Dover High School and Regional Career Technical Center Information Update Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Dover High School and Regional Career Technical Center Information Update

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

COVID-19 Protocols in Place for the Start of School

The Dover School Board updated the District’s 2021-2022 Re-Entry Plan at a meeting held on Monday, August 25, 2021.  The information below reflects the current COVID-19 protocols that will be in place when students return to school next week.  The start of school schedule can be found below.

1. The New Hampshire Department of Health and Human Services metric currently places community transmission of COVID-19 at substantial.  Because of that, masks (not bandanas or gaiters) will be required of all staff, students, and visitors when they are in the building.  Masks are not required outside.

2. You will find attached a health screener for families to use with their students each day.  If your student(s) do not pass the screener, it is requested that the student(s) stay at home.

3. In accordance with federal guidelines, masks are required on buses used for transporting students to school and for co- or extracurricular activities.

4. All attempts will be made to provide three feet of social distancing in classrooms and six feet in areas where students are eating.

You will find attached the most recent version of Protocols Applied to Pandemic Education (PAPE) that was adopted by the Dover School Board on Monday, August 23, 2021.

Meals

Free breakfast and lunch will again be provided to all students this year.  Families that qualify for free or reduced lunch should still complete a Freed and Reduced Application which can be found at this link.  Free and Reduced Lunches - Food Services - Dover School District

Questions concerning the Free and Reduced Form should be directed to Lucinda Shattuck at 516-6708.

Athletics

You will find attached the protocols for athletics for the fall season.  Please note the information on spectators for indoor events.

Start of School Schedule

The 21-22 Academic Year calendar is attached.  The information below provides specific details for the first two weeks.

                Tuesday, August 31^st- Freshmen and Sophomore Orientation- All freshmen and sophomores will have orientation on Tuesday, August 31^st from 7:40 am to 12:00 pm.  Bus students will be picked up at their normal morning bus time and dropped off after orientation.  Freshmen will pick up schedules in the Town Square and report to the gymnasium.  Sophomores will report to their Advisory.  Returning sophomores will be in the same advisory as last year.  Advisory information can be found in Infinite Campus and will be posted on the outside doors and throughout the building. Students will run through both their Green Day and their White Day schedules, getting the opportunity to meet all their teachers.

                Wednesday, September 1^st- All students report to school for a full school day.  School begins at 7:40 am and ends at 2:30 pm.  Students will report directly to Block 1 and follow their Green Day schedule.

                Thursday, September 2^nd- All students report to school for a full school day.  School begins at 7:40 am and ends at 2:30 pm.  Students will report directly to Block 1 and follow their White Day schedule.

                Friday, September 3rd- No school for the Labor Day Recess.

                Monday, September 6^th - No school for the Labor Day Recess.

                Tuesday, September 7^th - No school due to Teacher Workshop Day.

                Wednesday, September 8^th - All students report to school for a full school day.  Students follow their Green Day Schedule.

                Thursday, September 9^th - All students report to school for a full school day.  Students follow their White Day Schedule.

                Friday, September 10^th - All students report to school for a full school day.  Students follow their Green Day Schedule.

                Monday, September 13^th - All students report to school for a full school day.  Students follow their White Day Schedule.

The Green and White schedule continues without interruption.  If we have a day(s) off that simply means that the day you return you pick up where you left off.  For example, Thursday, September 2^nd is a White Day.  The next scheduled school day is Wednesday, September 8^th.  That makes Wednesday, September 8^th a Green Day.

School Supplies

Please hold off on purchasing more than a few writing utensils and a notebook.  Teachers will let students know what they need on the first day of class. 

Bus Information

Bus passes will be distributed to students in their Advisory when they return to school.

Dover Students- Bussing is provided to Dover students who live more than two miles from school.  You will find the Dover bus routes and the School Transportation Policy attached.

Nottingham Students- There is only one bus this year with a limit of 51 riders. Please contact Kelly Dobe at [email protected] or call 736-9786 to sign up for the bus.

Barrington- Barrington students should email Ginger @ [email protected] or call 736-9786 for bus sign up.

Infinite Campus

Students show right now as fully virtual, AG, and BW, or possibly a middle school designation in Infinite Campus and will continue to do so until 8/27/21.  This is a function of our student management system. All students are scheduled for in-person for the upcoming academic year.

Senior Parking Information

Seniors can continue signing up for parking passes next week.  Please review the information below that was sent out to seniors in the mail.

Students must have cleared up all obligations before their application will be processed.

To provide students with more opportunities to take care of this process multiple days and times will be made available for the purchase of parking permits by seniors.  Seniors may sign up for a parking permit during the following times in the Main Office of Dover High School.

Tuesday, August 17^th through Thursday, August 19^th from 9 AM to 11AM and 1PM to 3 PM

Wednesday, August 25^th through Friday, August 27^th from 9 AM to 11AM and 1PM to 3 PM

As in years past additional time will be afforded to seniors to purchase parking passes at the beginning of the school year.

To expedite the process, students should come prepared with the following:

Senior Parking Information

Seniors can continue signing up for parking passes next week.  Please review the information below that was sent out to seniors in the mail.

Students must have cleared up all obligations before their application will be processed.

To provide students with more opportunities to take care of this process multiple days and times will be made available for the purchase of parking permits by seniors.  Seniors may sign up for a parking permit during the following times in the Main Office of Dover High School.

Tuesday, August 17^th through Thursday, August 19^th from 9 AM to 11AM and 1PM to 3 PM

Wednesday, August 25^th through Friday, August 27^th from 9 AM to 11AM and 1PM to 3 PM

As in years past additional time will be afforded to seniors to purchase parking passes at the beginning of the school year.

To expedite the process, students should come prepared with the following:

1. Copy of a valid driver’s license
2. Copy of vehicle registration
3. $177.00 in the form of a check, money order or cash .Please make checks payable to Dover High School
4. Completed two-sided Parking Regulations and Application form with student and parent signatures.

   Junior Parking

   The information below pertaining to parking was shared with juniors in the mailing sent out last week.

   Juniors may park in the Bellamy Lot at Bellamy Field or in the Junior Lot behind the South End Fire Station without a permit on September 1^st, 2^nd, 8^th, 9^th, and 10th.   During this time, the application process for parking permits will be taking place.

   Students must have cleared up all obligations before their application will be processed.

   Juniors may drop off completed parking applications and payment beginning Wednesday, September 1st in the Main Office.  The window for applications will close on Friday, September 10th^th at 3:00 PM.  It is important to understand that the order in which applications are submitted throughout the week does NOT matter. In the event of a need for a lottery the winners will be posted outside the Main Office on Monday, September 13^th.  Student winners may pick up their permits before or after school or during their lunch in the Main Office, not during class time, to prevent missing instruction time
   
   

   To expedite the parking application process, students should come prepared with the following:

   1. Copy of a valid Driver’s License

   2. Copy of the registration for the vehicle to be parked on campus

   3. Payment of $177 in the form of check, money order or cash.  Please make checks payable to Dover High School.

   4. Completed Parking Regulations and Application and Permit Application with student and parent signatures.  Please be sure both sides of this document are completed.

   Medical Documentation

   Please provide the Health Office with any new medical documentation or with pre-existing conditions of which the school is not aware.

   Counseling Department Information

   The Counseling Office has a limited number of appointments between August 16^th and August 27^th.  Requests are handled in as timely a fashion as possible due to summer staffing models.  Students also have the six day Add/Drop period at the beginning of the academic year to potentially adjust their schedules.  This year the add/drop period will run from Wednesday, September 1^st through Monday, September 13^th.

   Lockers

   We have found that many students do not want or use a locker.  Starting with the Class of 2025 (this year’s freshmen), we will ask freshmen to request a locker if that is their desire.  Freshmen received information in the mailing that went out last week about this process.  Please complete the form that was in the mailing and return to Ms. Graves in the Counseling Office.  They will assign the locker.  Sophomores, juniors, and seniors will use their same lockers.  Their locker information can be found in Infinite Campus.
   
   

   Yearbook Information for Seniors

   Please find attached a document that outlines information concerning yearbooks for seniors specifically and how yearbooks can be ordered.  Josten’s has updated the submission URL to https://images.jostens.com/416204455 (Enter the DHS photo submission code: 416204455).  This change is reflected in the attached document with guidelines for yearbook submissions.

   Yearbook Information for 21-22

   BUY YOUR YEARBOOK- Don’t forget to purchase a DHS 2022 yearbook at jostensyearbooks.com.  

   Pricing Schedule

   $55.00 from September 1^st through November 20^th

   $60.00 from November 21^st through January 29^th

   $65.00 starting January 30^th