Fort Dorchester High School

Fort Dorchester High School
Address
8500 Patriot Blvd.
North Charleston, South Carolina
United States
Coordinates 32°55′35″N 80°6′40″W / 32.92639°N 80.11111°W / 32.92639; -80.11111Coordinates: 32°55′35″N 80°6′40″W / 32.92639°N 80.11111°W / 32.92639; -80.11111
Information
Type Public high school
Motto Pride In Excellence
Established 1992
School district Dorchester School District Two
Principal Tripp Aldredge
Faculty 120+
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 2,300
Campus City
Color(s) Red, blue, and silver
              
Mascot Patriots
Rivals Summerville, Wando, Ashley Ridge, Stratford
Newspaper Patriot News
Yearbook Patriot Yearbook
Website www.edlinesites.net/pages/fort_dorchester_high_school

Fort Dorchester High School is a public high school located in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States. It is one of the three high schools in Dorchester School District Two.

Academics

The school offers Honors and Advanced Placement elective courses for students. It also offers the world-renowned International Baccalaureate (IB) program. Advanced Placement is offered for AP Physics 1, Calculus AB, English Language, English Literature, European History, US History, US Government, Computer Science A, and numerous college-level art classes for students.

Fine arts

The Fort Dorchester High School Marching Patriots performing at half-time at the state championship FDHS vs Dorman at the University of South Carolina stadium in 2015

The school has a wide range of fine arts, including chorus, theatre, art, photography,and dance. The band program at Fort Dorchester offers concert band, jazz band, wind ensemble, symphonic band, percussion ensemble, world percussion, indoor percussion, winter guard and marching band.

The indoor percussion and winter guard place won 1st and the CWEA championships in 2015.

Athletics

Fort Dorchester High School's mascot is the Patriot, and its colors are red, blue, and silver. Their rivals are Summerville High School and Ashley Ridge High School.

The football team went 15-0 and won their first ever 4A State Championship for their 2015 season.[1]

Demographics

To ease overcrowding in Fort Dorchester, the district built the new Ashley Ridge High School, which opened in the fall of 2008. Fort Dorchester was built to hold 2,300 students.

Demographic Percent
Black 41.1
White 45.3
Other 13.6

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "Congratulations to our Undefeated Fort Dorchester Patriots 2015 State AAAA - Division 1 Champs". Patriot Football. Retrieved 25 December 2015.
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