This program ran at the community's Lighthouse Festival Theatre and each year culminated in a class-directed and produced production.

In 2011 the school's play The Chronicles of Jane, Book Seven was also selected to represent the district at the regional festival, again held in Hamilton.

[9] This has already been achieved despite adding wi-fi Internet access and Smart Boards in an attempt to lure more teenagers into attending PDCS.

[10] Traditional favorites like high school football and basketball have been scrapped; with a bye given to opponents who were supposed to play against PDCS this year due to a lack of manpower needed to operate a football or girls' basketball team.

[11] Some of the less demanding sports like volleyball (for grades 11 and 12) had been given the authorization to compete by the school's athletics department; with 25% of the students on the team.

[12] Due to a declining youth population in the Port Dover area, the school was officially closed on January 31, 2013.

Compared to 2001, there are 1800 fewer children and young people living in the vicinity of Port Dover Public School.

The school operated from the year 1830 until the 1950s when it was finally closed by the Norfolk Board of Education due to funding issues.

It was closed due to funding cutbacks and declining enrolment in the year 2001 after participating in the Ice Cube project.