Notice of Class Action Settlement to Students
Click here for Notice of Class Action Settlement to students who have attended or will attend Dorsey High School between May 29, 2014 and June 30, 2020, (and their parents and guardians).
View ArticleDorsey Visits Walk A Mile In My Shoes Display
The initial display, a redesign of two traffic medians, opened to the public at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard and Rodeo Road in Los Angeles. The display features photographs of the shoes of...
View Article2015-2016 School Experience Survey
Survey administration is from January 19th to February 11th, 2016. Students and parents have paper surveys distributed at school sites, but may choose to take their surveys online. School staff members...
View Article"Like father, like son: Lafayette Dorsey Jr. stars for Dons"
"Back in 1986, the year Stevie Thompson was leading Crenshaw High to City Section basketball dominance, there was an All-City guard, Lafayette Dorsey, playing for the Dorsey Dons. Thirty years later,...
View ArticleDorsey Dons Conquer Marathon!
Dorsey runners Racine Camara and Mike Sheehan are interviewed by KTLA Christina Pascucci after finishing the Los Angeles Marathon. Racine Camara is a 10th grade student at Dorsey who hopes to attend...
View ArticleInside the LAUSD/KLCS African American History Month
Superintendent Michelle King talks, in a two part Inside the LAUSD episode on KLCS, with Dorsey School High Principal Dr. Reginald Sample and Student Body President Alex Madueke and Administrator of...
View ArticleBorn To Talk! w' Marsha Wietecha
Guests on Born to Talk! w' Marsha Wietecha include Motivated Men from Dorsey High Dave Richardson (President), Charlie Moorehead, Willard Love, and Steve Bagby, with Dorsey High and Motivated Men...
View ArticleDr. Reginald Sample Top 50 UC Irvine Graduate
Dr. Reginald Sample was "selected to be one of the top 50 graduate and postdoctoral scholar alumni to be highlighted at UC Irvine's Celebration of Graduate Success." "It is because of your outstanding...
View ArticleFour Dorsey Students Accepted to UCLA
Congratulations to four Dorsey students who were accepted to UCLA (one of the top 15 universities in the world) out of 97,000 first year applicants. Special acknowledgement to the UCLA Administration...
View Article54 More Dorsey Students Receive College Acceptance Letters
More college acceptance letters expected. Check back here frequently
View ArticlePrincipal's Perspective: Views on Culturally Proficient Leadership
As an African-American instructional leader of a school community that is reflective of my culture. I commend AEMP for leading the charge to ensure that culturally and linguistically responsive...
View ArticleDorsey Students Won Over $100K in Culinary Arts Scholarships
Click here to link to ABC Channel 7 News coverage of Careers through Culinary Arts Program C-CAP Offers Scholarships for High School Chefs
View ArticleDorsey Business Students Get $2500 & Job Offers from TJX
Five $2,500 scholarships, seven job offers, and twenty-seven certificates were presented to Dorsey students for completing the TJX Companies, Inc. Youth Business Institute. Thanks to Richard Pickett...
View ArticleCelebrating Classified Employee Week
"This Sunday marks the beginning of Classified School Employee Week. We could not function without the Everyday Heroes who create welcoming and warm school environments, drive students to school,...
View ArticleDorsey Parent Center Ribbon Cutting
The Dorsey Parent Center Ribbon Cutting and Parent Appreciation Day on Friday, May 20. included distinguished guests Mark Hovatter, LAUSD Chief Facilities Executive and Dr. George McKenna, LAUSD...
View ArticleSigning Day
Under the watchful eye of Dr. Gaston, Assistant Principal in charge of athletics, Christopher Floyd (Student Body Treasurer) and Alexander Madueke (Student Body President) sign letters of intent to...
View ArticleClass of 2016 spotlight: Dorsey grad’s fields of dreams extend to...
Click here to link to this part of a series of stories about outstanding members of the Class of 2016 by the LAUSD Office of Communications.
View Article80% of Peter Burns special education class play on the Varsity Games Team
Peter Burns teaches a self-contained special education class, and also serves as the head coach for the Varsity Games Teams at Dorsey HS. Click here to link to Palaestra article page 55 and 59.
View ArticleDorsey Baseball Brings The Shock
The players of the Dorsey baseball team have a motto: S.T.N., which means “shock the nation.” The work the Dons do both on and off field is enough to shock anyone. “The kids with autism allowed these...
View ArticleClass of 2016 spotlight: Student-athlete tackles obstacles head-on, wins...
"Chemistry teacher John Sims recognized his potential and reached out to (Earl Nevils III)." Click here to link to full LAUSD Daily article by Gayle Pollard-Terry from the LAUSD Office of...
View ArticleDorsey Students Are Trained For Careers in Video Production
The Career Technical Education (CTE) program at Dorsey High School has a video production department that is preparing students to enter the workforce as film makers, camera operators, and editors. The...
View ArticleDorsey Students Learn the Importance of HBCU's at the Black College Expo
“We are a group attempting to eliminate the stereotypes of young black men,” said Darryl McKellar, a teacher at Dorsey. “We wanted to get them some exposure to what’s out there. Not just colleges, but...
View ArticleCalifornia Highway Patrol flips pancakes and scrambles eggs for Dorsey High...
The California Highway Patrol Community Engagement and Recruitment Team (CERT) invited the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) and the Los Angeles School Police Department (LASPD) to join them for a...
View ArticleDorsey Football Players Sign With Division I Programs
Two Dorsey football players earned athletic scholarships and signed with universities. Wide receiver JarellMickens will take his talents to Alabama A&M University and safety Marquette Jackson will...
View ArticleDorsey High School/CalArts Hip Hop Music Video Workshop
CAP Hip Hop Music Video @ Dorsey High School teaches students the history and techniques of rapping, beat-making, sampling, breakdancing, and lyric-writing in order to create music and choreography for...
View ArticleThe Standard’s Outstanding Student Athlete: Dorsey’s Kyle LaFlora
LaFlora’s baseball career began at Rowley Park in Inglewood, and he eventually moved over to Baldwin Hills Park. From an early age, he felt that he was a very good player.
View ArticleThe Dorsey High School Inaugural Hutchinson Football-Scholar Awardees
After the Presentation by L.A. Urban Policy Roundtable President Earl Ofari Hutchinson and Jonathan Franklin L.A. Rams Community Relations.
View ArticleDorsey and CalArts Partners to Bring Animation Program
This school year, CalArts alumna Yasmin Joyner is teaching the new CAP animation class — part of the Dorsey Media Academy — sponsored by Tony Bennett and Susan Benedetto’s Exploring the Arts...
View ArticleWinter Plus – Credit Recovery Program
“Winter Plus” is a concentrated effort that will provide an accelerated credit recovery option through Individualized Instruction Labs. This will take place during winter break and 10 Saturdays to...
View ArticleCongratulations to Dorsey's Isaiah Smalls for Early Entry to Oregon State! We...
Smalls helped lead Dorsey to the CIFLACS Division I Championship game after winning its first three games by a combined 146-35 score. First-team all-city and all-league at Dorsey. Earned academic honor...
View ArticleTeam Heal Honors Dorsey High School's Alejandra Merriman
Alex joined the Team HEAL Foundation in July of 2014 when she became the certified athletic trainer for Dorsey High School. She provides sports medicine services to about 300 student-athletes through...
View ArticleDorsey's 3rd Annual Health & Wellness Fair - April 21st
Dorsey is excited to be hosting the 3rd annual health and wellness fair April 21st from 10a to 2p. The fair is open to our students and community. The purpose of this event is to bring health awareness...
View ArticleDorsey High School Students Bring Their Voices to DC March
Dorsey High School students talk about why they're going to the nation's capital to join a March for Our Lives event. Video broadcast Thursday March 22, 2018.
View ArticleYes! That’s My Dress! Prom Dress Pop Up Tour - April 19th
Dorsey High School will have the honor to partnership and participate in AT&T/Macy’s/Becca’s Closet/I’m Not Barbie National Dress Drive on April 19, 2018. The event will begin at 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm...
View ArticleDorsey Video Dons Screen at the BHERC this Saturday!!! - April 28th
This Red-Carpet Event will be held Saturday, April 28th at Raleigh Studios! Saturday morning's Youth Festival is also free to the public, at Raleigh Studios, 5300 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90038,...
View ArticleDorsey Video Honored - BHERC Opening Night - Friday, April 27th!!!
We are inviting EVERYONE to the Black Hollywood Education & Resource Center (BHERC) Opening Night Program, which will be held April 27, 2018, at 7:00pm, at the Nate Holden Performing Arts Center...
View ArticleDorsey Video Dons Shine in the CalArts Summer Film Institute at the LAUSD...
Dorsey Video Dons have done it again! We have been accepted into the 4th Annual LAUSD Film Festival for the 2nd Year in a row! Congratulations to our hard working video production student, Alex...
View ArticleDorsey High School Annual Career Day is March 24, 2018!
Career Awareness Day is geared towards educating our students about the wide variety of future career opportunities, as they will one day contribute in our global economy. By exposing our students to...
View ArticleDorsey Football Camp
The ILM Foundation and the Dorsey Football Foundation are presenting the Annual Go Beyond the Game Football Camp on Saturday June 2nd @ Dorsey High School from 9AM-1 PM. Registration will start at 8 AM...
View ArticleIntroducing the First Annual Dorsey Video Don (DVD) Newsletter!
With so many great things on the horizon, take a moment to reflect with us on all of the strides Dorsey Digital Film has made thus far. Make sure to download our DVD and celebrate with us all the hard...
View ArticleClass of 2019: Make-Up Senior Pictures
Make-up Senior pictures can be taken ANY Saturday at the Fotorama studio in Gardena between the hours of 9am-2pm, no appointment needed. Picture packets are available in our main office or online on...
View ArticleClass of 2019: Fundraising Activity
Senior Parent Fundraising Committee has our first fundraising event on Saturday June 23, 2019 at Cerritos College
View Article2018 Innovation Conference
Dorsey High School Partnered with Bernstein, Crenshaw, and Hawkins High School under the direction of Local District West Director, Carmina Narcoda, to present Innovative Teaching Techniques for the...
View ArticleRising NFL Star Jaydon Mickens Comes ‘Out The Mud’ to Give Back
Mickens follows other Dorsey Don legends and past NFL WR greats in Keyshawn Johnson, Butch Johnson, Dennis Northcutt, Antonio Chapman, Aaron Cox and a stellar list of ex Don receivers who made an...
View ArticleCalArts Summer Film & VAPA Academy Celebration!!! - July 21st
Did you hear the news? We’re celebrating CAPSA Artists at Susan Miller Dorsey Senior High School, July 21, 2018! 10am-4pm Make sure to eat at our Official Food Truck @billionareburgerboyz #VivaCAPSA
View ArticleOctober is College Awareness Month!
At Dorsey, we remain dedicated to academic excellence and success. We firmly believe with a strong scholastic foundation and diversity in opportunities, our Dons can soar to uncharted heights. As we...
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