| Valley Heights Secondary School | |
| Address | |
| 2561 Highway 59 South Langton, Ontario, N0E 1G0, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Grand Erie District School Board (formerly Norfolk Board of Education) |
| Religious affiliation | Secular |
| Area trustee | Scott Wilson (school council chair) |
| Principal | Mike DeGroote |
| Vice principal | Rudi Atkinson |
| School type | Public high school |
| Grades | 9-12 (formerly 9-13) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Langton, Ontario |
| Mascot | Valley Heights Bear |
| Team name | Bears (formerly Voyageurs) |
| Colours | Purple and White |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Enrolment | ~600 (2011) |
| Yearbook | The Spectrum |
| Homepage | Official Valley Heights home page |
Valley Heights Secondary School (VHSS) (in French, "L'École Secondaire Valley Heights") is a two-story rural high school located near Langton, Ontario, Canada.
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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. The school nearly closed in 1998, but remained open due to the efforts of the staff, students and alumni. Since then, there have been no serious efforts to close the school.
In 2000 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. As a consequence of the lower enrollment, many courses are no longer offered.
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. Each sport is offered for both genders except football (boys only) and cheerleading (girls only, although boys are encouraged to join). Alongside Canadian football, Valley Heights has excelled at women's volleyball, men's tug-of-war (eight consecutive titles in the 1990s), cross country, and rowing.
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