Hillfield Strathallan College
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Hillfield Strathallan College is a Canadian private school which teaches grades from Junior Kindergarten to twelve in Hamilton, Ontario.
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History
Started in 1901, was then Highfield School for Boys, was the first private residential and day school for boys in the city. It was a prep school for boys planning to enter the Royal Military College of Canada. Many graduates played key roles in the Canadian military. A series of name changes, reconstructions, new construction, and amalgamations with other institutions have since occurred, resulting in a single modern co-educational facility. Alumni from all founding organizations attended the centential anniversary in 2001.
Timeline
* 1901 - Highfield School for Boys founded
* 1920 - Hillcrest School was founded, as replacement to a previous school burnded two years prior.
* 1923 - Strathallan School founded
* 1929 - Hillcrest School and Highfield School were merged into Hillfield School, with new premises.
* 1959 - The Highfield School program was upgraded and renamed to Hillfield College to reflect this (note: the word college is used as it is England, and doesn't include education past high school in this case)
* 1961 - Strathallan School was renamed to Strathallan College
* 1962 - The two colleges, now named Hillfield-Strathallan Colleges, were put under a single Board of Governors, which ran the colleges in co-ordinated but separate manner during a transition period.
* 1963 - The amalgamation was completed and for the first time, it operated completely as a single entity for the first time
* 1995 - The current site of the college was acquired
* 1999 - Major additions to the campus, included a new Montessori school
* 2004 - The plural in the organization's name was dropped, and it came to just be Hillfield Strathallan College
Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra
The Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra (HPYO) is the "Orchestra in Residence" at the school. About 55 young people aged 9 to 22 are a part of it. They have performed in various places, such as:
* Carnegie Hall in Manhattan, New York City
* Banff, Alberta,
* Moosonee, Ontario
* Huntsville, Alabama
* Northampton, England
Notable alumni
The following includes notable alumni from before mergers, reorganization, and renaming:
* Henry Duncan Graham Crerar (b. 1888 d. 1965) - Canadian General Officer Commanding the Canadian First Army on D-Day in World War II. He had also served as a lieutenant-colonel in World War I.
* Henry Myles Carscallen - RCAF Air Vice-Marshall.
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