Capeside High School

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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[]

Mitch Leery Guidance Counselor Football Coach Substitute Teacher

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]