Dover Area High School

Excellent! My son was in private school during part of his elementary years but I transferred him to public to be challenged. Now he is number 1 in his class and his PSAT scores are remarkable, his grades are excellent and he is continuing to take AP and honors class all while in the marching band

As a parent of three children that all attend Dover school district I am very pleased with the schools. Parents have to get involved.

I have been a student of this school for three years and it is absolutely baffling. The system in place to teach students removes any sort of connection to the teacher, exceptions only made when the teacher knows that to be human and to not act like a robot makes the experience worthwhile for all parties involved. This is heightened by the fact that, in a class with terrible students, any student who strives to learn and get good grades has to fight an uphill war. None of the staff members actually try to maintain the classroom, many teachers even laughing along with the students and wasting everybody's time. This has happened with at least one class every semester for the last three years. When the student who tries to learn like this gives up, they're the ones who get reprimanded by both teacher and the administration, while the root of the problem is untouched (the English department, though, is the exception, as well as some other teachers). Couple this with the unbearable stupidity of the administration's decisions (changing the set up of class structure every year, for example) and it's a sum of a school that is just intolerable.

I had 3 students that attended Dover Area HS. The school is great. The teachers along with the Principal and Vice Principal really make an effort to connect with the students, parent and community. Relocating to MI and my kids now attend another highs chool has made me appreciate all of the hard work that is done by the Dover SD.