On Friday, May 5, Baxter Academy celebrated its first #CollegeSigningDay. While it’s true that we graduated a class of 49 students last year, our first graduation, this year’s senior class has been with us for 4 years. Plus, it takes a bit to get organized around these celebrations. This year we were ready for it.
These are the schools that our soon-to-be graduates have committed to:
- Bennington College
- Bishop’s University
- Catholic University of America
- Concordia University
- Cornell University
- Eastern Maine Community College
- Florida Institute of Technology
- Green River Community College
- Goucher College
- Hampshire College
- Johnson & Wales University
- Maine Maritime Academy
- Marlboro College
- Mercyhurst University
- Mt Ida College
- Mt Holyoke College
- NASCAR Technical Institute
- New England College
- New England School of Photography
- Parsons School of Design
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Rochester Institute of Technology
- School of Visual Arts NYC
- Simmons College
- Smith College
- Southern Maine Community College
- St Joseph’s College of Maine
- St Michael’s College
- Stonehill College
- Union College
- Unity College in Maine
- University of Maine
- University of Maine, Fort Kent
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- University of Massachusetts, Lowell
- University of Rochester
- University of Southern Maine
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute
- Wagner College
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute
- Word of Life Bible Institute
- Xavier University
Among the group of those who stated majors, there are 23 science, 16 engineering, 8 creative design, 7 liberal arts, and 4 business. Of the 20 or so remaining: One is apprenticing with a Master Plumber, two are starting a game design company together, one is designing and producing storm chasing instruments, one is continuing to build his music production & performance skills, and the rest are taking a gap year or are undecided on their major.
I will always be grateful to these pioneering students for taking a risk to build a new school, not knowing where it would lead them. Well, it’s led them to some pretty great places.
As the hashtag says, the world #BetterMakeRoom.
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