Paul M. Dorman High School
| Paul M. Dorman High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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1050 Cavalier Way Roebuck, South Carolina, 29376 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°50′57″N 81°58′17″W / 34.849204°N 81.971290°WCoordinates: 34°50′57″N 81°58′17″W / 34.849204°N 81.971290°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Virtus in Arduis |
| Established | 1964 |
| Principal | Kenneth Kiser (Main), Mark Smith (Freshman) |
| Enrollment | 2420 + (Main), 850 + (Freshman), 3270 (Total) (2014-15) |
| Color(s) |
Navy blue, Columbia blue, and White |
| Team name | Cavaliers |
| Website |
www |
Paul M. Dorman High School is a high school located in Roebuck, South Carolina, United States. The school is part of Spartanburg County School District Six. It consists of a main campus for 10th-12th graders and a separate campus for 9th graders, and a College, Career, and Fine Arts Center. The center features an auditorium, multiple classrooms, an art gallery, kitchen, student center, and computer labs. The campus is located at the intersection of Interstate 26 and Highway 221 in Spartanburg County. Dorman is the state's 2nd largest high school.
Athletics and extracurricular activities
Dorman has football, basketball, baseball, soccer, lacrosse, volleyball, golf, tennis, cross country, swimming, track and field, wrestling, marching band, softball, and cheerleading teams which all play under the mascot of the Fighting Cavaliers. Dorman also has a nationally recognized quizbowl team. Since winning its first national title in 1989, the Dorman High School Academic Team has won five national championships. The cheerleading team won the State Championship in 2007 and came in first runner-up in 2008. The tennis team won its first state championship in 2011.
Capacity
- Stadium: 13,000
- Arena: 3,200
Traditions
Dorman has heated rivalries with cross-town Spartanburg High School as well as nearby Byrnes High School.
Every year, Dorman students celebrate "Farmers Day" to commemorate the annual football game against Spartanburg High School. The tradition originates from Dorman's more rural placement and students as opposed to Spartanburg High School's traditionally more urban and affluent students, who would refer cajolingly to Dorman students as "farmers." Students typically take their vehicles "mudding" or "mud-slinging" in the days before the game in an outward display of rural pride and proclivity and wear overalls to school to celebrate a culture rooted in farming. School officials typically accommodate the observance of these activities by, for example, providing alternate parking for muddy trucks.
In 2009, Dorman defeated Byrnes High School 28-17 for the South Carolina State Championship in football. The teams met again during the next season on October 29, 2010 in a nationally televised rematch on ESPNU. Although Dorman has lost the past two years to cross-town rival Spartanburg High school, they continue the mudding tradition
Fine arts
The high school has three theater classrooms and five different drama courses. The Dorman High School Marching Cavaliers are ranked seventh in the state of South Carolina and twenty-second nationally. The Dorman High School Drum Line consistently ranks first in the state of South Carolina. Dorman Drumline ranks fifth worldwide according to the Winter Guard International (WGI) tournament..
Notable alumni
- Jeremy Clements - NASCAR Xfinity Series driver (Class of 2003)
- David Daniels – countertenor
- Daja Dial - Miss South Carolina 2015
- Adam Humphries - professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) (Class of 2010)
- Marcus Rowland – South Carolina High School 100 meter dash record holder, currently runs track at Auburn University (Class of 2009)
- Ryan Sims – professional football player in the NFL (Class of 1998)
- Brandon Thomas - professional football player in the NFL (Class of 2009)
- Steven Tolleson – professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
- D. J. Trahan – professional golfer, PGA Tour (Class of 1999)