Dover High School (New Hampshire)

Dover Senior High School

Arched entrance to Dover High School
Address
25 Alumni Dr.
Dover, NH
USA
Information
Type Public
Founded 1851
CEEB Code 300135
Dean David Bennett
Kimberly Stephens
Emily Sherman
Principal Peter Driscoll
Faculty 129 [1]
Grades High school (9-12)
Number of students 1317
Campus Suburban
Mascot The Green Wave
Newspaper The Tide
Website www.dover.k12.nh.us/dhs

Coordinates: 43°10′34″N 70°53′07″W / 43.17611°N 70.88528°W Dover Senior High School (DHS) serves the city of Dover and the towns of Barrington and Nottingham, New Hampshire.

In 2005, DHS became a New Hampshire School of Excellence.

Of the 308 graduates in the class of 2014, 50% went on to a four-year college and 24% went on to a two-year college, while 22% proceeded directly to employment and 4% joined the military. The mean SAT scores for this class were 510 in Critical Reading, 513 in Math, and 492 in Writing.[1] The official student-run newspaper of the Dover High School community is The Tide, founded in 2006.[2]

Dover High School also has notable robotics teams, Shockwave (FRC), Nebula(2013-14) (FTC), and Frostbyte(2013-14) (FTC). Shockwave has earned the engineering inspiration award and has one of the most successful designs for the Aerial Assist 2013-2014 season. Shockwave is sponsored by Maker, Comcast, NASA, Argentech Solutions, and more.[3]

Notable alumni

International links

The school is linked to Sandbach School in the UK.[7]

References