DANFORTH, Maine — Principal David Apgar of East Grand High School is pleased to announce that Dane Burrill has been selected to receive the 2026 Maine Principal’s Association Principal’s Award. The award sponsored by the Maine Principal’s Association is given in recognition of a high school senior’s academic achievement and citizenship. It is presented in more than 100 Maine public and private high schools by members of the MPA.
Over the last four years Burrill has demonstrated an amazing work ethic in the classroom and in the community. He has held several class officer positions and is a member of the National Honor Society and National Technical Honor Society.
Burrill has given many volunteer hours at the local food pantry as well as other community organizations. Last year he participated in the Houlton Rotary Youth Exchange Program. He spent 30 days in Taiwan and his counterpart from Taiwan came and spent 30 days with him in Danforth.
“People there are not really any different from us, except they are not so ‘outdoorsy’ as we are,” Burrill said. He said that through this program he learned to be more confident and decisive. Burrill learned not to trust everything he was told when you don’t understand the language.
He will be attending the University of Maine for the engineering program. Congratulations to Burrill and his family.
