Every student in the 7th and 8th grades is required to take a language and all students take six classes in grade 8. As Dexter expanded, the school continued the style of the white stucco façade and red terra-cotta roof of the Sears House. Every year in the grades K–8, the New Boy Assembly was held during the second week of school in Fiske Hall to welcome all incoming Dexter students to the school. The Varsity Hockey team is year after year one of the strongest in New England competing against teams like Cushing, Nobles, Exeter, KUA, and St. Pauls. The Varsity Hockey, Lacrosse, Tennis, Football, and Baseball teams have all had many athletes continue their careers at the Division 1 level of NCAA sports. The Dexter School opened on Freeman Street in the affluent Cottage Farm neighborhood educating boys through ninth grade. The Clay Center was also constructed to the east of the Sears House greatly altering the school campus.

Dexter contains 4 schools. In 2002, the Upper School was established to enable both the Dexter and Southfield schools to continue the school’s mission into the competitive secondary school market. There are also honors and normal level classes for most courses. May school systems, including the Wichita Falls ISD, have extended a break from school for a least one week, perhaps longer, due to the COVID-19 crisis.“We’re one of the few schools on the planet that has built our own software platform and we feel obligated to do our part as school districts scramble to provide their students with usable online learning. Pinckney Community Schools is close and scores lower than Dexter Community School District.

In 2013 the Dexter School merged with the sister school Southfield School to form Dexter Southfield with which it had shared its campus since 1992. Beginning in Kindergarten 2, each homeroom does one public speaking event per year. Today, the original house remains the central structure on campus and houses the Senior Lounge, Business Office and Admissions Office. Dexter online school will be available free through the end of this academic school year, May 1. In the high school, there are approximately fifteen AP courses offering anything from AP Physics to AP European History to AP Latin. The Thorndike Hockey rink was added to the campus in 1973. Don't send your kids here. Also, Dexter Day is held during October is essentially the schools homecoming as both the varsity football and soccer teams have home games where many students, faculty, alumni, and fans come out on a Saturday to support the school. In preparation for the school’s move in 1968, the A building, Fisk Hall, and pool and gymnasium were built to the west of the Sears House. About Dexter Schools. Dexter Southfield School's curriculum includes arts as painting, wood shop, choir, and much more. The new center included a new auditorium, dining hall and fifth floor observatory. 1 review of Dexter Community Schools "I would give no stars if I could.

From its long tradition as a boy’s lower school, Dexter has undergone a vast transformation over the last 25 years. When in seventh grade, each student takes Latin and a modern language. Please. There are Bible readings, an inspirational story was told by a student, and the school prayers. In the 1990s, further additions were made to the campus including the construction of the Mid-Rise and original lower school building. Also, every boy in grades 3–6 are assigned to either the Massasoit or Mohawk team for intramural sports. Dexter Learning is offering a free way for students to continue their educational journey without ever having to leave home.Students can log in to the Dexter dashboard to access curriculum in mathematics, science and the humanities, submit assignments, attend live-streamed classes, connect with peers on social-media platforms and receive peer grading. Of particular note is the Clay Center for Science and Technology which provided students with classroom opportunities as well as an astronomical observatory. Private, independent school in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States In 1992, the Southfield School was established on the same campus to expand Dexter’s educational philosophy to young girls.