Our School

Waterdown District High School, established in 1853 has a strong tradition of both academic achievement, extracurricular participation, student leadership and community support. As the only Secondary School located in the Flamborough area, our students enjoy the support of a very dedicated community. Our students have numerous curricular opportunities as well as the ability to participate in 67 different extra-curricular activities. Our students are dedicated to supporting others and on a daily basis are involved in fundraising and volunteer activities in our local community and around the world.

Our School Plan

Curriculum Focus

Continue to reduce the failure rate of our students.
Continue to reduce the gender gap between girls and boys.
Continue to incorporate Literacy and Numeracy skills into all courses.
Incorporate professional certifications into numerous subject areas to provide students with additional skills that will assist them in the workplace.

Environment Focus

Building Character Education
implement the True Sport initiative in our extra-curricular programs
implement a weekly Good Deed Award for students
continue educating students and staff about bullying
Implement a Code Lockdown Procedure
Reinstate a student run school-wide recycling program

Parent & Community Involvement

Community

Continue to partner with members of the community to offer our students numerous learning opportunities. Our community members support us by offering cooperative education placements, opportunities for field trips, volunteers, coaching expertise, resources and materials, support for special events and guest speakers.

Parent

Continue to use a wide variety of approaches to communicate with parents. Making use of our school sign, our school website, our automated phone system to call home about attendance and special events, the REMIND app for texts and emails and our “What’s Up at WDHS” articles in the Flamborough Review.
Encourage parental participation on our School Council.