The vision for a new Dover High School, as articulated by teachers, administrators, students, and community members, was a fully integrated high school and Career Technical Center that facilitates a broad range of educational delivery methods and inspires hands-on exploration and learning.
When students and community members enter the school, they arrive at the Town Square, a central dining commons that acts as the heart of the school and unifies core spaces including the gym, auditorium, and publicly-focused CTE spaces, from culinary arts to cosmetology. Career tech programs are also fully integrated into the academic wings and visible so that students are engaged and immersed in a culture of making: alongside science classrooms are spaces for pre-engineering and biotechnology; art classrooms abut woodworking and building technology programs; academic spaces are adjacent to marketing and business CTC classrooms. Along with classroom and specialized learning spaces, each wing contains a Learning Commons with social spaces and student-centered learning nodes.