Dirigo High School  Dirigo High School is a high school located in Dixfield, Maine, in the United States as part of Maine Regional School Unit 56. Dirigo High School serves the towns of Dixfield, Canton, Carthage and Peru. It is classified as a secondary class C school. The school is in the Mountain Valley Athletic Conference or MVC. Dirigo High School was built in 1948. The second floor was added in 1951, the gym was added in 1967 and the science wing was added in 1974. The building was later renovated and expanded in 1998. During the homecoming field day each year, students at Dirigo High wear their class colors. The current class colors are: Freshmen-Red, Sophomores -Black, Juniors-Blue, and Seniors-White. Students at Dirigo High School must complete a portfolio in order to graduate. This portfolio is called the Cougar Paw credit. Students receive a quarter credit each year for Cougar Paw. Your portfolio must show evidence that you've met Maine's Learning Results. Also, you must include personal pages, proof of community service, and evidence of activities of each year at DHS. The Dirigo Lady Cougars' basketball team has had over a decade of success. Since 1995 the Lady Cougars had 11 straight Mountain Valley Conference (MVC) titles for a total of 12, 11 straight Western Maine titles for a total of 14, and 6 out of 13 State Championships. Dirigo has been a dominant high school basketball team in the past decade. The Lady Cougars rely on a great defense, and love to trap opposing teams and run a fast-break offense. The Lady Cougars have been gifted with several players to make the 1,000-point club. Cheering is a winter sport. Dirigo has won an athletic award in 1998 and 2002. In 2007, DHS won regionals, and won a Western Maine Class C championship. In 2010, The cheerleading team won second place at the regional championship, and was named Runner-up. The Dirigo high school soccer team has accomplished many things in the past five years. They have made it to the Maine state semifinals twice. In the past five years they have also made it to the Western Maine Finals, but they lost to Sacopee Valley 2-1. In 2007, they made it to the semi final round with a record of 11-2-1 in the regular season and an overall record was 12-3-1. This team was the third team in Dirigo history to make it this far into the playoffs.