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Lee Academy (Maine)

Lee Academy (LA) is a private boarding and day high school in Lee, Maine, United States, founded in 1845 as a teacher training school, and now serving grades 9–12. The school is paid by the area school district for Lee, Maine School Administrative District 30, to take students at the high school level. Additionally, in the case of unorganized areas, the Maine Department of Education pays the school to take students for high school.

Due to these factors, Nick Sambides Jr. of the Bangor Daily News described the school as "semi-public".

In 2005 Bruce Lindberg became the headmaster of the school. The board of trustees told him that the school may close if he does not find ways of the school getting additional money. Lindberg decided to get international students to accomplish this goal.

In 2005, Lee Academy signed an agreement with officials in the People's Republic of China to establish the first American-style high school in China. The agreement called for schools to be established in Shenzhen, Shijiazhuang and Chengdu.

In September 2009, the Shenzhen American International School, a satellite school of Lee Academy, opened in Shenzhen, China. It had a principal from Orono, Maine and five teachers.

Lee Academy operates Daegu International School, Daegu, Korea in a partnership with the City of Daegu. Daegu International School is a K–12 High School servicing 317 International and Korean Students.

In 2013, the school had 270 students, with 128 originating from outside of the United States. Sambides characterized Lindberg as having accomplished a lot for the school. That year, Gus LeBlanc became the headmaster.

In more recent years[when?] Lee Academy has expanded further into China opening a Fine Arts Specialty High School in Shanghai, China. American Lee Academy International School - Shanghai is a four-year college preparatory high school providing students in Shanghai, China with a US high school education with concentrations in animation, art, music, dance and theater. Lee Academy also has a 3 + 0 partnership with Lishui Foreign Language International School in Lishui, China. The Lishui program has Lee Academy staff stationed at the school in China where students take Lee Academy courses. A summer program on the Lee Academy campus in Lee, Maine is also a requirement of the program.

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