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Line 1: {{Use mdy dates\|date=January 2025}} ~~[[Image:<awaiting image>\|thumb\|right\|Machias Memorial High School]]~~ {{More citations needed\|date=October 2021}}{{Infobox school \| name = Machias Memorial High School \| image = mmhs_en.jpg \| imagesize = 300px \| caption = Machias Memorial High School in 2007 \| ___location = \| streetaddress = 1 Bulldog Lane \| region = \| city = [[Machias, Maine\|Machias]] \| state = [[Maine]] \| county = [[Washington County, Maine\|Washington]] \| zipcode = 04654 \| country = U.S. \| coordinates = {{coord\|44.7138\|-67.4692 \|format=dms \|region:US-ME_type:edu \|display=inline,title}} \| schoolnumber = \| schoolboard = \| district = AOS 96 \| authority = \| oversight = \| affiliation = \| superintendent = Scott Porter \| principal = Nicole Case \| staff = \| ranking = \| faculty = \| teaching_staff = \| roll = \| MOE = \| ceeb = \| school code = \| LEA = \| testaverage = \| testname = \| national_ranking = \| classes = \| classes offered = \| avg_class_size = \| ratio = \| graduates = \| gender = \| lower_age = \| upper_age = \| houses = \| schooltype = [[State School\|Public]] \| fundingtype = \| type = \| system = \| fees = \| tuition = \| revenue = \| endowment = \| budget = \| enrolment = \| products = \| grades = 9–12 \| age range = \| medium = \| language = \| classrooms = \| campus = \| campus size = \| campus type = \| hours_in_day = \| athletics = \| conference = \| slogan = \| song = \| fightsong = \| motto = \| accreditation = \| rival = \| mascot = Bones, the bulldog \| mascot image = \| sports = \| patron = \| team_name = [[Bulldog]]s \| nickname = \| colors = Orange and black {{Color box\|orange\|border=darkgray}}{{color box\|black}} \| yearbook = ''Margaretta'' \| publication = \| newspaper = \| opened = \| established = {{start date and age\|1850}} \| founded = \| status = \| closed = \| students = \| pupils = \| alumni = \| nobel_laureates = \| enrollment = 167 (2023-2024)<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=04648&Miles=10&ID=230771000209\|title=Machias Memorial High School\|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics\|accessdate=May 12, 2025}}</ref> \| grade9 = \| grade10 = \| grade11 = \| grade12 = \| communities = \| feeders = \| footnotes = \| picture = \| homepage = {{URL\|http://www.mmhsbulldogs.org}} }} '''Machias Memorial High School (MMHS)''' is a public [[secondary school]] (grades ~~9-12~~9–12) located in [[Machias, Maine\|Machias]], [[Maine]], United States. The school was originally established in 1850 as '''Machias High School''', and was later renamed to honor students and alumni who ~~lost their lives~~died while serving in the military. The school ~~enrolls~~is a member of Alternative Organization Structure (AOS) 96. MMHS students ~~from~~are residents of Machias as well as the neighboring towns of [[Jonesboro, Maine\|Jonesboro]], [[Marshfield, Maine\|Marshfield]], [[Northfield, Maine\|Northfield]], [[Roque Bluffs, Maine\|Roque Bluffs]], ~~Whiting~~[[Wesley, ~~and~~Maine\|Wesley]], [[Whitneyville, Maine\|Whitneyville]], [[East Machias, Maine\|East Machias]], [[Machiasport, Maine\|Machiasport]], [[Cutler, Maine\|Cutler]], and [[Whiting, Maine\|Whiting]]. The school mascot is a [[bulldog]], and the school colors are orange and black. The school yearbook, the ''Margaretta'', is named after [[HMS Margaretta\|HMS ''Margaretta'']], a [[Royal Navy\|British]] [[schooner]] captured on the [[Machias River]] during the [[American Revolutionary War]]. ==History== {{expand section\|date=July 2025}} In 2010 the high school in [[Lubec, Maine\|Lubec]] closed, with Machias taking some of the students. Its enrollment generally increased after that. In the 2021-2022 school year, there were about <!--178-16=162-->162 students, and then in the next year it was 178, the highest count in a 10 year period.<ref>{{cite web\|last=Kryszak\|first=Joyce\|url=https://themainemonitor.org/small-schools-struggle-thrive-and-fight-to-stay-open/\|title=Small schools struggle, thrive, and fight to stay open\|website=[[The Maine Monitor]]\|publisher=[[Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting]]\|date=2023-02-11\|access-date=2025-07-13}}</ref> ==News and initiatives== MMHS was ~~[http://www.maine.gov/education/cse/ssn.html~~ selected to participate] in a five-year high school initiative called ''Models, Networks and Policies to Support and Sustain Rigor and Relevance for ALL Students'', supported by the [[Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation]]. ==~~External links~~Sports== [http://www.mmhs.u102.k12.me.us/ MMHS website] [http://www.mmhs-alumni.org/ MMHS Alumni page] MMHS competes in the Eastern Division of Class D high school sports. The Bulldogs hold a number of state and regional championship titles, including soccer, basketball (boys), and cheerleading titles. MMHS offers many sports. These sports include Girls' Volleyball (Class B), Co-ed Cross Country (Class C), and Soccer in the fall, Boys' Basketball, Girls' Basketball and Cheering in the winter, and in the spring Baseball and Softball. ==References== <references /> ==External links== ~~{{Maine-school-stub}}~~ [http://www.mmhsbulldogs.org/ MMHS website] {{cite gnis \|id=1909249 \|name=Machias Memorial High School \|entrydate= May 7, 2001 \|accessdate= 2010-11-07 }} {{Education in Washington County, Maine}} {{authority control}} [[Category:~~High~~Public high schools in Maine]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1850]] [[Category:Schools in Washington County, Maine]] [[Category:Machias, Maine]] [[Category:1850 establishments in Maine]]