Valley Heights Secondary School
| Valley Heights Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
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2561 Highway 59 South Walsingham, Ontario, N0E 1G0 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 42°41′37″N 80°32′31″W / 42.693665°N 80.541887°WCoordinates: 42°41′37″N 80°32′31″W / 42.693665°N 80.541887°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public high school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Secular |
| Founded | 1971 |
| School board | Grand Erie District School Board (formerly Norfolk Board of Education) |
| Area trustee | Scott Wilson (school council chair) |
| Principal | Mike DeGroote |
| Grades | 9-12 (formerly 9-13) |
| Enrollment | ~600 (2011) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Walsingham, Ontario |
| Colour(s) | Purple and White |
| Mascot | Valley Heights Bear |
| Team name | Bears (formerly Voyageurs) |
| Yearbook | The Spectrum |
| Website | www |
Valley Heights Secondary School (in French, "L'École Secondaire Valley Heights") is a two-story rural high school located near Walsingham, Ontario, Canada. The official initials for this high school are VHSS.
Opened in 1971, Valley Heights sits on a property that spans 100 acres (400,000 m2) and includes fields, Carolinian forests, rivers and marshy areas. Valley Heights also has a large cross country running course. The school has hosted the Norfolk County High School cross country meet on numerous occasions. This school is the only high school in the entire Haldimand-Norfolk-Brant region to receive top marks for stewardship of the environment, minimizing the waste of natural resources, and conserving energy for future generations of Valley Heights students. The idea was started in 2008 and was deemed successful in 2011. Even though a sizeable amount of students who attend Valley Heights are not Mennonites, the location of the school makes it ideal for Mennonites to attend as it is adjacent to the farmland that their parents work on.
During the 2000-01 school year there were approximately 700 students. However, a Roman Catholic school based out of Simcoe opened in 2001, which offered students newer equipment and more course choices (even though it was the closest to Simcoe Composite School). This, with the elimination of grade thirteen in Ontario, resulted in a decrease in student population down to 500.
A roof fire that occurred on July 25, 2012 on top of the gymnasium as a result of a botched roofing job. It cost the school $25,000 in overall damages and the damaged areas were secured before the thunderstorms that occurred early the next morning. Repairs were officially completed on July 31; not affecting any classes or activities that started on September 2012.
VHSS has beefed up their academics programs to entice possible transfer students. Plans to close down Port Dover Composite School came into reality on the night of January 31, 2013. Valley Heights Secondary School is partially powered by solar energy coming from solar panels installed in the immediate vicinity.
The school team is called the "Bears" or "Voyageurs," the school colors are purple and white and the school logo is the Voyageur Bear. The Valley Heights Bears won numerous football championships several years in a row in the 1990s. During the late 1980s and the early 1990s, the Bears won numerous titles over their rivals, the Simcoe Sabres. Valley Heights sports teams include: Canadian football, hockey, volleyball (junior and senior), basketball (junior and senior), cheerleading, tug-of-war, cross country, track and field, rowing, soccer (association football) and wrestling.
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