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 closed in June 2014 and the students were moved to the new Dundas Valley Secondary School, which is a combination of Parkside and Highland students.Technological programsHighland 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 highlightsHighland 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 programClubs and activitiesHighland 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 Rosebery's Board Games Club
