Dirigo High School
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Entrance of Dirigo High School.
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145 Weld Street Dixfield, Maine 04224 United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°32′25″N 70°27′09″W / 44.5403°N 70.4526°WCoordinates: 44°32′25″N 70°27′09″W / 44.5403°N 70.4526°W |
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| School type | Public |
| Motto | Scienta Est Lux |
| School district | RSU 10 |
| Superintendent | Dr. Craig King |
| School code | 200305 |
| Principal | Michael Poulin |
| Staff | 38 |
| Teaching staff | 30 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 309 |
| Color(s) | Navy blue, and white |
| Athletics conference | Mountain Valley Conference |
| Sports | Football, Soccer, Cross-Country, Basketball, Cheering, Skiing, Wrestling, Tennis, Track, Baseball, & Softball. |
| Mascot | Cougar |
| Team name | Cougars |
| Rival | Mountain Valley |
| Yearbook | Dimensions |
| Website | Dirigo High School |
Dirigo High School is a high school located in Dixfield, Maine, in the United States as part of Maine Regional School Unit 10. Dirigo High School serves the towns of Dixfield, Canton, Carthage and Peru. It is classified as a secondary class C school. The school is in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference or MVC.
Dirigo High School was built in 1948. The second floor was added in 1951, the gym was added in 1967 and the science wing was added in 1974. The building was later renovated and expanded in 1998.
During the homecoming field day each year, students at Dirigo High wear their class colors. The current class colors are: Freshmen-Red, Sophomores -Black, Juniors-Blue, and Seniors-White.
Cheer, Cheer for Dirigo High
Our school will never say die
We'll march on to victory
And the victors we will be.
Rah! Rah! Rah!
We'll never falter, we'll never fall
We'll fight for honor
And that is all
Come on Team, we've got to fight
For the Dirigo the blue and white
Rah! Rah! Rah!
Students at Dirigo High School must complete a portfolio in order to graduate. This portfolio is called the Cougar Paw credit. Students receive a quarter credit each year for Cougar Paw. Your portfolio must show evidence that you've met Maine's Learning Results. Also, you must include personal pages, proof of community service, and evidence of activities of each year at DHS.
Dirigo Lady Cougars Basketball History
The Dirigo Lady Cougars' basketball team has had over a decade of success. Since 1995 the Lady Cougars had 11 straight Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) titles for a total of 12, 11 straight Western Maine titles for a total of 14, and 6 out of 13 State Championships. Dirigo has been a dominant high school basketball team in the past decade. The Lady Cougars rely on a great defense, and love to trap opposing teams and run a fast-break offense. The Lady Cougars have been gifted with several players to make the 1,000-point club.
Cheering is a winter sport. Dirigo has won an athletic award in 1998 and 2002. In 2007, DHS won regionals, and won a Western Maine Class C championship. In 2010, The cheerleading team won second place at the regional championship, and was named Runner-up.
The Dirigo high school soccer team has accomplished many things in the past five years. They have made it to the Maine state semifinals twice. In the past five years they have also made it to the Western Maine Finals, but they lost to Sacopee Valley 2-1. In 2007, they made it to the semi final round with a record of 11-2-1 in the regular season and an overall record was 12-3-1. This team was the third team in Dirigo history to make it this far into the playoffs. In 2009, the Dirigo boys' team set a school record for best regular season record at 12-0-2. They lost the Mountain Valley Conference Championship game to St. Dominics. They lost in the Quarter Finals of the playoffs to North Yarmouth Academy. The Dirigo girls' team also made the playoffs, but lost in the quarter finals during the fifth round of penalty shots against a heavily favored Georges Valley team. In 2010, the Dirigo boys were projected to have a down season (Some critics had predicted the team to have a record as low as 4-10-0) after losing many alumni, despite the ill odds the boys went 10-2-2 making the MVC Championship game, and the playoffs for the second straight year. The Cougars lost the Mountain Valley Championship game to a heavily favored Wiscasset team in the final minutes after holding an early lead. The Cougars were eliminated from the playoffs in the quarter finals by Hall Dale High School by a score of 3-1. The Dirigo girls made the playoffs again for the second year in a row, but lost in the second round of penalty shots to Old Orchard Beach.
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