Keswick High School

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Keswick High School

Address
100 Biscayne Boulevard Keswick, Ontario, L4P 3L5, Canada
Website
http://www.keswick.hs.yrdsb.edu.on.ca/
Information
School board	York Region District School Board
Superintendent	Chris McAdam
Area trustee	Nancy Elgie
Principal	John Glezakos
Vice principal	Fran Harvey Paul Fulcher Catherine McGinley
School type	High school
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Mascot	Cougar
Colours	Red and white
Founded	2000

Keswick High School is a public high school in the York Region District School Board. It is located in Keswick, Ontario, Canada and serves Grade 9 to 12 students from the growing Keswick community. It follows the curriculum standards set by the Ontario Ministry of Education and was officially opened in September of 2000^[1].

1 History
2 Secondary School Reforms
3 Trivia
4 See also
5 Headline text
6 References and notes
7 External links

[edit] History

Construction began in 1998. The school was built in order to accommodate the rising population of its surrounding surburban area, which continues to grow in rapid numbers. Previously, residents of the town of Georgina (including, among others, the communities of Keswick, Sutton, Pefferlaw, and Udora) commuted to Sutton District High School. However, the population count of the Sutton D.H.S. surpassed 2200, and would only rise due in part to the double cohort. Already well above its intended capacity, Keswick High School was built.

[edit] Secondary School Reforms

Keswick High School was one of the first schools to be solely based on the current Secondary School Reforms curriculum, implemented by Premier Mike Harris, in a system that eliminated Ontario's OAC year (Grade 13) and completely revamped course outlines. Because of this, only students taught under the new curriculum were enrolled. For its first year of operations, it was comprised only of Grade 9 and 10 students, as these were the first two classes under that system. This prevented the need for faculty taught under both systems.