Dover Area High School

Dover Area High School is a midsized, suburban public high school located at 4500 Intermediate Avenue in Dover, Pennsylvania. In 2014, enrollment was reported as 1,009 pupils in 9th through 12th grades.^[2]

Dover Area High School
Address
1600 Intermediate Avenue Dover , York County , Pennsylvania 17315 United States
Coordinates	39.999°N 76.852°W / 39.999; -76.852
Information
Type	Public
Motto	"Accepting Only Excellence"
Principal	Big J Jettas
Teaching staff	63.00 (FTE)[1]
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1,013 (2023-2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	16.08[1]
Language	English
Color(s)	Red, Silver/White and Black
Athletics conference	Greater York Conference
Mascot	Eagles
Newspaper	The Eagles Eye
Website	http://www.doversd.org/ former site -https://www.edline.net/pages/Dover_Area_School_District

Alternatively, Dover Area High School students may choose to attend York County School of Technology for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The Lincoln Intermediate Unit IU12 provides the school with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars

The Dover Area School District's students have access to a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive sports program. The district is part of the York-Adams League for sports.

Sports

The Dover Area School District funds:

Boys Baseball - AAA Basketball- AAA Cross Country - AA Football - AAA Golf - AAA Soccer - AA Swimming and Diving - AAA Tennis - AAA Track and Field - AAA Volleyball - AA Wrestling - AAA

Girls Basketball - AAAA Cheer - AAAA Cross Country - AAA Field Hockey - AAA Golf - AAA Soccer (Fall) - AAA Softball - AAA Swimming and Diving - AA Girls' Tennis - AAA Track and Field - AAA Volleyball - AAA E-Sports

Intermediate School Sports

Boys Basketball Cross Country Football Soccer Wrestling

Girls Basketball Cross Country Field Hockey Soccer (Fall) volleyball

According to PIAA directory July 2012 ^[3] According to PIAA directory July 2013 ^[4]

Notable alumni

• Ray Krone, wrongfully convicted of murder
• John Kuhn, football player
• Felito Medina, PettyPineapple LLC
• Jeff Koons, artist

See also

• Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District - ruling against the school district which had required the presentation of "intelligent design" as an alternative to evolution as an "explanation of the origin of life."