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Bangor Children’s Home d.b.a Hilltop School is an Early Childhood Education Facility serving children ages 18 months through Pre-K. We are a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. Hilltop School, through the use of developmentally appropriate activities, provides a safe, nurturing and supportive environment where children can develop physically, socially, emotionally and cognitively and where relationships are formed with other children and a network of caring adults. Our goal at Hilltop is to provide an environment filled with opportunities for children to explore and learn through fun, hands on activities. Utilizing the Early Childhood Learning Standards, teachers identify each child's individual needs and abilities and then plan activities based on these observations. We believe children learn best when they are interested in what they are doing, have readily available adult support and are involved in hands on activities that relate to what they already know.
Prior to becoming Hilltop School in the early 1970’s, Bangor Children’s Home operated as an Orphanage for young boys and girls. Our current building was built in 1869 in memory of a woman named Sarah Pitcher with the requirement that this building would always be used to serve children and families in our community and surrounding areas in some capacity. We were added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1975, the same year that we also began our early education program.
