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Highland Secondary School (Dundas, Ontario)

Field	Value
name	Highland Secondary School
image_size	300px
address	310 Governor's Road
city	Dundas
province	Ontario
postcode	L9H 5P8
country	Canada
coordinates
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.

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

References

Pecoskie, Teri. (2013-11-05). "Highland secondary in Dundas renamed ‘to unify’ two school communities".

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