Halton District School Board
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The Halton District School Board serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. Its administration area is to the southwest of the city of Toronto. In 2006-2007, it served almost 50,000 students, excluding those in adult, alternative, and Community Education programs. It is commonly referred to as the HDSB.
for adult, alternative and Community Education programs.
The Board has introduced several foods schools, International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma Programme
), specialist high skills majors and other unique programs for students including fully online high school credits.
East Area (Oakville)
- Abbey Park High SchoolAbbey Park High SchoolAbbey Park High School is a secondary school located in the Toronto suburb of Oakville in Ontario, Canada. The school is commonly known by its acronym "APHS" in the community. Abbey Park High School was opened at its present location in the wake of the closure of Queen Elizabeth Park High School,...
- Iroquois Ridge High SchoolIroquois Ridge High SchoolIroquois Ridge High School is a Secondary School located in the Toronto suburb of Oakville and has 1327 students.-Layout:Iroquois Ridge High School has three storeys, each of which is dedicated to particular academic fields. The first floor is dedicated to courses that have to do mainly with...
- Oakville Trafalgar High SchoolOakville Trafalgar High SchoolOakville Trafalgar High School, founded in 1908, is a Secondary School located in Oakville, Ontario.The school is widely known by its acronym "OT" in the community, or OTHS...
- Syl Apps School
- T. A. Blakelock High SchoolT. A. Blakelock High SchoolT.A. Blakelock High School is the second oldest high school in the town of Oakville, Ontario, and has the oldest high school building in Oakville still in use as a school. The school was built in 1957. There are 1,100 students at T.A. Blakelock. The school is named after Thomas Aston Blakelock.The...
- White Oaks Secondary SchoolWhite Oaks Secondary SchoolWhite Oaks Secondary School is a Secondary School located in the Toronto suburb of Oakville, in Ontario, Canada.The school has both north and south campuses, across the road from each other...
North Area (Halton Hills and Milton)
- Acton District High School
- E.C. Drury High SchoolE.C. Drury High SchoolThe Ernest C. Drury High School is a provincial school in Milton, Ontario for students in grades 9-12.The same campus also houses the E. C. Drury School for the Deaf, a secondary school with residential and day programs for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students...
(Milton) - Georgetown District High SchoolGeorgetown District High SchoolGeorgetown District High School or better known as GDHS is a high school located in Georgetown, Ontario, Canada. The school is under the jurisdiction of the Halton District School Board. As of the 2008-2009 school year, 1,461 students were enrolled at Georgetown District High School.- History...
- Milton District High SchoolMilton District High SchoolMilton District High School ' is a public secondary school located in Milton, Ontario, Canada. MDHS, part of the Halton District School Board, educates just about 1100 students....
West Area (Burlington)
- Aldershot High School
- Burlington Central High SchoolBurlington Central High SchoolBurlington Central High School is a public middle school and high school in Burlington, Ontario, Canada in the Halton District School Board. Enrollment was 686 students in September 2008. The current school building was constructed in 1922 and has been added to extensively over the years. The last...
- Lester B. Pearson High SchoolLester B. Pearson High School (Burlington)Lester B. Pearson High School is a high school located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada, administered by the Halton District School Board. Founded in 1976, the school is named after former Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson....
- M.M. Robinson High SchoolM.M. Robinson High SchoolM.M. Robinson High School is a high school located in northern Burlington, Ontario, Canada, administered by the Halton District School Board. Founded in 1963, the school is named after the founder of the British Empire Games, Melville Marks Robinson, who was subsequently a Board member.The school,...
- Nelson High School
- Robert Bateman High SchoolRobert Bateman High SchoolRobert Bateman High School is located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada. It is part of the Halton District School Board and was opened in 1970. Formerly known as Lord Elgin High School, this school merged with General Brock High School in 2004, and was named after Robert Bateman, a noted Canadian...
Other
The Board also operates Gary Allan High SchoolGary Allan High School
Gary Allan High School ' is a public secondary school located in Halton Region, Ontario, Canada. GAHS, part of the Halton District School Board.GAHS is oriented towards adult, alternative and Community Education programs....
for adult, alternative and Community Education programs.
Closed
The Board has closed two of its secondary schools.- Oakville's Queen Elizabeth Park School High School was operated by the Board until June, 2004, at which time it was closed and replaced by Abbey Park High School.
- Also in June, 2004, Lord Elgin High School and General Brock High School were amalgamated into the new Robert Bateman High School in Burlington.
Programming
The School Board has introduced programming (called Pathways) to encourage all post-secondary options, from apprenticeship, to college, to university, to the workplace, as developed by the Ministry of Education.The Board has introduced several foods schools, International Baccalaureate (IB Diploma Programme
IB Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is a two-year educational programme for students aged 16–19that provides an internationally accepted qualification for entry into higher education, and is recognised by universities worldwide. It was developed in the early to mid-1960s in Geneva by...
), specialist high skills majors and other unique programs for students including fully online high school credits.
Trustees
Since mandated by the Ontario Ministry of Education, Halton has annually chosen to elect 2 Student Trustees.- 2010-2011 http://www.hdsb.ca/Newsroom/Pages/HDSB-student-trustees-selected-for-2010-11.aspx: Jason Earl (Milton District High School), Haniya Khan (Iroquois Ridge High School)
- 2009-2010 http://oakvillebeaver.com/news/article/256268: Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School), Chaitanya Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School)
- 2008-2009 http://www.haltondsb.on.ca/main.aspx?sMenuKey=651&sMenuID=651&sParentID=616&sPageID=394: Laura McVey (Abbey Park High School), Nupur Dogra (Iroquois Ridge High School)
- 2007-2008 http://www.thespec.com/article/211782: Jason Karmody (Aldershot High School), Jonathan Yantzi (Burlington Central High School)
- 2006-2007 http://one.hdsb.ca/main.aspx?sMenuKey=656&sMenuID=651&sParentID=653&sPageID=394: Russell Baker (Abbey Park High School), Simon Beck (Iroquois Ridge High School)
- 2005-2006 http://www.haltondsb.on.ca/download.asp?sMenuKey=276&sMenuID=190&filename=BdAgSep21%2C2005.pdf: Heather Maxwell (Acton District High School), Amreen Azam (Iroquois Ridge High School)