Markham District High School
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89 Church Street Markham, Ontario, L3P 2M3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°52′48″N 79°15′02″W / 43.8799°N 79.2505°WCoordinates: 43°52′48″N 79°15′02″W / 43.8799°N 79.2505°W |
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| School type | Secondary school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular |
| Founded | 1858; 1954 (current form) |
| School board | York Region District School Board |
| Superintendent | Peter Tse |
| Area trustee | Allan Tam |
| Principal | Michelle Kane |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1473 (October 2015) |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Maxx the Bulldog |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: February 2017 | |
Markham District High School is a public high school in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is one of 32 high schools in the York Region District School Board. Until the 2016-17 academic year, it was the only publicly funded school within York Region which has a non-semestered system. In the 2016–17 academic year the school switched to a semestered system.
The school hosts approximately forty clubs, some of which are activist-based (for example, Amnesty International). MDHS is known for its music program, which participates in various music festivals, competitions and other events. MDHS offers a three-year Latin program and supports a Classics Club. MDHS also offers the AP (Advanced Placement) Biology and Calculus AB courses and the Core Gifted program. MDHS also has several other clubs such as the Architecture, Design, and Engineering Club, DECA, Computer Programming Club, and Eco-Markham.
MDHS participates in the following annual events:
Markham District High School was the first school in Markham. Secondary school education officially began in Markham, in January, 1858, which was then called Markham High School. Since there was not a school building, quarters were rented in Temperance Hall at Franklin and George Streets, on the site now occupied by the Markham Lawn Bowling Club.
Markham High School also took students who attended Agincourt Continuation School and wanted to complete their matriculation (grades 11 to 13) until 1930, when Agincourt High School was formed.
The year 1952 marked the establishment of the present Markham High School District, which comprises approximately the south-east half of Markham. In April 1953, the construction of the school building on Church Street began. In September 1954, a modern, three hundred pupil Secondary School was opened. In July, 1964, construction was started on a vocational addition, which would make the Markham District High School a fully composite school. This was occupied in September 1965. Two years later more accommodation was needed, and the latest addition was opened in January 1970. This building was used until the end of the 2009–10 school year, after which it was torn down. The enrollment for 1971–72 in this large, well-equipped composite school is approximately eighteen hundred students.
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