"The Pemetic" came into existence in 1921 as a year
book
for Southwest Harbor High School. In 1939, the name of the
yearbook
remained "The Pemetic" and the name of the school became Pemetic High
School.
The fall of 1938 was the initial opening of the new brick building. The
spring of 1939 produced the first graduating class. 1968 was the last
class
to graduate from Pemetic High School and the under graduate classes of
1969. 1970. 1971 completed there high school education at Mount Desert
Island High School. In 1969 Pemetic High School became Pemetic
Grammar
School. Additions included a wing for junior high and the new gym
completed in 2001.
The Pemetic High School General Alumni Association was initiated by
Marion Waterman Meyer a former teacher at Pemetic. She solicited the
aide
of Harold Beal (44), Les Thurston (40), and Tommy Newman (44) to
establish
the Waterman Scholarship Fund at the University of Maine at Orono. This
fund enables financial assistance to any alumni, or direct descendent,
or any former student of Pemetic High School, even if they only
attended
for a short time.
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