Dutchtown High School (Louisiana)
high school in Geismar, Louisiana, Louisiana, United States
Dutchtown High School is a 5A, comprehensive public high school in Geismar, an unincorporated area of Ascension Parish in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is within the Ascension Parish School Board. Dutchtown Middle and Bluff Middle Schools feed into Dutchtown High. The architecture is based on that of the old Dutchtown High, which was situated across the highway at the current Dutchtown Middle School.
History
According to the Louisiana School Performance Scores/Letter Grades released by the Louisiana Department of Education, Dutchtown High School is an "A" school and is the #1 high-performing open-enrollment public high school in the state of Louisiana.
In 2017, Dutchtown High School was named a 2017 World-Leading Learner and was invited to join the Global Learning Network (GLN), a community of educators from schools that develop, practice, and share innovative approaches to education.
In the Fall of 2024, Prairieville High School opened to relieve a large portion of Dutchtown's enrollment.
Administration
Dutchtown High's administration is structured as follows:
Barry Whittington - Principal
Academics
DTHS has Honors, Advanced Placement, and Dual Enrollment programs.
Certifications Offered
IBC stands for Industry Board Certification
Freshman Academy
The Freshman Academy at Dutchtown High School is divided into four teams - black, white, silver, and purple - and students are placed on a team that consists of the same english, math, science, and social studies teachers. Each week, each team selects a Student of the Week.
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