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Highland Secondary School was a high school in
Dundas, Ontario Dundas () is a community and urban district in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, Hamilton in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is nicknamed ''Valley Town'' because of its topographical location at the bottom of the Niagara Escarpment on the we ...
that opened in 1966. The school was a member of the
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board The Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board (HWDSB), formerly known as English-language Public District School Board No. 21 prior to 1999, is the public school board for the city of Hamilton. Established on January 1, 1998, via the amalgamatio ...
, in Ward 13. Highland was originally conceived to be 25% Academic and 75% Vocational, but evolved into a fully comprehensive secondary school. Only 60% of Highland Secondary School students who graduated pursued post-secondary education, making Highland one of the lowest in the board. Highland Secondary was renamed Dundas Valley Secondary in June 2014, when nearby Parkside Secondary closed.


Technological programs

Highland Secondary School offered five specialized technological programs that gave interested students training in a specific field of interest. The program fields were: Transportation, Construction, Precision Machining, Electronic Design, Communication – specialties in cabinet making, pneumatics, aviation.


Program highlights

Highland Secondary School took part in the following programs: * Variety of courses including: LDCC, Applied, Academic, Open, college, Workplace, university * Award-winning arts program: Music, Art, Drama * Yearbook – 2 credit course * Student Success team of teachers to guide, mentor, and track all students * Individual timetabling for students considered to be at risk * Study Hall at lunch for Grade 9 and 10s * In-class OSSLT preparation * S.T.E.P. (Summer Transitions program for Grade 8 – 9) * Caring Adult program


Clubs and activities

Highland Secondary School offered the following clubs and activities: * Jr. Concert Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Sr. Jazz Band * Badminton * Curling * Basketball * Alpine Skiing and Snowboarding Teams * Track and Field * Baseball * Golf * Cross-Country * Soccer * Tennis * Touch Football * Volleyball * Football (male) * Waterpolo * Hockey * Indoor Track * Councils (Student, Grad, Music, Visual Arts, Boys’ Athletics, Girls’ Athletics) * HAVEN (social justice) / WAC (World Awareness) * Highland Writers' Guild / Drama Student Federation * Leadership Camp / DECA * Feel the Power, Feel the Fit (Girls’ Fitness) * Library / Chess / Model Building / Philosophy/ Sound & Light / Anime * Knitting * Cancer Awareness * Friends of Diversity * Dance Team * GLOW * Roseberry's Board Games Club


See also

*
List of high schools in Ontario The following is a list of secondary schools in Ontario. Secondary education policy in the Canadian province of Ontario is governed by the Ministry of Education. Secondary education in Ontario includes Grades 9 to 12. The following list include ...


References

{{Reflist High schools in Hamilton, Ontario Educational institutions established in 1966 Educational institutions disestablished in 2014 1966 establishments in Ontario 2014 disestablishments in Ontario Dundas, Ontario Former schools in Ontario