Horton High School is a

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located in Wolfville Ridge,

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. It succeeded Horton District High School (1959-1998). As of 2022, the

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is Jodye Routledge. The athletic teams are the 'Griffins'. In 2015, there were approximately 867 students enrolled in grades 9–12 at the school. The school is fully

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ed and offers a less than 1.9:1 student-to-computer ratio. The school was a part of Canada's SchoolNet Network of Innovative Schools program which is no longer active.

Students

Performance

Horton High School students compete in numerous academic competitions, such as the math, computer science, and chemistry contests run by the

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and the AMC. It has been highly ranked in standardized testing.

Extra-curricular activities

The arts

* Art club * Concert band * Concert choir * Improv club * Horton creative broductions * Junior and senior jazz bands * Advanced and beginning string ensembles * Glee club * The school's music department alternates between a band trip (to Boston and New York during March break) and a musical. Past musical productions include "

My Fair Lady ''My Fair Lady'' is a musical based on George Bernard Shaw's 1913 play ''Pygmalion'', with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. The story concerns Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl who takes speech lessons f ...

" (1997), "

The Music Man ''The Music Man'' is a musical with book, music, and lyrics by Meredith Willson, based on a story by Willson and Franklin Lacey. The plot concerns con man Harold Hill, who poses as a boys' band organizer and leader and sells band instruments and ...

" (1998), " Crazy for You" (2000), "

Bye Bye Birdie ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is a stage musical with music by Charles Strouse and lyrics by Lee Adams, based upon a book by Michael Stewart. Originally titled ''Let's Go Steady'', ''Bye Bye Birdie'' is set in 1958. The short story "Dream Man", authored ...

" (2002), "

Once on This Island ''Once on This Island'' is a coming-of-age one-act stage musical with a book and lyrics by Lynn Ahrens and music by Stephen Flaherty. It is based on the 1985 novel ''My Love, My Love; or, The Peasant Girl'' by Rosa Guy, a Caribbean-set retelling o ...

" (2004), Grease" (2008), " 42nd Street" (2010), "

The Wiz ''The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz"'' is a Musical theatre, musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls (and others) and book by William F. Brown (writer), William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's childr ...

" (2012), and "

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" (2014).

Athletics

* Badminton * Baseball * Basketball * Cheerleading * Cross country * Curling * Football * Golf * Hockey * Rugby * Skiing * Snowboarding * Soccer * Softball * Table tennis * Track and field * Volleyball * Wrestling

Volleyball

Girl Division 2 won NSSAF provincial championship in 2014-2015

Basketball

Horton's boys' basketball team was nearly unbeatable for two years. In 2008 the Horton Griffins went 41–0, capturing their 2nd consecutive provincial title. In December 2008, Horton broke the Canadian national record with their 73rd straight win. Horton has appeared in five of the last seven provincial championships. Horton boys and girls basketball won 2015-16 provincial Division 1 championship.

Soccer

The JV girls soccer team has won five provincial championships in a row from the years 2017-2021

Clubs

* Because I am a girl * Best friends for lunch * Environment club * Gender and sexuality alliance * Horton Christian fellowship * Horton CHEF * Horton headstrong committee * Horton tech crew * Hydra debate club * Interact club * Lego robotics * Math league * Mysterious encounters *Neurodiversity club * NSSSA * Peer tutors * Peer leadership about youth and sexuality * Prefects * Prom committee * Relay for life * Respect for diversity * S.A.C. club * Social justice club * Students council * Student music executive

Notable alumni

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, former

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, former minister of national defence, former

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, professional ice hockey player *

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, mineralogist and barrister *

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, professional soccer player

References

External links

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