E. C. Drury High School

Ernest C. Drury High School
Address
225 Ontario Street South
Milton, Ontario, L9T4N5
Canada
Coordinates 43°30′52″N 79°52′15″W / 43.5145°N 79.8707°W / 43.5145; -79.8707Coordinates: 43°30′52″N 79°52′15″W / 43.5145°N 79.8707°W / 43.5145; -79.8707
Information
School type Secondary School
Motto Home of the Spartans, Serious About Success
Founded 1980
School board Halton District School Board
Superintendent Yaw Obeng
Area trustee Donna Danielli
Administrator Donna Taylor
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 943 (Feb.27, 2012)
Language English and American Sign Language (ASL)
Area Halton
Colour(s) Green and Yellow
Mascot Spartan
Team name E.C. Drury Spartans
Website pdsbnet.ca

The Ernest C. Drury High School was a school in Milton, Ontario, Canada, for students in grades 9-12.[1] The school closed on June 2012 and became Craig Kielburger Secondary School[2] at a new location in Milton.

The same campus also houses the E. C. Drury School for the Deaf, a secondary school with residential and day programs for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing students. The school also offers classes for the disabled, a day care center, several board offices, and numerous trade programs. This school was operated by the Provincial Schools branch of the Ministry of Education in Ontario.[3] The Provincial schools will remain at their current address after June 2012 retaining the EC Drury name.

The school was named after Ernest Charles Drury who was Premier of Ontario from 1919 to 1923.

Academics

EC Drury High School offered a full range of courses in all 4 pathways; University, College, Apprenticeship and Workplace. As well, The Centre[4] provided education and training for developmentally challenged students.

Special programs

[5]
E.C. Drury offered several specialist programs organized by the HDSB Pathways Department.[6]

Specialist High Skills Majors

  • Business
  • Green Industries
  • Hospitality
  • Information and Communications Technology[7]
  • Musical Theatre


Ontario Youth Apprenticeship (OYAP)

  • Hair Styling

Sports teams

The EC Drury Spartan Wrestling Team has developed a tradition of winning team and individual medals at regional (GHAC)[8] and provincial (OFSAA)[9] tournaments since 1987.[10]

In 2017, the Spartans wrestling team was inducted into the Milton Sports Hall of Fame.[11]

Arts

The arts department at EC Drury had extra curricular activities[12] including

  • Glee Club
  • Drum Line
  • Guitar Club

References

  1. ↑ http://ecd.hdsb.ca Archived 2009-04-14 at the Wayback Machine. "E.C. Drury High School". Retrieved on 2010-02-27
  2. ↑ Craig Kielburger
  3. ↑ Ontario Ministry of Education - Provincial Schools Branch
  4. ↑ centre
  5. ↑ schooltocareer.ca - Halton's official source for experiential learning information
  6. ↑ Home Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine.
  7. ↑ SHSM Main page
  8. ↑ Welcome to GHAC
  9. ↑ Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations | Education Through School Sport
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-29. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  11. ↑ https://www.insidehalton.com/sports-story/7478251-inductees-named-for-2017-class-of-milton-sports-hall-of-fame/
  12. ↑ The Directors
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