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Capeside High is a public high school on Dawson's Creek, located in Capeside, Massachusetts.

About[]

Capeside High School, or CHS, is the ideal learning environment for our local teens. Boasting superior science, math and history departments, Capeside High is also proud of its elective alternative departments including art, music, and film. Last year, the film department was proud to have filmmaker and CHS graduate Nicole Kennedy as a guest film teacher, and in his first year at Capeside, Principal Green says he hopes to continue to bring such talent to the campus. This year, a student-run, faculty supervised online newspaper brings the latest from Capeside High into homes all over the world![1]

School Spirit[]

Capeside High's official school colors are blue and yellow. The athletics team and mascot are the Minutemen with it's very own Minuteman mule[2]. Pep rallies are held in the gym on Fridays before football games.

JEN LINDLEY'S PEP RALLY CHEER[3]
I don’t know what I’ve been told
Capeside Minutemen break the mold
We’ve got style, we’ve got class
So what if those other guys kick our ass
Go Capeside, go Capeside!

Extracurriculars[]

All clubs are permitted to advertise with fliers on the walls of Capeside High and bulletin boards located around campus.

  • Capeside Minutemen (athletics)
    • Football team
    • Basketball team
    • Swim team
    • Cycling team[4]
  • Capeside Minutegirls (cheerleading squad)
  • The Archery Club
  • Astronomy Club[5]
  • A.V. Club
  • Camera Club
  • Chess Club
  • Choir
  • Computer Club
  • Debate Club
  • Drama Club
  • Ecology Club
  • English Club
  • French Club
  • Marching Band
  • The Patriot
  • Spanish Club
  • Student Council
  • Yearbook Committee

Events[]

Students[]

Belinda McGovern
Nellie Oleson
CLASS OF 1999
Kristy Livingstone
Cliff Elliot
CLASS OF 2001
Dawson Leery
Joey Potter
Pacey Witter
Jen Lindley
Jack McPhee
Andie McPhee
Drue Valentine
Chris Wolfe
Abby Morgan
CLASS OF 2003
Henry Parker

Faculty[]

Trivia[]

  • Early in the Pilot, we see a different façade for Capeside High and various signs featuring "Home of the Wildcats" but the mascot and location are quickly amended to the Capeside Minutemen for the remainder of the series. This is due to filming taking place at a local high school in Wilmington, NC for the pilot presentation.

BEHIND THE SCENES

  • Exteriors for Capeside High were filmed on the University of North Carolina - Wilmington Campus. Alderman Hall received "Capeside High School" signage during filming and served as the primary setting for CHS. Occasionally, Alderman's neighboring Hoggard Hall would be used for exterior shots including the shared quad. Most interiors were shot at EUE/Screen Gems Studios, also in Wilmington.[6] An exception being the school library in Detention, which was filmed inside of a real school.
  • In 2003, a plaque was placed on a bench by the entrance doors of Alderman Hall at UNCW commemorating the "fond memories of Dawson's Creek's frequent use of UNCW"[7].
  • The location can also be seen in the second season of Prime Video series The Summer I Turned Pretty as Conrad Fisher's dorm, Alderman Hall, at Brown University.[8]

Website[]

CapeNet — Capeside High online

Photos[]

Media[]

Dawson’s Creek may be leaving UNCW (THE SEAHAWK - UNCW • Feb 2001)

Episodes[]

SEASON 1 (11/13)
Pilot
Dance
Kiss
Discovery
Baby
Detention
Boyfriend
Double Date
The Scare
Beauty Contest
Decisions
SEASON 2 (20/22)
The Kiss
Crossroads
Alternative Lifestyles
Tamara's Return
The Dance
The All-Nighter
The Reluctant Hero
The Election
High Risk Behavior
Sex, She Wrote
Uncharted Waters
His Leading Lady
To Be or Not to Be...
...That Is the Question
Psychic Friends
A Perfect Wedding
Abby Morgan, Rest in Peace
Reunited
Ch... Ch... Ch... Changes
Parental Discretion Advised
SEASON 3 (18/23)
Like A Virgin
None Of The Above
Home Movies
Indian Summer
Secrets & Lies
Escape from Witch Island
Four to Tango
Barefoot At Capefest
A Weekend In The Country
Northern Lights
The Valentine's Day Massacre
Crime and Punishment
To Green, With Love
Neverland
Show Me Love
The Anti-Prom
True Love
SEASON 4 (15/23)
Failing Down
Two Gentlemen of Capeside
Future Tense
A Family Way
Great Xpectations
You Had Me At Goodbye
The Unusual Suspects
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Self Reliance
A Winter's Tale
Mind Games
Admissions
Eastern Standard Time
Separation Anxiety
The Graduate
SEASON 6 (2/24)
That Was Then
All Good Things...

Notes and references[]