Nelson High School of

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, is located in Burlington's South Central area and serves approximately 1392 (2022) students between grades 9 and 12 in the

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It was established in 1957 at the intersection of New Street and Belvenia Road. It was named after

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, a British admiral who defeated

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on October 21, 1805. The school celebrated the 200th year since Nelson's victory in 2005 with colourful events and staff dressed as characters from the day. A cubist mural of Nelson's ship, , painted by artist and former teacher Robert Bateman, hangs above a staircase in the school's Canada Foyer. A scale model of the ship can also be found in the library. The impetus for naming the school may have come from its close proximity to the former village of Port Nelson, which was incorporated into the City of Burlington in 1874. The center of Port Nelson was near Guelph Line and Lakeshore Road, only a few kilometers from the school. Although the school had been the last non-semestered school in the Halton region, it transitioned to the semestered system in September 2006. In 2020, the nearby

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was closed; students and staff were transferred to Nelson. The merger was accompanied by expansion of facilities to accommodate more students as well as additional programs such as the Community Pathways program. The 11 million dollar update includes a state of the art manufacturing and robotics/engineering lab, autobody shop, stem lab, health care specialist high skills major, hospitality lab and cosmetology classroom.

Campus

Nelson High School is located in south-central Burlington at the corner of New Street and Belvenia Road. The school is a two-story building with a courtyard at the center. Classrooms, offices, and multiple computer labs (rooms) are typical of the school's 1950s design. In 2019, construction was started on a new cafeteria and library. The new facilities entered use in 2021. School sports and training facilities consist of two gyms; one large and one small, a weight room and a six lane synthetic

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track complete with steeple chase equipment. In 2011, a turfed football sports field was completed inside the Nelson Stadium, complementing the Nelson athletics program. In September 2022 the turf field was replaced with the Nelson logo customized on the field.

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