Preston High School (Cambridge)
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550 Rose Street Cambridge, Ontario, N3H 2E6 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°23′27.61″N 80°21′54.31″W / 43.3910028°N 80.3650861°W |
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| School type | High School |
| Motto |
Aeterna non caduca. (Things that last, never perish.) |
| Founded | 1934 |
| School board | Waterloo Region DSB |
| School number | 936480 |
| Principal | Joe Bell |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1045 (September 2015) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Preston & Doon-Pioneer Park |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and Gray |
| Team name | Preston Panthers |
| Website | phs |
Preston High School, located on the bank of the Grand River in Cambridge, Ontario, first opened in 1934. Feeder schools are William G. Davis Senior Public School, Clemens Mill Public School and Silverheights Public School in Cambridge and Doon Public School in Kitchener. It is one of sixteen secondary schools in the Waterloo Region District School Board. In 2007, approximately 300 students entered grade 9 and the total enrolment was 1 253, which is a low number compared to other schools in the Waterloo region.
Preston has programs available in: English, mathematics, science, health and physical education, languages (Spanish, German, and French), geography, history, family studies, business arts, visual arts (including photography), dramatic arts, music, and technological studies. Preston was an officially designated magnet school for enhanced academic students, but now the "Enhanced" program is only available to students who live within the school's catchment area.
Preston High School's facilities include 58 classrooms, a small cafetorium, 2 gyms—one single, one double—a library, 6 technological studies rooms, 2 art rooms, 6 computer labs, and a music room with 3 practice rooms. A new science wing with four science labs and a computer room was added in September 2004.
The back campus includes a playing field for football, field hockey, and rugby with access to a smaller practice field. There is also a tennis court. The track and field team practices on a regulation size cinder track. Beside the Grand River and near the school is the Linear Trail, a 3.5 km community trail which the cross country and track and field teams use. Two ice surfaces, the Preston Auditorium and the Homuth Arena, are within walking distance.
Preston's sports consist of football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, curling, ice hockey, rugby, golf, soccer, tennis, cross-country, track and field, and field hockey.
Football is one of the biggest sports at Preston. The senior football team have been successful over the years and have won the title of WCCSSA Champions in 2003, 2004 and 2006. However, in 2007, Preston was upset by Galt Collegiate Institute in the playoffs semifinals. In the 2012 season the Panther's Junior football won the WCSSA championship, defeating the Jacob Hespeler Hawks.
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