Dobson High School

Dobson High School is a secondary public high school located in Mesa, Arizona, one of six high schools in Mesa Public Schools and serves grades 9-12. Rhodes and Summit Academy feed students into Dobson. The school's mascot is a mustang and the school colors are royal blue and silver. Dobson student enrollment tops out at 2,763 students, making it the 11th-largest high school in Arizona.

Opened in 1981, Dobson sits on 84 acres (340,000 m²) of public land. The school is named after the Dobson family, who moved to the area in 1886 and established a large ranch which includes the land where the school is now located.^[2] In the 1986-87 school year, it was honored as a Blue Ribbon school.^[3] In 2009, President Barack Obama made a speech at the school, announcing a mortgage relief plan.^[4] Two episodes of MTV's Made have been filmed on campus.

The current principal is Tamara Addis. Matthew Gehrman, the former principal, was also a Dobson graduate, teacher, and assistant principal in the past. Four assistant principals—Eric Cruz, Jason Lindsay, Ray Perkins and Dora Samson—comprise the rest of the administration.

Notable alumni & former students

• 1985: Paul Swingle, Former MLB player (California Angels)
• 1986: Marianne Dissard, singer and filmmaker
• 2000: Nick DeWitz, professional basketball player
• 2002: Elmo Kirkwood, musician and guitarist for band The Meat Puppets
• 2004: Danny Torgersen, musician and vocalist for band Captain Squeegee
• 2007: Mickey McConnell, professional basketball player^[5]
• 2010: Julie Johnston, defender for the United States women's national soccer team (did not play soccer at Dobson)
• 2014: Arielle Jennings, dancer in AKSquared on TV show Shake It Up

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