NELSON HIGH SCHOOL

'Nelson High School' of Burlington, Ontario, Canada is located in Burlington's Longmoor area and serves approximately 1200 students between grades 9 and 12 in the Halton District School Board.

Contents

Basic Information

Campus

Athletics

Sports Teams

The Arts

Other Clubs

Notable Alumni

Basic Information

It was established in 1957 at the intersection of New Street and Belvenia Avenue. It was named after Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson, a British admiral who defeated Napoleon's navy at the Battle of Trafalgar 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, the HMS Victory, painted by local artist 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. Although the school had been the last non-semestered school in the Halton region, Nelson has changed to the semestered system as of September 2006. This is in part to prevent students from leaving Nelson to attend a semestered high school. Nelson is planning a weekend to celebrate it's 50th anniversary in September, 2007.

Campus

Nelson High School is located in South Central Burlington at the corner of New St and Belvenia Rd. The school is two stories high with a square design that has the cafeteria at the centre of the school. The school has two gyms, a large one and a small one, a weight room, a library, multiple computer labs and a stadium for football and track events.

Athletics

Nelson is a school that has a strong focus on their athletics with many Senior and Junior teams as well as a few midget teams. Nelson's main focus athletically is the Senior Boys Football team although Nelson fans can be seen almost anywhere a Nelson team is playing. Nelson celebrates its athletes every year at the annual athletic banquet where awards are given out for athletic excellence. Nelson's main athletic rivals are the Assumption Crusaders as they are not far from each other.
Nelsoners are known for their spirited chants and "Nelson letters."

Sports Teams

Soccer

Baseball

Softball

Track & Field

Volleyball

Rugby

Football

Hockey

Swimming

Badminton

Ping Pong

Dance

Basketball

Field Hockey

golf

The Arts

Concert Band (open band for grades 9-12)

Charisma (jazz choir)

Youth Band (grade nine band)

Flute Quartet

Jazzworks (senior jazz band)

Piccolo Trio

Sound Atttitude (concert choir)

Stage Band (junior jazz band)

Variety Show

Coffee House

Trombone Choir

Clarinet Choir

Other Clubs

Science Olympics

Roxanne Magazine

S.A.A. (Student Athletics Association)

Reach For The Top

Dance Committee

Biology Club

Student Executive

(Not all clubs are represented above)

Notable Alumni

Patrick Doering - Spark Plug


Jesse Lumsden - CFL Running Back

James McBain - Adventurer

Connie Smith - CH TV Journalist

Cam Sullivan - UN Peacekeeper

Patty Sullivan - TV Personality

Terence Tam - Adelaide Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster

Jamie Weir - Inconvenient Gamer