CARRABASSETT VALLEY — A western Maine ski academy in western Maine started construction on its new academic center Friday.

The ceremony at Carrabassett Valley Academy also marks the beginning of the second phase of the school’s $7 million New Campus fundraising campaign, which was launched last October and will result in an entirely new campus for the school.

When it’s completed, the academic center will include 14 classrooms, two science labs, a music room and art studio, plus study space for students and administrative facilities

CVA was founded in 1983 in Carrabassett Valley near Sugarloaf ski resort.

Some of America’s top skiers and snowboarders through the years attended the academy, including Bode Miller, Seth Westcott and Kirsten Clark.

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