Thornton Academy Reviews

The teacher was teaching kids to bully others and I am disgusted.

Had a fun year here. I met a lot of people and enjoyed the classes. I'm never gonna get used to Maine weather though.

This place is something..some of these teachers tell these kids to Google the anwsers instead of using textbooks. There's this one Math teacher that basically treats my sister rotten. No respect or kindness from this guy. It's sad that my poor sister is being treated like dirt and once the teachers have been told the issue they still make it worse than ever...Disgusting place rare nice people..

Attended: 09.5 - 12 (2.5 years)
Pros:
-Diverse learning experience with many options to study including Biddeford Regional Center of Technology trade schools in the town over.
-Large athletic program.
-Free payed tuition if you live in the city.
-I was falsely diagnosed with ADD in the 3rd grade, the school payed $3,000 to conduct test's. I found out that I had acute short term memory loss and they helped me find ways to remember things better.
- Class's aren't crowded. (25-30 people per class) My web design class only had 14 people in it.
-Offer night class's.

Cons:
-Often the teachers look at their job as just a job and not a passion. I found it hard to get help if I didn't understand something. I've had teachers stay after work for 10 minutes before at a public school but was denied several times here.
-The main building is pretty outdated.
- I noticed the boarding student usually got away with more. Example: A girl got talked to for being late to class but she explained that the Japanese students do it all the time. Sure enough a girl named Yuki was 10 minutes late to class as usual.

As a student and part of the residential program,I enjoy being part of this community. Not only does it offer several AP classes helping to prepare my for college, but many advanced and rigorous courses and electives that challenge students in their respective fields.

TA is an amazing school! It has great opportunities for people interested in many different fields of study!

I ended up dropping out in 2015, due to an insane amount of bullying from both students and teachers. French teacher and math teacher both openly made fun of me for having questions/not understanding. French teacher even took it as far as to grade my tests (nobody else s) in front of the whole class and only point out what I did wrong, not what was done right. When this was brought to the schools attention, they honestly couldn t care less. And when they were let known that I would be dropping out, they did not care AT ALL. I was just a number to them. This school doesn t care about their students whatsoever and it really shows. I was a struggling student who needed help, and I was denied. I feel 1 star is way too generous.

As an international student,TA gave me so much opportunities like friends all over the world ,new families like dorm families and the teacher in TA are amazing,they are always helpful and they always spend their times with you if you dont understand something.I am so happy to be there lets go TA!!

I loved going to TA! Some of my best memories are there!

Thornton Academy offers great courses and extra-curricular activities and has a very diverse population of students!

Being here at TA is such a huge opportunity to grow, learn, and meet amazing people who will make your high school years memorable!

I have the fondest of memories of attending here, but also the saddest of memories.
- John Wesley Bird, 81

I love this school!! I grew up in Maine (I'm a 2014 Greely alum) and moved back in Sep 2018 and started working here in the Communications / Admissions office. From the moment I started, I immediately felt supported and welcomed by my coworkers here in the Alumni house.

One of my favorite parts of my job is photographing our events and creating student/staff highlights. It's easy to capture beautiful moments and share incredible stories when our school is as amazing as it is.

Our HUGE range of courses, extracurriculars, athletics, and arts programming allows our students the chance to explore and grow. It has made me think about my time in high school - how awesome it would have been to experience TA before my time in college...

It's truly been an incredible experience working as TA's Marketing Coordinator - I'm super happy I ended up here!

Experience is a good school. Thornton Academy is the way to go.
I've been to several and different schools but I have to say Thornton Academy is the best that I have attended. Parents always have different views but I can convince and recommend to bring your child to Thornton Academy.

This school provides an excellent learning environment and the people here are some of the best around.

This school discriminates against the Chinese
Mexicans and Vietnamese are bullying Chinese together
Chinese tuition is five times that of students in other countries.
In this school, Mexicans will steal a lot of personal products.
The teacher at this school only lets the Chinese work.
The teacher of this school will target Chinese students.
The teacher s attitude is extremely bad.
There are drugs to sell drugs, smoking and drinking.

I have worked at TA for over 10 years. So proud of this excellent school that offers many options to students from all over the world. I love this community!!!

This school just laid off 8 teachers. Not proud to say that I attended this school.

Serving as a Vacation Family to one of Thornton's residential students was an amazing experience for my family. We were afforded the opportunity to open our home to a wonderful young person, learn about his country, and hopefully share a bit of what makes our family and traditions special. Our time as a vacation family was a blessing.

I am unhappy with this school because mean students :(