Horton High School (Nova Scotia)

Horton High School is a public high school located in Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada. It succeeded Horton District High School (1959-1998).

As of 2022, the school principal is Jodye Routledge. The athletic teams are the 'Griffins'. In 2015, there were approximately 867 students enrolled in grades 9–12 at the school.

The school is fully networked and offers a less than 1.9:1 student-to-computer ratio. The school was a part of Canada's SchoolNet Network of Innovative Schools program which is no longer active.

Campus and facilities

It has a less than 1.9:1 student-to-computer ratio. The four wings are colour co-ordinated and each house one subject plus specialty courses where needed. Yellow wing/Upper East Wing: Science Green wing/Upper West Wing: Social Studies Red wing/Lower East Wing: Mathematics Blue wing/Lower West Wing: Language Arts Horton High School is equipped with a gymnasium, fitness studio, daycare, foods lab, textiles lab, various labs for technology courses, six full computer labs, three chemistry labs, performance centre, and a fine arts section which includes a large music room with four practice rooms, a music library, and a large drama room.

Students

Performance

Horton High School students compete in numerous academic competitions, such as the math, computer science, and chemistry contests run by the University of Waterloo and the AMC. It has been highly ranked in standardized testing.

Extra-curricular activities

The arts

• Art club
• Concert band
• Concert choir
• Improv club
• Horton creative broductions
• Junior and senior jazz bands
• Advanced and beginning string ensembles
• Glee club
• The school's music department alternates between a band trip (to Boston and New York during March break) and a musical. Past musical productions include My Fair Lady (1997), The Music Man (1998), Crazy for You (2000), Bye Bye Birdie (2002), Once on This Island (2004), Grease (2008), 42nd Street (2010), The Wiz (2012), and Legally Blonde (2014).

Athletics

Volleyball

Girl Division 2 won NSSAF provincial championship in 2014-2015

Basketball

Horton's boys' basketball team was nearly unbeatable for two years. In 2008 the Horton Griffins went 41–0, capturing their 2nd consecutive provincial title. In December 2008, Horton broke the Canadian national record with their 73rd straight win. Horton has appeared in five of the last seven provincial championships. Horton boys and girls basketball won 2015-16 provincial Division 1 championship.

Soccer

The JV girls soccer team has won five provincial championships in a row from the years 2017-2021

Clubs

Notable alumni

• Peter MacKay, former minister of justice, former minister of national defence, former minister of foreign affairs
• Drake Batherson, professional ice hockey player
• Matthew Jodrey, mineralogist and barrister
• Jacob Shaffelburg, professional soccer player

References

External links

• Horton High School