Hill Park Secondary School was the oldest high school on the Hamilton Mountain and was a member of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board. The school, located at 465 East 16th Street in Hamilton, was founded in 1955 as a fully composite high school, and was the first secondary school built on the Hamilton Mountain. The school was built as part of Hamilton's need for more secondary schools to match the increasing enrollment of baby boomers. The HWDSB announced on 24 May 2012 that Hill Park Secondary School will close, along with Barton Secondary School and Mountain Secondary School. The students will be consolidated into a new, $25 million school, to be named Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School.[1] The school closed in June 2014 and the students from the school moved over to the former Barton Secondary School, renamed to Nora Frances Henderson Secondary School as a backup until the replacement opened on October 14, 2020.[2]
| Hill Park Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
465 East 16th , ,
Canada
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| Information | |
| School type | High school |
| Motto | Know The Reasons |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Closed | 2014 |
| Superintendent | Sharon Stephanian |
| Area trustee | Lillian Orban |
| School number | 916722 |
| Principal | Angela Ferguson |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Hours in school day | Start: 8:40 AM - End: 3:00 PM |
| Mascot | Black Ram |
| Website | www |
Drive to 85 is a program that gives students more ways to accumulate credits to graduate while improving the quality of high school education in the province. The program's aim is for 85% of Ontario students to graduate from secondary school by the 2010-2011 school year.