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Huron Heights Secondary School

1962 establishments in OntarioEducation in Newmarket, OntarioEducational institutions established in 1962High schools in the Regional Municipality of YorkYork Region District School Board

Huron Heights Secondary School is a public high school in the York Region District School Board which opened in 1962. Additions were added in 1965 and 1969. It is located in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada and serves students from the Newmarket and East Gwillimbury area. The name comes from the First Nation that inhabited the area and the height of land on which the school is located in the northwest part of the town. It also began to share the Newmarket-area enrichment program with Newmarket High School in 2000. The 2005 student population was approximately 1,850, in grades 9-12. The floor area is approximately 20 900 m².

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Huron Heights Secondary School
Huron Heights Drive, Newmarket

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