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Directions to Friends School of Portland

  • From all points South
  • From all points North

Located on Mackworth Island with the Maine Educational Center for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing (MECDHH) and the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf (GBSD)

From all points South

    From the Maine Turnpike (Hwy I-95):
  1. Take the Maine Turnpike (Hwy I-95) to Exit 52, ÒFalmouth.Ó
  2. Continue on to exit for Route 1 South.
  3. Continue south on Route 1 approximately two miles past several shopping centers.
  4. Watch for a blue and white sign for Governor Baxter School for the Deaf on your left at Andrews Avenue.
  5. Turn left onto Andrews Avenue. Drive through the row of houses and across the causeway to the guardhouse.
  6. Proceed past the speed bump and take the first right leading to the school parking lot.
  7. Friends School is across from the lot, up the stairs.
    Or From Hwy I-295:
  1. Take the Maine Turnpike (Hwy I-95) to Exit 44, ÒHwy 295 NorthÓ to Exit 9 Falmouth/Foreside
  2. Continue across the MartinÕs Point Bridge.
  3. Watch for a blue and white sign for MECDHH and Andrews Avenue on your right.
  4. Turn right onto Andrews Avenue.
  5. Drive through the row of houses and across the causeway to the guardhouse.
  6. Proceed past the speed bump and take the first right leading to the school parking lot.
  7. Friends School is across from the lot, up the stairs.

From all points North

    From the Maine Turnpike (Hwy I-95):
  1. Take the Maine Turnpike (Hwy 95) to Exit 52, ÒFalmouth,Ó continue to exit for Route 1 South.
  2. Continue south on Route 1 approximately two miles past several shopping centers.
  3. Watch for a blue and white sign for Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and Andrews Avenue on your left.
  4. Turn left onto Andrews Avenue.
  5. Drive through the row of houses and across the causeway to the guardhouse.
  6. Proceed past the speed bump and take the first right leading to the school parking lot.
  7. Friends School is across from the lot, up the stairs.
    Or From Hwy I-295:
  1. Take Hwy 295 to Falmouth Exit 10, ÒBucknam RoadÓ. At the end of the ramp, take a left onto Bucknam Road and take Bucknam Road to the light at Route 1.
  2. Bear right.
  3. Continue south on Route 1 approximately two miles past several shopping centers.
  4. Watch for a blue and white sign for Governor Baxter School for the Deaf and Andrews Avenue on your left.
  5. Turn left onto Andrews Avenue.
  6. Drive through the row of houses and across the causeway to the guardhouse.
  7. Proceed past the speed bump and take the first right leading to the school parking lot.
  8. Friends School is across from the lot, up the stairs.
3rd and 4th grade class studies Casco Bay ecosystem
Lea and a student plant a peace pinwheel on the Mackworth Island shore  
 
 

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