Hill Park Secondary School Explained

Hill Park Secondary School
Address:465 East 16th
City:Hamilton
Province:Ontario
Postcode:L9A 4K6
Country:Canada
Founded:1955
Closed:2014
Schooltype:High school
Motto:Know The Reasons
Superintendent:Sharon Stephanian
Trustee:Lillian Orban
Number:916722
Principal:Angela Ferguson
Grades Label:Grades
Grades:9-12
Hours In Day:Start: 8:40 AM - End: 3:00 PM
Mascot:Black Ram

Hill Park Secondary School was the oldest high school on the Hamilton Mountain and was a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The school, located at 465 East 16th Street in Hamilton, was founded in 1955 as a fully composite high school, and was the first secondary school built on the Hamilton Mountain. The school was built as part of Hamilton's need for more secondary schools to match the increasing enrollment of baby boomers. The HWDSB announced on 24 May 2012 that Hill Park Secondary School will close, along with Barton Secondary School and Mountain Secondary School. The students will be consolidated into a new, $25 million school, to be named Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School.[1] The school closed in June 2014 and the students from the school moved over to the former Barton Secondary School, renamed to Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School as a backup until the replacement opened on October 14, 2020.[2]

Program Highlights

Student Support Programs

Drive to 85

Drive to 85 is a program that gives students more ways to accumulate credits to graduate while improving the quality of high school education in the province. The program's aim is for 85% of Ontario students to graduate from secondary school by the 2010-2011 school year.

Notable alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Board will close Barton, Hill Park and Mountain high schools . Pecoskie . Teri . The Hamilton Spectator . TheSpec.com . 24 May 2012.
  2. Web site: Despite renewed student pleas, Hill Park will close in 2014 . CBC.ca.