- Dover High School (New Hampshire)
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Dover Senior High School Location 25 Alumni Dr.
Dover, NH, USAInformation Type Public Founded 1851 CEEB Code 300135 Dean Michael McKenney
Andrea Elliot
Kimberly StephensPrincipal Deborah Migneault Faculty 143 [1] Grades High school (9-12) Number of students 1677 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.[citation needed]
Of the 376 graduates in the class of 2007, 45% went onto a four-year college and 20% went onto a two-year college. The mean SAT scores for this class were: Critical Reading-518, Math-520, Writing-502.[2] The official student-run newspaper of the Dover High School community is
- Jenny Thompson, whose twelve Olympic swimming medals makes her one of the most decorated Olympic athletes of all time[citation needed]
- Joseph C. McConnell, top-scoring American jet fighter ace during the Korean War; awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and the Silver Star[citation needed]
- Michael Weeden, second youngest member in New Hampshire history to serve in the New Hampshire House of Representatives[citation needed]
- ^ Dover High School Online
- ^ City of Dover, New Hampshire. School District.Transcript. 2007.
- ^ The Dover Tide
- ^ "Sandbach School". www.school-portal.co.uk. http://www.school-portal.co.uk/GroupRenderCustomPage.asp?GroupID=174543&ResourceID=911722. Retrieved 2008-06-05.
Notable alumni
International links
The school is linked to Sandbach School in the UK.[4]