Horton High School (Nova Scotia)

Horton High School is a public high school located in Wolfville Ridge, Nova Scotia, Canada. It succeeded Horton District High School (1959-1998).

As of 2024, the school principal 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 networked 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 The school was a part of Canada's SchoolNet Network of Innovative Schools program which is no longer active.

Campus and facilities
It has a less than 1.9:1 student-to-computer ratio. The four wings are colour coordinated and each wing houses one subject as follows:


 * Yellow Wing/Upper East Wing: science
 * Green Wing/Upper West Wing: social studies
 * Red Wing/Lower East Wing: mathematics
 * Blue Wing/Lower West Wing: language arts

These wings and their subjects were initially set in stone with no variation, however nowadays there is some variation in subjects throughout the wings.

Horton High School is equipped with a gymnasium, fitness studio, daycare, foods lab, textiles lab, various labs for technology courses, six full computer labs, three chemistry labs, performance centre seating approximately 500 people, and a fine arts section which includes a large music room with five practice rooms, a music executive office, a music library/deep storage space, and a large drama room.

Performance
Horton High School students compete in numerous academic competitions, such as the math, computer science, and chemistry contests run by the University of Waterloo and the AMC. It has been highly ranked in standardized testing.

The arts

 * Beginner string ensemble
 * Concert band
 * Choir
 * Drama club
 * Horton creative productions
 * Improv club
 * Jazz band
 * The school's music department alternates between a band trip and a musical each year, theoretically, as this has yet to be seen in practice. The year of 2024 was an exception, as there was both a band trip (to Boston and New York) and a musical performed. Past musical productions include My Fair Lady (1997), The Music Man (1998), Crazy for You (2000), Bye Bye Birdie (2002), Once on This Island (2004), Grease (2008), 42nd Street (2010), The Wiz (2012), Legally Blonde (2014), High School Musical (2023), and The Addams Family (2024).
 * In 2023, the school's drama club performed a play called Once Upon A Shakespearean Time, which was an original combination of scenes from three different Shakespeare plays: Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth, and A Midsummer Night's Dream. The drama club has plans to perform a full Shakespeare play in the 2024-2025 school year.

Athletics

 * Badminton
 * Baseball
 * Basketball
 * Cross country
 * Curling
 * Football
 * Golf
 * Hockey
 * Rugby
 * 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

 * Peter MacKay, former minister of justice, former minister of national defence, former minister of foreign affairs
 * Drake Batherson, professional ice hockey player
 * Matthew Jodrey, mineralogist and barrister
 * Jacob Shaffelburg, professional soccer player