Dover Area High School
December 2023
- December 2 - Saturday School 8-11 AM
- December 7 - DAHS Exceptional Highlights Activity Day
- December 13 - 3 Hour Early Dismissal
- December 16 - Saturday School 8-11 AM
- December 16 - Holiday Choir Concert 7PM
- December 19 - The Red Zone Open 6-9 PM
- December 22 - 3 Hour Early Dismissal & Winter Pep Rally
- December 23 - January 1 - Winter Break NO SCHOOL!
- January 4-5 - Literature Keystones
- January 6 & 9 - Biology Keystones
- January 10-11 - Algebra Keystones
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The Winter session of state-mandated Keystone Exams at Dover Area High School has been scheduled for January 4-11, 2023. The following students will take a winter 2023 exam:
- Students currently enrolled and will complete Algebra, Biology, or English II in Fall 2023
- Students in a Keystone Remediation Course
Retesters deemed necessary
The Keystone Exam is a digital exam for Algebra and Biology students will need to have their iPad fully charged for testing on each day they are testing. The Literature Exam will be paper/pencil.
Winter Keystone Exam Schedule
January 4 and 5 - Literature (3 hour window - 7:45-10:45)
January 8 and 9 - Biology (3 hour window - 7:45-10:45)
January 10 and 11 - Algebra (Periods 1 & 2)(3 hour window - 7:45-10:45)During the delay schedule times, students in grades 9 and 10 who are not testing will be working on asynchronous assignments in a non-testing room in the building. Juniors and Seniors who are not testing on these delayed schedule days are eligible to arrive at school by 10:40. Any Juniors who have not completed their Smart Futures lessons will be required to attend school at the regular 7:45 start time. Seniors failing any required courses for graduation are highly encouraged to report to school for assistance during this time. Seniors in this situation will be assigned to a room with a teacher to assist and supervise them.
For more information, please click on the link below for the Keystone Information Letter.
We need your help! On February 7, 2024 Junior Achievement of South Central PA will be at Dover Area High School with their STEM Summit Program. All students in 10th grade will be participating in the day-long event designed to explore careers in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math.
The goal of the STEM Summit is to inspire students to pursue an academic STEM focus in the remainder of their high school courses. After the completion of the STEM Summit, guidance counselors have a foundation to work with students on appropriate course work.
For this day to be a success, we will need volunteers to facilitate ONE of the STEM activities for the day as students rotate through your station. You do not need to have a STEM background to be a great volunteer! If we do not have these volunteer spots filled, we are in danger of not being able to run this meaningful event. Please also share this opportunity with friends, neighbors
and colleagues who may be interested in helping the students of our school. I have attached a flyer with all of the information for the day and a direct link for you to sign-up.
You do not have to be an approved school volunteer to help with this day. Junior Achievement will provide online training as well as on-site support to all volunteers. A light breakfast and lunch will also be available for volunteers. Please consider volunteering and join us as we spend the day empowering and inspiring our students. This opportunity is only possible with the support of wonderful volunteers like you.
To sign up to volunteer, click the link in the flyer or contact Shannon Baker, Vice President Program Operations, at sbaker@jascpa.org.
If you have updated your personal Apple devices to the latest version of IOS, there is an issue that was brought to our attention by our School Resource Officers:
IMPORTANT PRIVACY UPDATE: If you have an iPhone and have done the recent iOS 17 update, they have set a new feature called NameDrop defaulted to ON. This feature allows the sharing of your contact info by bringing two phones close together. Go to Settings, General, AirDrop, and Bringing Devices Together to shut this off. Change to OFF.
PARENTS: Don’t forget to change these settings after the update on your children’s phones to help keep them safe!
Additionally, we received the following information today from DHS concerning Google Chrome:
"Google has rolled out security updates to fix seven security issues in its Chrome browser, including a zero-day that has come under active exploitation in the wild.
https://thehackernews.com/2023/11/zero-day-alert-google-chrome-under.html"
We are working on sending the updates to school-issued devices; however, as with the IOS concern, you will want to check your software at home.
White Out T-shirts - $12
White Out T-shirts (for spirit day on 12/22) are being sold by order form. They are $12.00 each and due to The Red Zone next Friday, 12/8!
The Junior/Senior Prom date has been set for Saturday, May 11, 2024. Tickets will go on sale in the Spring for all Juniors and Seniors.
Are You Eligible To Attend?
In order to be eligible to attend school-sponsored dances, students must:
Be Conduct Eligible
No Tier 3 disciplinary infractions in the prior three months
Not have an excessive referral count -
Semester 1 - 5 or more referrals for the school year
Semester 2 - 10 or more referrals for the school year
Be Attendance Eligible
Absent for no more than 10% of school days to date, including excused and unexcused absences
Please keep this in mind as we move through the school year and get closer to Prom. Students who purchase a ticket in March or April but fail to meet the eligibility requirements due to poor attendance or a Tier 3 disciplinary infraction will have their money refunded if the tickets can be resold to another student on a wait list. No money will be refunded to students after May 4, 2024.
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