Highland Secondary School (Dundas, Ontario)

Highland Secondary School
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
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

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