D. W. Daniel High School

D. W. Daniel High School (or Daniel High School) is a comprehensive public high school serving students in grades nine through twelve in the town of Central, South Carolina, United States. Besides Central, it also serves Clemson and Six Mile. It is in Pickens County and is the one of four high schools administered by the School District of Pickens County (SDPC) (or Pickens 01). The Daniel Lions football team are a multiple time 3A state champion in the SCHSL.

D. W. Daniel High School
Blue and gold crest of D. W. Daniel High School
Address
140 Blue and Gold Boulevard

Central, South Carolina
29630

United States
Coordinates34°44′20.5″N 82°49′48.4″W
Information
School typePublic
MottoE Tribus Unum
(One out of three)
OpenedAugust 1955 (1955-08)
School districtPickens County School District (SDPC)
NCES District ID4503330[1]
AuthoritySouth Carolina Department of Education (SCDE)
NCES School ID450333000899[2]
PrincipalAdam Russell
Teaching staff57.00 (FTE)[3]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,165 (2019–20)[3]
Student to teacher ratio20.04[3]
Classes offeredRegular,
Advanced Placement and AP
Campus size92.78 acres (37.55 ha)
Color(s)Columbia blue and gold
  
Athletics conferenceAAA Upper State
MascotLion
Team nameDaniel Lions
AccreditationAdvancED (1966–)
USNWR ranking1734 (USA)
12 (SC)[4]
Communities servedCentral, Clemson, Six Mile
AffiliationSouth Carolina High School League
Websitedhs.pickens.k12.sc.us

History

D. W. Daniel High School was named for educator David Wistar Daniel (1867–1961), who taught in public schools for nine years and then taught English for 49 years at Clemson College and eventually served as the Dean of the School of Arts and Sciences there.[5]

Daniel High was established in 1955 to consolidate three rural high schools:[6] Central, Clemson and Six Mile. Hence arose the school's motto of E Tribus Unum (Latin: one, out of three).

A new school building replaced the old one in 2012.

Campus

The original 64.7 acres (26.2 ha) campus site served the community until construction of new US$36,691,453 facilities that began in June 2010. The new 227,950 square feet (21,177 m2) academic facilities and its 92.78 acres (37.55 ha) campus opened for the start of the 2012–13 school year at the same campus location as the old facility. The new Daniel High School is built with administration and guidance areas, cafeteria and kitchen, media center, gymnasiums, auditorium and fine arts facilities designed to handle expected growth and to allow for constructing more classrooms if the projected growth occurs.[7] A new Daniel High School Stadium was opened August 2011 on a 23 acres (9.3 ha) tract next to the original Daniel High School. The new football stadium will seat approximately 5,300 people.

Academics

The assumed course of study follows the curriculum developed the South Carolina Department of Education (SCDE), which requires students to complete 24 credit units before graduation. Students engage in regular and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework and exams. The school is accredited by the SCDE and has been accredited by AdvancED (formerly Southern Association of Colleges and Schools) since 1966.[8][9]

In 2012, D. W. Daniel High School was nationally recognized with the Silver Award by the U.S. News & World Report in its ranking of Best High Schools across the nation. Daniel was ranked the No. 3 high school in South Carolina and No. 692 in the United States.[4]

Daniel is ranked No. 1191 (2011) and No. 2027 (2013) in the nation of schools evaluated in the Challenge Index, with index scores of 1.620 and 1.062, respectively.[10]

Extracurricular activities

The Daniel High School mascot and athletic emblem is the lion with school colors of Columbia blue and gold.

Athletics

The Daniel Lions participate in various interscholastic activities in the AAA League (Upper State) administered by the South Carolina High School League SCHSL). The school athletic activities include baseball, basketball (boys/girls), competitive cheer, cross country (boys/girls), football, golf (boys/girls), soccer (boys/girls), softball, swimming and diving (boys/girls), tennis (boys/girls), track and field (boys/girls), and volleyball.[11]

Football games are played at Singleton Field named for Dick Singleton, who served as coach and athletic director.[12]

The Lions have won numerous state championships and runner-up titles throughout its history, including:[11]

  • Football: State champions (1966 (AA); 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 2020, 2021 (AAA)), state runner-up (1988, 1997, 2013 (AAA))
  • Boys' basketball: State champion (1965–66, 1966–67 (2A); 2009–10 (3A))
  • Girls' basketball: State finalist (1996–97, 2009–10 (3A))
  • Baseball: State champion in 1968 (2A), state runner-up in 1967 (2A)
  • Boys' cross country: State champions (1998, 2012 (2A)), state runner-up (1991, 1996, 2000 (2A))
  • Girls' cross country: State champions (1999, 2000, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2017, 2018 (3A)), state runner-up (1997, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2016 (3A))
  • Competitive cheer: State champions in 1998 (3A), state runner-up in 2007
  • Boys' Golf: State runner-up in 1995 (3A)
  • Girls golf: State champions (2018, 2019 (AAAA)), state runner-up in 2017 (AAAA)
  • Boys' soccer: State champions (1980, 1982, 1997, 2003, 2022, 2023 (3A)), state runner-up in 1981 (3A)
  • Softball: Upper State champion in 2012 (3A)
  • Boys' tennis: State champion in 1981 (3A), state runner-up in 1982 (3A)
  • Girls' tennis: State champion (1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 (4A)), state runner-up (1978, 1985, 1998, 2001 (4A))
  • Boys' track & field: State champion (1956, 1959 (A); 2013 (AAA)), state runner-up (1957, 1958 (A); 1964 (AA); 1996, 2010, 2014 (AAA))
  • Girls' track & field: State champion (2005 and 2013 (3A)), state runner-up (2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2014 (3A))
  • Volleyball: State champion (1990, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2009), state runner-up (1986, 1989, 1991, 1992, 2003)
  • Marching Band: (2019, 2022) SCBDA 3A state champion

Notable people

The following are notable people associated with D. W. Daniel High School. If the person was a Daniel High School student, the number in parentheses indicates the year of graduation; if the person was a faculty or staff member, that person's title and years of association are included.

Students (Athletic)

Students (Non-Athletic)

  • Walter T. Cox III (1960) – South Carolina state and United States federal judge.
  • Lindsey Graham (1973) – United States Senator (Rep) from South Carolina (2003-Present).
  • Benjy Bronk (1985) – Head Writer on The Howard Stern Show (1998-Present)

References
  1. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Pickens 01". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  2. "Search for Public Schools - D. W. Daniel High (450333000899)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved September 25, 2012.
  3. "D. W. Daniel High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 3, 2021.
  4. "2012 Best High Schools, D. W. Daniels High School". U.S. News & World Report. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  5. Brochure distributed at the inauguration of the new school building, 2012.
  6. "2011 SC Annual Report Card Summary, D. W. Daniel High School" (PDF). SC Department of Education. September 11, 2012.
  7. "Facts About The New DHS" (PDF). School District of Pickens County. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 2, 2012. Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  8. "School Profile, D W Daniel High School". AdvancED. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  9. "D. W. Daniel High School". South Carolina Department of Education. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  10. "America's Most Challenging High Schools: D.W. Daniel High School". The Washington Post. Retrieved June 17, 2013.
  11. "South Carolina High School League". SCHSL.org. Retrieved September 10, 2012.
  12. "D W Daniel High School Announces Inaugural Class for Athletic Hall of Fame" (PDF). D. W. Daniels High School. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 4, 2013. Retrieved October 4, 2013.
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