Highland Secondary School (Dundas, Ontario) Explained

Highland Secondary School
Address:	310 Governor's Road
City:	Dundas
Province:	Ontario
Postcode:	L9H 5P8
Country:	Canada
Coordinates:	43.258°N -79.976°W
Schooltype:	High school
Motto:	Quaere Verum
Motto Translation:	'Seek the Truth'
Founded:	1966
Closed:	2014
Schoolboard:	Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
Grades Label:	Grades
Grades:	9-12
Mascot:	The Highland Hawks

Highland Secondary School was a high school in Dundas, Ontario that opened in 1966. The school was a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board, 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.^[1]

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Pecoskie. Teri. 2013-11-05. Highland secondary in Dundas renamed ‘to unify’ two school communities. 2022-01-18. HamiltonNews.com. en-CA.