Aldershot School
Aldershot School is a grade 7–12 school located in Burlington, Ontario. Although the current school building was constructed in 1959-1960 and opened in 1961, the original Aldershot School was built in 1870, making the name the oldest in continual use for an educational institution in Halton.
| Aldershot School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
50 Fairwood Place West , Ontario , L7T 1E5 | |
| Coordinates | 43°18′12.9″N 79°51′09.5″W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Veritas Nos Ducat (Truth Shall Lead Us) |
| Established | 1870 |
| School board | Halton District School Board |
| Principal | Scott Williamson |
| Grades | 7 to 12 |
| Enrolment | 1023 (2023-2024) |
| Language | English, Core French, French immersion |
| Hours in school day | 6.5 |
| Colour(s) | Green and gold |
| Slogan | Green going for gold |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Team name | Aldershot Lions |
| Website | ald |
Originally a high school (grades 9-13, later cut back to grade 12), grades 7 and 8 were added in 2001 to make use of spare capacity. The school's enrolment is 1023 students as of the beginning of the 2023-2024 school year, with 210 students in elementary and 813 students in secondary.
The school's Latin motto, Veritas Nos Ducat (meaning "Truth Shall Lead Us"), speaks to a remarkable honour system in place during the 1970s. At that time, any misplaced belonging in the school was essentially guaranteed to make its way to its rightful owner, and in some cases, take-home exams were permitted, bearing that the student not use outside information and write the school motto on his or her test. The remnant of this implicit system is in the school's also traditional, annual Honour Society listing, which notices students who have achieved distinctions in academics at a level of above 80% in every course taken.