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These links will take you to information and directions for each site:


Alfond Youth Center
Atwood-Tapley School
Benton Elementary
Clinton Elementary
Hall School
Messalonskee High School
Mitchell School
Vassalboro Community School
Waterville Jr. High (WJH)
Winslow Elementary
Mitchell to Hall
WJH to Mitchell

If you are interested in additional information on the Youth Center and schools, the links below will direct you to their Websites:



Alfond Youth Center:
126 North St.
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 873-0684 (main office)


Click to see what the Youth Center looks like!
*Leave Colby by traveling down the large hill next to the Colby Athletic Center.
*Follow the road straight for about 1/2 mile. The Alfond Youth Center (AYC) is on the right just after the waterslides and park.
*When you arrive at the AYC, please park in the lots on the right as you drive in.
(4 minutes)





Atwood-Tapley School:
19 Heath St.
Oakland, ME 04963
(207) 465-3411 (main office)


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby via Rice Rips Road. (If leaving the Hillside parking lots turn right and then make your first left. If coming from the Athletic Center head towards Johnson Pond and go straight instead of turning left towards the Hillside parking lots.) You will cross a bridge that goes over I-95.
*Follow Rice Rips to the end (1.1 miles) and take a left onto Rt. 23 South.
*Follow Rt. 23 South 1.8 miles until you reach a traffic light in Oakland.
*At the light take a hard right onto Pleasant St.
*Cross over the railroad tracks and then take a left at the light onto Oak Street.
*Follow street for a short ways and just before crossing over the railroad tracks again, take a right onto Heath Street.
*The Atwood-Tapley School is the first brick building on the right. The Main Office is inside the second set of doors.
(9 minutes)





Benton Elementary School:
Old Neck Rd.
Benton, ME 04901
(207) 453-4240


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby by going down the large hill next to the Athletic Center.
*Take a left just after the hospital onto Eustis Parkway. Follow this street until you hit a traffic light.
*Continue straight across the intersection at the light and follow 1/2 mile to the stop sign. (You will be intersecting with College Ave.)
*Take a left onto College Ave and follow this road 2.5 miles to Fairfield. You will pass through 2 (3 if you count the blinking light) sets of lights. This road will take you into Fairfield Center where you'll hit another set of lights (you'll see Joseph's Sporting Goods and several stores lining the street).
*Take a right at this light in Fairfield Center.
*Go over three bridges and take a left at the next light (used furniture store there).
*Take your first right hand turn onto School St.
* Benton Elementary is a brick/yellow school on the left.
(13 minutes)





Clinton Elementary School:
Morrison Ave.
Clinton, ME 04927
(207) 426-2181


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby by going down the large hill next to the Athletic Center.
*Take a left just after the hospital onto Eustis Parkway. Follow this street until you hit a traffic light.
*Take a left at the light and follow road through shopping area and out to I-95.
*Get on I-95 North and drive approximately 7 miles until you reach the Clinton Exit (exit 37). Bear right off of the exit.
*Continue on this road for about a mile and turn left at the stop sign.
*Drive three tenths of a mile when and you will see Galusha's Market/gas station, turn left just before market onto Morrison St.
*Clinton Elementary School is a blue building on the right-hand side of the street.
(15 minutes)





Hall School:
27 Pleasant St.
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 872-8071


Click to see what the school looks like!
* Leave Colby by going down Mayflower Hill (past Foss, the President's house).
*Go straight down Mayflower Hill (which turns into Gilman Street).
*Follow Gilman St. until the stop sign at the end of the street.
*Take a right onto Pleasant St.
*The Hall School is on the left about a 1/4 of a mi on Pleasant St.
(5 minutes)





Messalonskee High School:
131 Messalonskee High Drive
Oakland, ME 04963
(207) 465-7381


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby via Rice Rips Road. (If leaving the Hillside parking lots turn right and then make your first left. If coming from the Athletic Center head towards Johnson Pond and go straight instead of turning left towards the Hillside parking lots.) You will cross a bridge that goes over I-95.
*Follow Rice Rips to the end (1.1 miles) and take a left onto Rt. 23 South.
*Follow Rt. 23 South 1.8 miles until you reach a traffic light in Oakland.
*At the light take a hard right onto Pleasant St.
*Cross over the railroad tracks, passing Williams Junior High on the right, and take a right at the light onto Oak St.
*Follow Oak Street four tenths of a mile and a blue sign for Messalonskee High School will be on your right.
*Proceed down driveway, past the faculty staff parking, and around to the back of the school.
(10 minutes)





Mitchell School:
58 Drummond Ave.
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 873-0695


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby via going down the large hill next to the Athletic Center.
*Take a left just after the hospital onto Eustis Parkway. Follow this road until you hit a traffic light.
*Take a left at the stoplight and then take your first right.
*Follow this street down the hill and turn left onto the driveway of the Mitchell School. (it is a long driveway that leads in, so heads up.)
(5 minutes)





Vassalboro Community School:
RR1 Box 372
Vassalboro, ME 04989
(207) 923-3100


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby by traveling down Mayflower Hill (past Foss and the President's house).
*Take a right onto First Rangeway and follow one mile to the streetlight directly opposite Inland Hospital.
*Turn left onto Kennedy Memorial Drive and continue past Shop N'Save.
*Take a right just before the third set of lights. This road is Carter Memorial Drive and is also marked for Route 137. (If you pass the Gifford's Ice Cream store you have gone too far).
*Go across the Waterville/Winslow Bridge. Turn right just after the end of the bridge at the first set of lights onto Rt. 201 South.
*Travel on 201 for 6.3 miles to Bog Road. Be on the lookout for the small blue road sign for the school.
*Turn left onto Bog Road and drive 1.7 miles to the Vassalboro School.
*Turn right onto Webber Pond Road and Vassalboro Schoos is a new brick building with playing fields behind the school.
(20 minutes)





Waterville Jr. High:
120 West River Rd.
Waterville, ME 04901
(207) 873-2144


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby by traveling down Mayflower Hill (past Foss and the President's house).
*Take a right onto First Rangeway and follow one mile to the streetlight directly opposite Inland Hospital.
*Turn left at this stoplight onto Kennedy Memorial Drive (KMD).
*Follow KMD past Shop N'Save. Take your second right onto West River Road (Rt. 104 South).
*Follow West River Road one mile until you see the Jr. High School on your left.
(9 minutes)





Winslow Elementary:
55 Benton Avenue
Winslow, ME 04901
(207) 872-1967


Click to see what the school looks like!
*Leave Colby by traveling down Mayflower Hill (past Foss and the President's house).
*Take a right onto First Rangeway and follow one mile to the streetlight directly opposite Inland Hospital.
*Turn left at this stoplight onto Kennedy Memorial Drive (KMD).
*At the fourth set of lights there will be a fork (at the large white Church). Bear right.
*Follow to stoplight and take a right.
*Proceed onto the Waterville/Winslow bridge.  Stay in the left lane and turn left at the end of  the bridge.  You are now on Benton Avenue in Winslow.
*The school is on the right, less than a mile from the bridge.






Mitchell to Hall:
*Take a right out of the Mitchell school's driveway.
*At the top of the hill, take a left onto the main road.
*Go straight through the intersection.
*Take a right onto Pleasant St. (It is a sharp right directly after the RR tracks and across from the Burger King sign. If you hit Rite Aid, you have gone too far).
*Go straight through the intersection at the Puffin Gas Station.
*Follow this road until you see the Hall School on the left.





WJH to Mitchell:
*Take a right out of the WJH's driveway onto West River Rd.
*Follow West River Rd. one mile and at the lights, take a right.
*Follow straight through through residential area and bear left at the stoplight at the fork (at the large white Church).
*Keep going straight through town.
*Bear to the left at the (fork) stoplight at Rite Aid.
*Go up hill and straight through the stop light at the top of the hill (next to the Congregational Church).
*Take your first right after stop light and then left into the Mitchell School's driveway at the bottom of the hill.




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