Dakota Tice

Dakota Tice is a new Freshman (Grade 9) at Canby High School. He is a bit of a video game geek. He's been going to school in Canby for a long time now. In the beginning of the series, he is mentioned by the teachers in the Gym. He is best friends with Zach Schnieder and is also friends with Logan Gilbert, Omar Flores, and Josh Davis. He was also good friends with Hunter Haberman, some time ago. He is really good on the drums and percussion and is in a band formed by Mick Key called Strawberry Lumps.

Freaky Freshmen
In Chapter 1: Freshmen Day, he is mentioned by the teachers in the Gym going into Group 3.

In Chapter 8: Band Practice, he is first seen walking into the Band Room when he meets up with Daniel, Garrett, Douglas, and Willie. After he talks to them, Mick, a fellow High Schooler, walks in and reveals he's the lead singer of the band. After Mick walks in, Dakota and Willie almost get into some intense conflict until Garrett tells Willie that Dakota isn't the kind of guy he would want to mess with. During Lunch, he tells Mick that he can play drums and percussion for the band and he and the others start playing their instruments near the end of the chapter.

In Chapter 12: My First Song, he is the Band Room again with the rest of the Strawberry Lumps members when Mick mentions it's time for the band to write their first song. Dakota tells him he doesn't know how to write a song, so Heather takes on that opportunity. At the end of the chapter, Dakota plays his drums to the rest of the song while the rest of the band sings and plays their instruments while Daniel records the beautiful moment.

In Chapter 16: Fighting Passion, he is seen at the beginning of the chapter watching an RP with the rest of his friends. One of his friends mentions they should try and start their own RP and he agrees. Later on, it's decided first by Dakota that they do a Mario RP to start out with.

In Chapter 17: Level Up!, he is seen at the beginning of the chapter with his friends when Logan and Omar mention they both have come up with some ideas for their RP. They meet after school at Zach's house and Omar reveals an idea to combine his Mario RP with Star Wars characters.