Mirus Academy

Mirus Academy is a private Classical Christian school in Ellsworth, Maine. Love Truth. Truly Love. The faculty will seek to contribute to their respective fields.

MISSION:

Mirus Academy exists to mature students in their love of truth and their true love of others. VISION:

Mirus Academy aims to equip students to lead culture, not merely respond to it. Mirus Academy will offer the highest educational standards while simultaneously producing the greatest of humility in its students. This vision rests on the belief that the Christian worldview is a compreh

ensive enough philosophy to transform students into mature men and women of high intellectual and spiritual virtues. The students of Mirus Academy will develop the abstract thought necessary for both a masterful use of creative expression and rational discourse, and pursue the questions at the end of answers. The students will strive for intellectual honesty, graceful humility, and loving relationships. The faculty of Mirus Academy will seek to educate students to change the world beyond the classroom. The faculty of Mirus Academy will be master teachers dedicated to students, their craft, and most of all, the Trinitarian worldview. They will be paid competitive wages for their professional services. They will breathe life into every teaching opportunity. The faculty will seek to expose students to beauty, justice, truth and love via the curriculum and let the inherent value of these realities motivate the students to pursue true human flourishing. The faculty will challenge students to pursue true understanding and wisdom, not allowing them to settle for mere mastery of systems and forms. The faculty will be committed to the classical model of education and the academic rigors that this model prescribes. Mirus Academy will be missional in its mode of operation. It will provide an environment where students of all beliefs and backgrounds are welcomed and loved. It will serve the surrounding communities by investing in the present and future flourishing of those communities. It will serve by believing that the youth of the present age are created to push back the boundaries of disarray and chaos in both thought and deed. The Christian ethic of placing one’s self under others will be followed by the academy in its relationship to all others. VERSE:

Phil 4:8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is worthy of respect, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if something is excellent or praiseworthy, think about these things.

06/18/2026

We hope everyone is enjoying the first few weeks of summer break!

Qohl Hanson won our Mirus Olympics poetry competition with a recitation from “The Man in the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”

06/02/2026

We are officially on summer break here at Mirus. On Friday, we celebrated the school year with our annual Mirus Olympics. All of the students showcased their perseverance and tenacity throughout all of the events, but the Greeks won the day! Thank you to Mrs. Bradshaw and Mr. Linde for all the dedication and organization that made Friday possible.

Stay tuned for more photos and videos.

05/27/2026

Festivities for our graduates commenced last week with our Baccalaureate dinner. Parents and upper school faculty gave toasts in celebration of Mia and William. We are very proud of who they are and all they have accomplished at Mirus.

Enjoy this glimpse into the evening. Stay tuned for graduation photos!

05/19/2026

Our Spring Concert and Awards Night was a success! Our students performed pieces from “Plant Kindness and Gather Love” and from “Les Miserables.”

It was a night of encouragement and a celebration of growth! Congratulations to all the students for your efforts. Thank you, Mrs. Edmondson and to all the volunteers for your work in creating a wonderful event.

05/12/2026

Our doxology was a beautiful way to conclude a week of Wonder Projects with our Mirus families.

05/12/2026

Mirus students presented their Wonder Projects for the school and their parents last week. In the pictures below, you can see the looks of wonder in the faces of students and faculty.

Beginning in Kindergarten, students receive one topic (sand, voice, yellow, etc.) to wonder about during the entirety of their time at Mirus Academy. Each year, they answer a new question about this topic and these become deeper as they learn and contemplate more each year. To research and consider a topic so thoroughly is yet another opportunity that Mirus Academy gives students for learning to love the Good, True, and Beautiful in all of God’s creation.

05/09/2026

Last night, faculty and parents feasted together with the Mirus students who are moving on from the Dialectic stage into the Rhetoric. Toasts were given in celebration of each student’s diligence and maturity. It was a lovely and encouraging evening for all. Thank you to the Adams family for their gracious hospitality. We have a wonderful community.

Congratulations, James, Rein, and Summer!

05/06/2026

Join us May 15th at 6 pm to celebrate the end of the year with our Spring Concert and Awards Ceremony!

Our students will be performing selections from Plant Kindness & Gather Love and Les Misérables.

04/25/2026

Bravo! Opening night was a wonderful success! Thank you to all who came to support these students. If you haven’t seen it yet, Mirus academy’s Les Miserables has two more showings, Saturday at 6m and Sunday at 3pm. Come enjoy this beautiful story telling of love and forgiveness. Tickets are sold online and can be bought at the door.

04/24/2026

TONIGHT @ 6pm! Don’t miss it!

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Website

http://www.mirusacademy.info/

Address

460 High Road
Ellsworth, ME
04605

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 2pm
Tuesday	8am - 2pm
Wednesday	8am - 2pm
Thursday	8am - 2pm
Friday	8am - 2pm