School History
The school opened to students in the autumn of 1959 and the first class graduated in 1962. During the consolidation of New Castle County schools in the mid-1960s, Dickinson High School became the only high school in the Stanton School District. In 1978, it was merged into the New Castle County Consolidated School District and then incorporated into the new Red Clay Consolidated School District in 1981.
On January 15, 1995, a substantial portion of the school was damaged by fire, closing the school for several months. Students and teachers shared the space of nearby rival McKean High School, with McKean students attending classes from roughly six a.m. until noon and Dickinson students in class from roughly noon until six p.m. Fears that the graduating class of 1995 would not be able to hold their commencement at JDHS didn't come true, and the ceremony was held that year on the JDHS football field per tradition. Then-U.S. Senator Joe Biden was the speaker.
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