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Dover High School (Dover, Ohio)

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Established
  
1915

CEEB code
  
361975

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 330-364-7148

District
  
Dover City Schools

Athletics conference
  
East Central Ohio League

Superintendent
  
Carla Birney

Principal
  
Teresa Alberts

Song
  
DHS Alma Mater

Color
  
Crimson

Founded
  
1915

Lowest grade
  
Ninth grade

Address
  
520 N Walnut St, Dover, OH 44622, USA

Similar
  
New Philadelp High Sch, Garaway High School, Tuscaraw Central Catholic, Claymont High School, Tuscaraw Valley Middle Sc

Dover High School is a public high school in Dover, Ohio and is the only high school in the Dover City Schools district. The school's athletic teams are nicknamed The Crimson Tornadoes and the school colors are crimson and gray. The Dover High School Alma Mater was composed by L. H. Alexander.

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Dover’s first school house was constructed in 1827 in a forested area on the south side of 4th Street (near the cemetery). There was a separate African American School on West Front Street until 1917, at which time Dover’s school system became fully integrated.

Athletics

Dover High School has a longstanding football rivalry with nearby New Philadelphia High School, having played 112 times since 1896—Dover currently leads the series 54-49-9. Dover High School competes in the ECOL (East Central Ohio League) and has eighteen varsity teams.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

  • Boys Football - 1933, 1999 AP Poll Title
  • Boys Basketball – 1927, 1933
  • Girls Track and Field – 1995
  • Girls Golf - 2014
  • Notable alumni

  • James R. Black, American actor and former professional football player
  • Frank Ellwood, Collegiate football coach.
  • Perci Garner, current professional baseball player
  • Ernie Godfrey, Collegiate football coach.
  • Monty Hunter, former professional football player
  • Frank Kelker, Collegiate All-American football player.
  • Ray Mears, Collegiate basketball coach.
  • Elliott Nugent, Broadway actor, playwright, film director and writer.
  • Bob Peterson, director, screenwriter, animator, and voice actor for Pixar. Co-directed the Academy Award Winning movie "Up."
  • Zack Space, politician, Democrat House of Representatives Ohio 18th District, January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2011
  • References

    Dover High School (Dover, Ohio) Wikipedia