Dothan High School
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| Dothan High School | |
| Established | 1911 |
| School type | Public Secondary |
| Principal | Matt Humphrey |
| Location | 1236 South Oates Street Dothan, AL 36301 |
| Phone | (334) 794-1400 |
| Faculty | 92 |
| Enrollment | approx. 1,500 |
| Mascot | Tigers |
| Colors | Red, Black, and White |
| Yearbook | The Gargoyle |
| Website | http://www.dothan.k12.al.us/dhs/ |
Dothan High School is located in Dothan, Alabama
Dothan, Alabama
Dothan is a city located in the southeastern corner of the US state of Alabama, situated approximately west of the Georgia state line and north of Florida. It is the seat of Houston County, with portions extending into nearby Dale County and Henry County...
, USA. It is located on U.S. Highway 231 inside Ross Clark Circle,about a mile and a half north of the southern tip of Ross Clark Circle. The school is one of Dothan's two public high schools. Dothan High School enrolls students from the southern half of Dothan, while Northview High School
Northview High School (Dothan, Alabama)
Northview High School is a public co-educational institution encompassing 9th-12th grades. The high school is located in the southeastern portion of the state of Alabama in Dothan, Alabama and has the 36th largest high school student population in Alabama...
, the Tigers' cross town rival, enrolls students from the northern half of Dothan. The high school district roughly runs down U.S. Highway 84, which runs east to west through the heart of Dothan.
History
Dothan High School was built in 1911 and was first located on Burdeshaw Street. It was one of the most modern high schools in the state. When this school opened, the state required only three years of high school, but Dothan High went to a four-year curriculum in 1912. The George S. HoustonGeorge S. Houston
George Smith Houston was an American Democratic politician who was the 24th Governor of Alabama from 1874 to 1878....
Memorial Library is now on the former site of the Burdeshaw Street building. In 1942 this building was torn down and an elementary school was built on the site and named for Minnie T. Heard. The central section of the existing Dothan High facility on South Oates Street was built in 1939. Numerous additions have been made at various points through the years since, such that DHS has a full cafeteria, separate auditorium, and two full gymnasiums, with an additional gymnasium at the adjacent Doug Tew Recreation Center.
Sports
Dothan High fields 9 varsity teamVarsity team
In the United States and Canada, varsity sports teams are the principal athletic teams representing a college, university, high school or other secondary school. Such teams compete against the principal athletic teams at other colleges/universities, or in the case of secondary schools, against...
s, including football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, soccer, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, track
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, and cheerleading
Cheerleading
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teams. In addition, Dothan High club teams include boys' varsity and junior varsity, as well as girls' varsity and junior varsity teams.