- Highland Junior High School (Toronto)
Infobox Education in Canada
name= Highland Junior High School
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streetaddress= 201 Cliffwood Road
city= Toronto
province=Ontario
postalcode= M2H 3B5
url= http://schools.tdsb.on.ca/highland/
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schoolboard=TDSB
affiliation= None
superintendent= Sue Pfeffer
trustee= Mari Rutka (Ward 12)
principal= Sandra Levin
viceprincipal= Leo Herskowitz
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fundingtype= Public
schooltype= Junior High School
grades= Grade 7 – Grade 9
language= English
area= Don Mills Road and Cliffwood Road, North York
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teamname= Highland Hurricanes
colours= Forest Green and Royal Blue
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enrollment_as_of=Highland Junior High School is an intermediate school for students in Grade 7 to Grade 9 in the
Don Mills Road and Cliffwood Road area ofToronto ,Ontario ,Canada . Highland is a feeder school to A. Y. Jackson Secondary School.Year 2004-2005
As of spring 2005, the school has a student population of 413. 83% of students speak a primary language other than English. [http://www.tdsb.on.ca/profiles/3322.pdf]
The school has a proud tradition of academic excellence. In the 2004-2005 Grade 9 EQAO (provincial testing) Academic mathematics test results, 98% of Highland students enrolled in Grade 9 Academic math scored at or above the provincial standard (Level 3), the highest percentage in the
Toronto District School Board . This compares with only 65% of students taking the test in the TDSB who achieved this. [http://www.tdsb.on.ca/educators/eqao_results/documents/2005/EQAO9SchoolbySchool.pdf]Year 2006-2007
In the 2006-2007 Grade 9 EQAO Academic mathematics test results,
Percentages of All Students At or Above The Provincial Standard (Levels 3 and 4),2006 - 2007
Results of Academic Program 2007
Highland JHS 99%
Board 66%
Province 71%
Results of Applied Program 2007
Highland JHS 94%
Board 17%
Province 35%
99% passed according to Method 1 (All results were marked), and 94% scored at or above level 3 according to Method 2 (students who actually took part in the assessment and produced at least some work that could be scored. Students are excluded from these calculations if they were exempted or had no data. 2 [ [http://www.tdsb.on.ca/wwwdocuments/parents/eqao_results/docs/EQAO9_schoolbyschool.pdf EQAO2007G9_press.xls ] ] ,
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EQAO RESULTS 2006-2007http://www.tdsb.on.ca/wwwdocuments/parents/eqao_results/docs/EQAO9_schoolbyschool.pdf
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