Valley Heights Secondary School

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Valley Heights Secondary School
Address
Box 159 Langton, Ontario, N0E 1G0, Canada
Website
http://schools.gedsb.net/vhs/
Information
School board	Grand Erie District School Board
Principal	Frank O'Connor
Vice principal	Mr. Rob Wong
School type	Public secondary
Grades	9-12
Mascot	Bears
Colours	Purple and white
Founded	1971
Enrollment	522
Yearbook	The Spectrum

Valley Heights Secondary School (VHSS) is a two-story rural high school located near Langton, Ontario. Opened in 1971, Valley Heights sits on a property that spans a hundred acres and includes fields, Carolinian forests, rivers and marshy areas. Valley Heights also has a large cross country running course and has hosted the Norfolk County High School cross country meet on numerous occasions. In 1998, the school was nearly closed. At one point it was practically official, but thanks to desperate efforts from the staff, students and alumni, the school remained open. Since then, there have been no serious efforts to close the school. In 2000, there were approximately 700 students, but in 2001, a catholic school opened and offered students newer equipment and more course choices. That, combined with the obliteration of the fifth year (OAC), the population has fallen to 500 and many essential courses are no longer offered due to low enrolment.

[edit] Athletics and Clubs

The school team is called the "Bears" or "Voyageurs", the school colors are purple and white and the school logo is a bear's footprint. During the 1990s, the Valley Heights Bears won numerous championships in a row for football. During the late eighties and early nineties, the Bears won numerous titles over perpetual rivals, the Simcoe Sabres. Among the sports that Valley Heights has teams for are: Football, hockey, volleyball (junior and senior), basketball (junior and senior), cheerleading, tug-of-war, cross country, track and field, rowing, soccer and wrestling. Each sport is offered for both genders except football (boys only) and cheerleading (although boys are encouraged to join). Alongside Football, Valley Heights has excelled at women's volleyball, men's tug-of-war (8 straight titles in the 90s), cross country and rowing.

Clubs meet regularly after school, various clubs include the Drama Club, various choirs, the auto club and the Computer club. The computer club in particular has seen a lot of success with several entries in the Ontario Computer Programming competition placing in the Top 3. As well, various different departments offer yearly trips. Every December either the arts department or music department go to New York and every other year the French/Spanish department go to France and Spain, and sometimes Quebec City.

[edit] External links

• Valley Heights Secondary School