John Bapst prepares students in grades nine through twelve for college and university placement by offering challenging programs in academics, athletics and the arts. Accredited by the New England Association of Colleges and Schools, John Bapst is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools, the Independent Schools Association of Northern New England, and the Maine Association of Independent Schools. Since 2006, John Bapst students and faculty have won four Siemens Awards for Advanced Placement; in 2012, John Bapst senior Mary Carmack was one of 141 Presidential Scholars nationwide.