Shepherd-Dixmor Preparatory School

Shepherd-Dixmor Preparatory School (S-DPS) is a coeducational college preparatory school for students in grades 9–12 in Concord, New Hampshire, United States of America. The school was founded on the 14th of March, 1969 and features both boarding and day programs. Shepherd-Dixmor Prep has a rivalry with St. Paul’s School another, more exclusive, college-preparatory, coeducational boarding school in Concord, New Hampshire, that is affiliated with the Episcopal Church.

Academics and activities
All studuents are required to participate in either the Air Force JROTC program, or Army JROTC program. The programs focus on teaching leadership skills, citizenship responsibilities, and the importance of community service. In addition, the school hosts one of the only two private in-house aviation program in the nation. The school owns one Cessna 172 (N951SP), a few advanced flight simulators, and the flight instructors are members of the Academy faculty. Army cadets train at a firing range with actual firearms.

Extracurricular opportunities at the school include band, chorus, drama, speech and debate, color guard and drill teams, air rifle team, and twenty varsity sports.

Dress and appearance
Member of the Air Force and Army JROTC are issued and wear the same standard uniforms worn by active duty personnel in the United States Air Force, and United States Army respectively, with some distinguishing features like the grey army cadet shirt, grey army cadet berets, AFJROTC patches, and Unit patches. Instead of military uniforms, Students will spend most of their time wearing the school uniform which is a collared (I.E. dress shirts, polo shirts) white shirt for all students, optional blue collared shirts for Air Force cadets, and optional green collared shirts for Army cadets, all shirts shall be worn tucked in. Khaki or black trousers, shorts, or skirts (girls only), all trousers or shorts with belt loops shall be worn with a belt. jeans are forbidden to be worn with the uniform, pajamas shall not be worn outside the dorms, and flip-flops shall not be worn outside of the dorms, showers, and pool area. Hats aka covers, are not allowed to be worn indoors, and If a student’s undershirt is visible it has to be either white, blue, or green in colour.

For males hair must not exceed three inches in bulk. The hair must present a tapered appearance. A tapered appearance is one where the outline of the cadet’s hair conforms to the shape of the head, curving inward to the natural termination point at the base of the neck. Hair cannot touch the ears or eyebrows when groomed. Sideburns, when worn, must be neatly trimmed and tapered in the same manner as the haircut They must be straight, of even width (not flared), and end in a clean-shaven horizontal line. They will not extend below the lowest part of the exterior ear opening.

Beards or goatees of any type are not permitted. Mustaches, if worn, will not extend downward beyond the lip line of the upper lip or extend sideways beyond a vertical line drawn upward from the comer of the mouth.

For females, hair cannot extend below the bottom edge of the uniform collar. Hairstyles must allow proper wear of headgear and will not exceed 3 inches in bulk. Hair will not touch the eyebrows nor protrude below the front band of properly worn headgear. There is an exception for flight caps/garrison caps/side caps (whatever you wanna call them) thought. Hair may protrude in front of the flight cap/garrison cap/side cap.

For both sexes, If hair is dyed, the color should look natural, and not be of an unusual color or contrast with natural coloring. Females can wear small conservative earrings, but males CANNOT wear any earrings while in uniform.

Faculty

 * Maxwell Morris Shepherd (Current headmaster/principal)
 * Martin Dixmor (History teacher, transferred from Dixmor Academy)
 * Retired Colonel Charles Murray (Senior Aerospace Science Instructor Air Force JROTC)
 * Retired Chief Master Sergeant Henry Hall (Aerospace Science Instructor Air Force JROTC)
 * Retired Master Sergeant Amanda Quincy (Aerospace Science Instructor Air Force JROTC)
 * Retired Major Benson Williams (Senior Army instructor)
 * Retired Master Sergeant Raul Sanchez-Ramirez (Army instructor)
 * Retired Sergeant First Class John Burk (Army Instructor)
 * Benjamin Brown (flight instructor)

(I will probably add more faculty members later)

Students

 * Ethan Allen Fernandez (Air Force cadet)
 * Candace Claire Baker (Air Force cadet)
 * Justin Paul Florio (Army cadet)
 * Carl Degrasse Dawkins (former army cadet, got “drummed out” (expelled))
 * Hunter Jones (Army Cadet)
 * Weatherly Scarlett Shepherd (Air Force cadet, daughter of Maxwell Shepherd)
 * Deandre Williams (Army cadet, son of Benson Williams)
 * Wendy Wong (Air Force cadet)
 * Jacob Schmitt (Army cadet, is of German and Russian descent)
 * Chad Walter Wilson (Air Force cadet)

(I will probably add more students later)