Hillcrest High School was a

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. It is part of the

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system. The school was opened in 1928 as Port Arthur Technical School, and expanded several times in its history. The school's teams were named "Hillcrest Colts".

History

The school was designed by

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& Co. The first principal was W.A. McWilliams. The first classes were held January 7, 1929. In 2007, students from

Port Arthur Collegiate Institute Port Arthur Collegiate Institute was a collegiate institute operated by the Lakehead District School Board in Thunder Bay, Ontario from 1910 to 2007. The building was designated a historic building in 1984 and is located at the west end of Waverl ...

were relocated to Hillcrest High School when their school closed. In the fall of 2009 Hillcrest closed and the student body was relocated to the new

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. Following its 2009 closure, Hillcrest High School was purchased by a private developer, Robert Zanette. In 2011, it was transformed into a collaborative environment of non-profit and for profit businesses, as the Thunder Bay Centre of Change. As of 2014, with less than half of the space rented and a new co-owner, it was announced that the building would be converted to housing, though it was uncertain at that time whether the conversion would be to rental apartments or condominiums. In 2015, Thunder Bay city council approved Robert Zanette's application to convert of the building to condominiums.

Notable alumni

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, member of the music group

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'', July 28, 1987. As archived and summarized in Gateway to Northwestern Ontario History. Retrieved 2016-12-16. *

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, inductee of the

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