Dixie High School (Utah)

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Dixie High School
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Location
Dixie High School (Utah)
350 E 700 S

Saint George
,
Utah 84770

United States
Coordinates 37°05′45″N113°34′35″W / 37.09583°N 113.57639°W / 37.09583; -113.57639
Information
Type Public
MottoPace Deo a Posse ad Esse (In God's peace from possibility to actuality)
Established1911
School district Washington County School District
PrincipalWarren Brooks
Teaching staff56.13 (FTE) [1]
Enrollment1,209 (2023–2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio21.54 [1]
Color(s)Blue and white    [2]
MascotFreddie on the fly
Team nameFlyers [2]
Website Dixie High School website

Dixie High School is a public secondary school, in St. George, Utah, United States. Belonging to the Washington County School District, it is a Utah Class 4A school of Region 9 (2023-2025 classification) [3] and reported 1,248 students in October 2018. [4] The school's mascot is the Flyers and is represented by a World War I-era biplane pilot.

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History

Academy Building, original home of Dixie High School Artsbldgstgeout.jpg
Academy Building, original home of Dixie High School

Dixie High School traces its history back to the September 1911 opening of the St. George Stake Academy, which was the first successful secondary school in St. George. [5] [6] Eventually, the academy incorporated "Dixie" into its name (after a regional nickname), becoming Dixie Academy (and later Dixie College). [7]

The tradition of whitewashing the word "DIXIE" on a sandstone rock formation overlooking the St. George valley (the Sugarloaf) began in 1913. [8]

In 1963, Dixie High School was split from Dixie College (which eventually became Utah Tech University). [9]

New campus

Up through its separation with Dixie College, the high school had remained at its original 1911 campus. In March 1965, the school district awarded Carter Brothers Construction Company of Cedar City, Utah the contract to build a new 28-acre (11 ha) campus for the high school along St. George's 700 South street. [10] [11] The new campus first opened for classes on August 31, 1966, followed by a public open house and dedication in December 1966. Designed by architect Paul K. Evans, the high school contained 74,000 square feet (6,900 m2) of space. Between the classrooms, laboratories, shop areas, and gymnasium there were 19 teaching areas, plus an 800-person auditorium, library, and lunchroom, along with teacher work rooms and administrative offices. [12] [13]

By the late-1990s, the campus was no longer up to current standards and the school board began the process of replacing the ageing buildings. [14] The first phase of the project constructed a new 36,028-square-foot (3,347.1 m2) building with an auditorium and classrooms for band, drama, and choir. Completed in 2001, the first production in the new auditorium was "Peter Pan." [15] [16] In 2004, a three-story classroom and administrative wing was opened. Constructed on the south end of the 2001 auditorium and music building, this wing added 154,000 square feet (14,300 m2) space to the school. Most of the old high school campus was then torn down, except for the CTE building and an old gymnasium. An additional gymnasium, along with new exercise and locker facilities were then added to the surviving gymnasium, creating an athletics building on part of the former footprint of the 1966 school. [16] [17] A section of floor bearing the school's crest was salvaged from the 1966 building for placement in the new high school. [18]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Dixie High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Dixie High School". Utah High School Activities Association. Retrieved 2024-04-17.
  3. ↑ https://www.uhsaa.org/realignment/2023-25%5B%5D Regions.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
  4. ↑ "Enrollment Statistics".
  5. ↑ Forbes, Casie (February 9, 2014). "Dixie High School: Soaring to new heights". The Spectrum . St. George, Utah. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Kevin (October 24, 2014). "Amid DSU homecoming week, Dixie High celebrates history". The Spectrum . St. George, Utah. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  7. ↑ Gregerson, Edna J. (1993). Dixie College: Monument to the Industry of a Dedicated People. Salt Lake City: Franklin Quest Co. pp. 66, 145.
  8. ↑ "The Dixie Sugarloaf". wchsutah.org. St. George, Utah: Washington County Historical Society. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  9. ↑ "Dixie High To Open August 31". Washington County News. St. George, Utah. June 6, 1963. p. 1. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
  10. ↑ "Bid Opening on New High School March 16". Washington County News. St. George, Utah. February 11, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  11. ↑ "School Board Names Contract Winner". Washington County News. St. George, Utah. March 25, 1965. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  12. ↑ "New Dixie High School Will Open August 31st". Washington County News. St. George, Utah. August 18, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  13. ↑ "New High School To Be Dedicated On Monday". Washington County News. St. George, Utah. December 8, 1966. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  14. ↑ Sullivan, Tracie (June 30, 1999). "Dixie High School remodeling phase Ok'd". The Color Country Spectrum . St. George, Utah. pp. A1, A8.
  15. ↑ Millis, Kristin (November 10, 2001). "Dixie High flying high with 'Peter Pan'". The Spectrum . St. George, Utah. p. A8. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  16. 1 2 Zhang, Jane (May 24, 2004). "Out with the old: Teachers, students, alumni say goodbye to old Dixie High". The Spectrum . St. George, Utah. pp. A1, A8. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  17. ↑ Olsen, Rachel (September 5, 2004). "New building — same old ways". The Spectrum . St. George, Utah. pp. A1, A8. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  18. ↑ Nielsen, Kallee (June 9, 2004). "The walls come down at Dixie High". The Spectrum . St. George, Utah. p. A1. Retrieved July 25, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Head Coach Kelly Graves" (PDF). 2012–13 Gonzaga Women's Basketball Media Guide. Gonzaga University Sports Information. p. 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 5, 2013. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
  20. ↑ Hinton, Jay, Hurst's Chinese team to play on Dixie field, Deseret Morning News, April 2, 2007, retrieved May 19, 2007
  21. ↑ SI.com Doug Jolley player page, NFL Tight End 2002-2006, retrieved May 4, 2007
  22. ↑ Scout.com: Doug Jolley Profile lists high school and college attended, retrieved May 4, 2007
  23. ↑ "DHS grad dies in cave incident". The Spectrum.
  24. ↑ BYU HOF Profile [ permanent dead link ]
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