Dothan High School
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| Dothan High School | |
| Established | 1911 |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Principal | Mr. Andrew Sewell |
| Location | 1236 South Oates Street Dothan, AL 36301 |
| Phone | (334) 794-1400 |
| Faculty | 92 |
| Enrollment | approx. 1,500 |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Colors | Red, Black, and White |
| Yearbook | The Gargoyle |
| Website | [1] |
Dothan High School is located in Dothan, Alabama, USA. It is located on U.S. Highway 231 inside Ross Clark Circle,about a mile and a half north of the southern tip of Ross Clark Circle. The school is one of Dothan's two public high schools. Dothan High School enrolls students from the southern half of Dothan, while Northview High School, the Tigers' cross town rival, enrolls students from the northern half of Dothan. The high school district roughly runs down U.S. Highway 84, which runs east to west through the heart of Dothan.
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[edit] History
Dothan High School was built in 1911 and was first located on Burdeshaw Street. It was one of the most modern high schools in the state. When this school opened, the state required only three years of high school, but Dothan High went to a four-year curriculum in 1912. The George S. Houston Memorial Library is now on the former site of the Burdeshaw High School. In 1942 this building was torn down and an elementary school was built on the site and named for Minnie T. Heard. The existing Dothan High facility on South Oates Street was built in 1939.
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[edit] Sports
Dothan High fields 9 varsity teams, including football, baseball, softball, basketball, soccer, tennis, track, volleyball, and cheerleading teams. In addition, Dothan High club teams include boys' varsity and junior varsity, as well as girls' varsity and junior varsity teams. In 2008 the High School will begin its wresting team. Soccer is the most successful sport at Dothan High, which is ironic seeing as the coaches, aside from Ben Turvin, have described it as a Hippy Commie sport. This proves their lack of intelligence in valuing the atrocious football team over the most excellent soccer team.
