| Dorman High School | |
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| Address | |
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1050 Cavalier Way , 29376 United States | |
| Coordinates | 34°50′57″N 81°58′17″W / 34.849204°N 81.971290°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public |
| Motto | Virtus in Arduis |
| Established | 1964 |
| School district | Spartanburg County School District 6 |
| Principal | Bryant Roberson |
| Staff | 123.20 (FTE)[1] |
| Enrollment | 2,560 (2018-19)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 20.78[1] |
| Color(s) | Navy blue, Columbia blue, and White |
| Team name | Cavaliers |
| Website | dhs |
Paul M. Dorman High School is a high school located in Roebuck, South Carolina, United States. The school is part of Spartanburg County School District Six. It consists of a main campus for 10th-12th graders and a separate campus for 9th graders, and a College, Career, and Fine Arts Center. The center features an auditorium, multiple classrooms, an art gallery, kitchen, student center, and computer labs. The campus is located at the intersection of Interstate 26 and Highway 221 in Spartanburg County.
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Athletics and extracurricular activities
The 2016–17 boys basketball team won the state championship for the large schools, Division AAAAA.
Capacity
- Stadium: 13,000
- Arena: 3,200
- Fine Arts Center: 1,500
Traditions
Every year, Dorman students celebrate "Farmers Day" to commemorate the annual football game against Spartanburg High School. The tradition originates from Dorman's more rural placement and students as opposed to Spartanburg High School's traditionally more urban and affluent students, who would refer cajolingly to Dorman students as "farmers." Students typically take their vehicles "mudding" or "mud-slinging" in the days before the game in an outward display of rural pride and proclivity and wear overalls to school to celebrate a culture rooted in farming. School officials typically accommodate the observance of these activities by, for example, providing alternate parking for muddy trucks.
In 2009, Dorman defeated Byrnes High School 28–17 for the South Carolina State Championship in football. The teams met again during the next season on October 29, 2010 in a nationally televised rematch on ESPNU.
Fine arts
The high school has three theater classrooms and five different drama courses.
1985 hostage incident
On March 29, 1985, a fifteen year old freshman came to school with a loaded .38-caliber Colt revolver. Then teacher, Ms. Peggy Larson, who taught algebra, suspected one of her students of drinking and attempted to take him to the school's principal's office. The student then broke away, fled out a side door to his home. This student then returned to the school later the same day with his gun, and held four students hostage inside a classroom.
The incident lasted until a local pastor stepped into the classroom to talk down the student. The student was arrested, charged with four counts of kidnapping, and was then sent to Columbia, for a psychological evaluation. After that, the student was then sent to then Spartanburg General Hospital, now called Spartanburg Regional, psychiatric's unit. After being released, the student was placed on probation until his 21st birthday, as well as being barred from being on school grounds, or intimidating the victims of this incident. Due to the student's age, as he was a minor, his name was not released.[2]
Notable alumni
- JJ Arcega-Whiteside - professional football player for the Philadelphia Eagles
- Lee Bright - former South Carolina State Senator[3]
- Jeremy Clements - NASCAR Xfinity Series driver (Class of 2003)
- David Daniels – countertenor
- Daja Dial - Miss South Carolina 2015
- Adam Humphries - professional football player for the Tennessee Titans (Class of 2011)
- Charone Peake - professional football player for the New York Jets (Class of 2011)
- Marcus Rowland – South Carolina High School 100 meter dash record holder, currently runs track at Auburn University (Class of 2009)
- Ryan Sims – All ACC defensive lineman for the North Carolina Tar Heels and professional football player in the NFL (Class of 1998)
- Brandon Thomas - professional football player in the NFL (Class of 2009)
- Steven Tolleson – professional baseball player in Major League Baseball
- D. J. Trahan – professional golfer, PGA Tour (Class of 1999)
See also
- List of high schools in South Carolina
- List of attacks related to secondary schools
- Gun violence in the United States
References
- ^ a b c "Dorman High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 12, 2020.
- ^ Prevatte, Pam. "Student gunman took hostages in Spartanburg 14 years ago It happened here". GoUpstate. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
- ^ "Lee Bright's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved November 17, 2013.