Dover-Sherborn High School
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| Headmaster | Denise Lonergan |
| School type | Public |
| Religious affiliation | None |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Location | Dover, Massachusetts |
| Enrollment | 498 |
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| Campus surroundings | Suburban |
| Sports teams | Raiders |
| School color(s) | Blue & white |
Dover-Sherborn High School, or D-S, is a regional public high school in the town of Dover, Massachusetts, United States. The school is located at 9 Junction St., Dover. The student population is drawn from Dover and its neighboring town, Sherborn. Like most high schools, it enrolls 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th graders. The two towns approved over $1 million in renovations to the buildings and grounds. The school has a typical enrollment of 450 students. The School's athletic rival has always been the neighboring town of Medfield.
History
Until the 1960's Dover and Sherborn both sent their high school students to neighboring town's high schools (Needham for Dover, Framingham for Sherborn). By the 1950s the population boom was making it difficult for those schools to accept outside students, and the two towns opted to create a regional school district. The first building was built on Farm Street in 1962. As the population continued to increase, the current high school was built on the same campus and completed in 1968. In 2004, renovations on the high school were completed.
Academics
Academically, D-S is one of the top performing Massachusetts public schools annually.
Extracurricular activities
The school offers and competes competitively in a number of sports, including football, basketball, baseball, and lacrosse. The sports attracting the largest crowds are football and basketball.
Dover-Sherborn High School has seen high athletic success in Women's and Men's Basketball and recently in Football and Men's Lacrosse. Several Basketball TVL Championships have been won over the last 50 years under the leadership of coach Chris DuBose, the most recent coming in 2004-05. In 2002, the Women's Basketball team made it to the State Championships, played in the Fleet Center (now the TD Bank North Garden). Although they lost, the team was responsible for the resurgence of Dover-Sherborn basketball program's popularity.
The 2004-05 D-S Football team had a record 9-win season. Offensively, the team finished 3rd in the state in total points behind an athletic and powerful offensive line. The season finished in a magical fashion, when the team defeat their rival, Medfield, on Thanksgiving Day with a score of 35-34.
The women's field hockey team has also had recent success. The program has begun to grow significantly; there is now not only a varsity and junior varsity team, but a middle school team. In the 2006 season, Captains Annie Wardwell and Kat Smith-Petersen along with the other 11 seniors led the team to tournament. They went to the second round of tournament where they lost to Harwich High School. This was the first time since 1982 that the team has made it to the second round which is a huge success.
The Boy's Tennis team finished the 2006 season with a remarkable 16-0 record, and did well in the post-season until an injury cost them a deciding match.
The Dover-Sherborn athletic class of 2005 left a serious imprint on the town and community and the athletic programs continued to build on their success.
The school is also part of The Education Co-operative (TEC), which allows D-S students to take part in internships with local companies and also enroll in TEC Classes.
The school a cappella group, "The Rest," is improving each year, and hoping for success in 2006, with Ezra Mechaber and Lauren Perini serving as co-presidents.
The Dover-Sherborn Drama Department puts on two productions a year, a autum play and spring musical. Notable productions include: Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Wiz, Seussical, Pippin, Godspell, The Odd Couple, Anything Goes, and Les Misérables.
Notable alumni
- Todd Robert Anderson, commercial actor and television guest performer on shows such as "Will and Grace" and "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation."
- Patrick Bresnehan, former pitcher for the Arizona State University baseball team. Drafted 140th overall by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2006.
- Jennifer Trainor, a Boston based vocalist who just released her second album, "Let's get away from it all."
- Chad Urmston, of the rock groups Dispatch and State Radio.
- Mike Willey, former all league tackle on the Tufts University football team .