Highland Secondary School (Dundas, Ontario)

High school in Dundas, Ontario, Canada

Highland Secondary School

Address

310 Governor's Road

Dundas

Ontario

L9H 5P8

Canada

Coordinates| 43°15′29″N 79°58′34″W﻿ / ﻿43.258°N 79.976°W﻿ / 43.258; -79.976
Information
School type| High school
Motto| Quaere Verum
('Seek the Truth')
Founded| 1966
Closed| 2014
School board| Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
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

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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

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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

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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

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* List of high schools in Ontario

## References

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1. ^ Pecoskie, Teri (2013-11-05). "Highland secondary in Dundas renamed 'to unify' two school communities". HamiltonNews.com. Retrieved 2022-01-18.