| The Hill Academy | |
| Motto: | "Where Sport is a Laboratory for Life." |
| Location: | Caledon, Ontario |
| Country: | Canada |
| Coordinates: | 43.8787°N -80.0773°W |
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| Type: | independent |
| Founder: | Peter Merrill |
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| Principal1: | Christy Flynn (Secondary School Principal) |
| Principal2: | Tory Merrill (Junior School Principal) |
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| Grades: | 5-12 |
| Gender: | co-ed |
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| Sports: | hockey and lacrosse |
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| Alumni: | David Levin, Mitch Marner, Clarke Petterson, Brett Ritchie, Devin Shore, Dillon Ward, Laura Stacey |
The Hill Academy is an independent school in Ontario, Canada, for student athletes in Grades K -12/PG with a focus on hockey, lacrosse and golf.[1] [2] It is co-ed, and serves grades K-12.[3]
The Hill Academy was founded in 2006 by the Merrill family, for “dedicated student-athletes.”[4] [5] [6]
In 2006 it had 16 student-athletes and held classes at a conference center in Orangeville, Ontario, north-west of Toronto.[1] [4] By 2017 it relocated to three houses in the village of Kleinburg.[4] [7] The 24 students practiced at a community park, and trained at a local gym.[4] In 2010 it had 85 students.[8]
In 2016 Hill Academy had 185 student-athletes divided among four lacrosse teams—three boys’ and one girls’—and three hockey teams.[4] Their classrooms were located next to the Vaughan Sports Village in Vaughan, Ontario.[2] [4] They were ranked the world’s No. 1 high school lacrosse team.[4] [9]
In September 2020 The Hill Academy moved into its new campus on the 134-acre former SGI Canada Caledon Centre for Culture and Education near Alton in Caledon, Ontario.[5] The campus has a turf field named in Honour of former student-athlete Jamieson Kuhlmann - The Jamieson Kuhlmann Legacy Field.
The Hill Academy offers a curriculum to student-athletes in grades K -12. It also offers a post-graduate year called "The Breakaway Year," with a stated goal of raising the profile of student-athletes in order to open doors for their future.[1]
Peter Merrill is Founder of The Hill Academy.[4] [10] Christy Flynn is the Director, Academics, and Tory Merrill is the Principal.[11] [12] The school has a sports scientist on staff, professional coaches, and academic faculty.[4]