| Port Dover Composite School | |
| Address | |
| Box 729, 713 St. George Street [1] Port Dover, Ontario, N0A 1N0, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 935964 [2] |
| School board | Grand Erie District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | Secular |
| Principal | Marc Dulmage[1] |
| Vice principal | Heather Robinson[1] |
| Grades | 7–8, 9–12 (formerly 9–13) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Port Dover and Area |
| Motto | Lux Ex Umbra Light In Darkness |
| Team name | Lakers |
| Colours | Green and White |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Enrolment | 323 [2] (2009) |
| Homepage | http://granderie.ca/pdcs/[1] |
Port Dover Composite School (PDCS) is a public middle and high school located in Port Dover, Ontario, Canada.
Students here typically live south of Simcoe, northeast of Turkey Point and southwest of Jarvis.
PDCS has a well established theatre arts pogram which allows students to take drama in Grades 9 and 10, and then go on to the unique Theatre Co-op Program. This program runs at the community's Lighthouse Festival Theatre and each year culminates in a class directed and produced production. This year the class performed the play Sticks and Stones. In addition to its drama classes, the school has a long tradition of excellence at the prestigious Sears Drama Festival. In 2010, the school's production of The Insanity of Mary Girard was one of three plays from the district festival at the Lighthouse Theatre to go on to the regional festival in Hamilton. In 2011 the school's play The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven was also selected to represent the district at the regional festival, again held in Hamilton.[3]
There is an active campaign to keep the school open (Save our Schools) in which they often hold fundraisers. These fundraisers help to create funds that the government tries to take away from crucial programs. PDCS has a very high dropout rate compared to the other schools in the Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant region due to lack of courses offered and poor staff practices.
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