About Us

Paul Laurence Dunbar is the first high school to serve African-Americans in the United States. Dunbar High School defied the odds and in the process changed America.

In the first half of the twentieth century, Washington D.C’s Dunbar High was an academically elite public school, despite being racially segregated by law and existing at the mercy of racist congressmen who held the school’s purse strings.

The school’s well-educated teachers developed generations of high-achieving African Americans, groundbreakers that included the first black member of a presidential cabinet, the first black graduate of the US Naval Academy and the legal mastermind behind school desegregation.


Welcome To Dunbar H.S Parent Conference Day 2024

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CALENDAR

Apr
04
Thu
6:00PM - 7:00PM
(Dunbar Theatre)
May
02
Thu
6:00PM - 7:00PM
(Dunbar Theatre)

VISIT
NEW Dunbar Athletic Website

WEBSITE

Engineering Academy

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Dunbar Academy Of Law & Policy

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SCHOOL DIRECTORY

Nadine Smith, Principal
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Milton Laurence, 9th Grade AP
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Shanice English, 10th Grade AP
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  Tiffany White, 11th Grade AP
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Makiri Pugh, 12th Grade AP
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Vibha Robinson, DSL
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Student  Support

Janice Best
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Dunbar Registrar
Enrollment

Yarseka Pickett
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COMMUNITY TRACK ACCESS
SCHEDULE

Dunbar's stadium field and track
is CLOSED for resurfacing the
stadium field and track
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If you have any questions,
please call (202) 698-3762

PUBLIC ACCESS TO DUNBAR FACILITIES 

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DCPS recently issues a new DCPS Anti-Discrimination Policy. To ensure our school communities are aware of DCPS’ commitment to preventing and addressing discrimination, all schools are required to update their school websites with this anti-discrimination statement and submit confirmation of their update using this link. Please note that this information must be placed in a highly visible location on your school’s website and changes must comply with website accessibility standards.  Website accessibility standards require that web content is accessible to blind users, deaf users and those who must navigate by voice, screen readers or other assistive technology.