Dillard High School

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Dillard High School
Home of the Panthers
School type Public
Principal Merceda Stanley
Location Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Enrollment 1,935
Colors Blue and Gray
Homepage Official website

Dillard High School (located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is a high school in Broward County, Florida. Dillard is available to all of Broward County. This school first started in 1907.

Dillard High School is a magnet school for high technology and performing arts. The legendary jazz alto saxophonist Cannonball Adderley taught there in the early 1950s.

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[edit] Magnet Programs

[edit] Performing Arts Program

Dillard Center for the Arts (DCA) provides a high level of intensified training in dance, music, theater, and visual arts, as well as a rigorous academic schedule. Students must demonstrate ability and interest in one of the four artistic academic potential. Such programs within the music department were keyboard, voice, band, orchestra and commercial music. The chorus, chorale, gospel choir, jazz band and rock band performs immensely in Broward county and the Fort Lauderdale community. DCA, in partnership with students, parents, staff, and the arts community, offers a full complement of course offerings, as well as performance and competitive opportunities at the local, state, and national levels.

[edit] Emerging Computer Technology

The Dillard ECT Program was the first computer-themed program in the county, originating in 1988. It was nationally recognized by The Wall Street Journal in 1995 and holds the District of Broward County's charter chapter of the American Technology Honor Society. Dillard's on-going partnership with Motorola Plantation has been recognized and honored by the State of Florida, as well as the international FIRST Robotics Competition. To build student's resume power, the close relationships with Motorola, Apple Inc., and other partners afford students many opportunities for internships and work-study programs.

With courses in digital media, computer programming, robotics, and hardware/network support, any students interested in technology benefits greatly from the advanced training available in this program. In addition, Dillard High School offers many advanced placement and honor courses that help ensure admission and scholarships to many to the nation's top universities and colleges. Over $1,000,000 in scholarships were awarded to Dillard ECT students.

[edit] Open Campus

Dillard High School will be employing an experimental variation in the school's usual scheduling in the second semester of the 2007-2008 school year. According to Dillard High School's website, Dillard will be switching to an open campus in which students can leave the campus for lunch. The school will return to its original closed-campus routine if problems occur.


[edit] Notable alumni

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