DYER BROOK, Maine – Jonathan Porter, principal at Southern Aroostook Community School has announced that Hunter Burpee of Dyer Brook has been selected to receive the 2022 Principal’s Award.
The award sponsored by the Maine Principals’ Association, is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. Burpee is a senior at Southern Aroostook Community School.
“Throughout his years here at Southern Aroostook, Hunter has distinguished himself in the classroom and as a leader in the school and the community,” Porter noted in making the award. “Hunter has been very active in many school and community-related activities that have accentuated his outstanding character and commitment to excellence. He is very deserving of this recognition.”
Burpee is involved in a variety of school and community activities. He is an active member of the National Honor Society, Student Council, TRIO, Varsity Club, and is a member of the Southern Aroostook Scholarship Fund.
Burpee has earned more than 30 college credits while attending SACS and will graduate in the top 5 percent of his class.
He is active in the community through volunteer projects such as the Southern Aroostook Food Pantry and has participated in baseball and basketball at the school. He was an instrumental part of the 2022 Class D State Championship basketball team.
Burpee was named the 2022 Northern Maine Class D Tournament MVP and scored 31 points in the state final. He has also been named All-Aroostook three times, named to the MABC McDonald’s Senior All-Star Team, named to the Aroostook League Senior All-Star team, and scored over 1,000 points in his high school basketball career.
Burpee has been accepted at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire and was awarded the President’s Honor Scholarship in the amount up to $116,000 over four years.
He has also been accepted at Husson University in the Exercise Science/Doctor of Physical Therapy Program and has been awarded the Husson Beacon Scholarship of $6,000 and Trustee’s Scholar Award of $24,000.
He is the son of Matt and Janet Burpee of Dyer Brook.
Burpee and the other award school winners will be presented an individual plaque and will have the opportunity to be awarded one of ten $1,000 scholarships in the name of Horace O. McGowan, Richard W. Tyler, and Richard A. Durost. Mr. McGowan, Mr. Tyler, and Mr. Durost were former Maine Principals and MPA Executive Directors. The Principal’s Award is presented in more than 100 Maine public and private high schools by member principals of the MPA, the professional association which represents Maine’s school administrators.
