Fort Dorchester High School

Fort Dorchester High School
Address
8500 Patriot Blvd
North Charleston, SC
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 Bert Postell
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 and 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. Fort Dorchester offers chorus, theatre, art, photography, dance, and much more. 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 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] Fort Dorchester's stadium is named after former head coach John Bagwell, who coached the football team from the school's opening until his death in 2002.

Fort was state wrestling champion for the 2006-2007 and 2009-2010 seasons.

The Men's Varsity Basketball Team went 13-1 in the 2009-2010 season. Their only loss to Goose Creek.

Fort Dorchester Men's Varsity Golf took 1st place in the state in the 2011 season.

The football team in the 2015-2016 season also went undefeated and won the state championship against Dorman high school.

Fort Dorchester is also home to a 52ft scoreboard in Bagwell Stadium. It has been named the largest high school scoreboard in the state.

As of 2016, the school has become 5AAAAA and is part of the first generation of 5AAAAA schools in South Carolina.

Notable alumni

Demographics

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

Demographic Percent
Black 41.1
White 45.3
Other 13.6

References

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

External links

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