; 8 with CAS or doctorates. Course offerings in business, math, science, computer technology, English, foreign languages, social studies, life skills, and fine and performing arts. Roughly 880 laptops and 150 desktop computers for use by students in the classroom and library. Twenty-four varsity sports teams, 16 junior varsity teams, 9 freshman teams, and 6 middle school teams. Forty extracurricular clubs or organizations serving student interests from the arts to the sciences and from the outdoors to leadership. Advanced placement classes in: calculus, computer science, English literature and composition, Latin, and United States history. English honors courses in freshman, sophomore, junior and senior years.