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Go to child profileHDCH, founded in 1956, is imaginative, innovative & interwoven with our essential Biblical identity. Our programs are designed to challenge a wide range of learners. We practice Project-Based Learning, which captures students’ interest & provokes serious thinking as they acquire & apply new knowledge. Our staff & teachers are invested in their students' learning, growth, & spiritual well-being. Student life is rich at HDCH with many curricular & extracurricular opportunities, including clubs, and teams.
What learning looks like now: HDCH's priority is the health and wellbeing of all students and staff. For some students, this means full-time remote learning; for others, that means in-person learning. Both are available. In-person learning is in regular-sized classes, ranging from 12 to 30 students. Our school year is divided into four quarters, instead of two semesters; students take 2 courses at a time for about 9 weeks. This reduces the number of student contacts to within Ministry of Education guidelines. In-person learners do have a remote learning day every week or two. Masks, hygiene, and distancing practices are required all day. All staff wear medical-grade masks (this includes administration as well as teachers). Students remain in the same classroom for learning and for lunch. They can take mask breaks outside, and also for 15 minutes during lunch hour.
Curriculum delivery for 2020/21:
Grades | Living Arrangement | Delivery Model | Frequency |
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Day | Gr. 9 - Gr. 12 | Hybrid/blended | Full-time |
What Hamilton District Christian High says: Our students have the option of 100% remote learning or primarily in-person. Students who have selected in-person learning attend from 9 am to 3 pm most school days; we do have remote learning days once every week or two for all students.
View recent COVID-19 updates from HDCHHDCH offers bus transferring. Service options offered are regular rider, regular rider AM only, regular rider PM only, occasional rider.
The regions HDCH offers busing from are:
Additional notes: There are a variety of bus transportation options for getting to Hamilton District Christian High. Bussing transportation to and from HDCH is managed by committees in each of the following areas. Contact them directly for details on routes and fees. Brantford – Brantford Christian School Leanna Silver, [email protected] or [email protected] or 519-752-0433 Late bus departs at 5:00 p.m. from Hamilton District Christian High, making stops along Book Road, Ancaster Fair Grounds (5:15 p.m.) and Hwy. 2 Burlington – Hamilton Christian Transportation Services 905-648-6655 Late bus departs at 5:00 p.m. from Hamilton District Christian High, making stops at Walmart (Hwy. 5 near Hwy. 6 at 5:24) and Walmart (Fairview St. at 5:45) Dundas – Providence Christian School (formerly Dundas Calvin Christian School) [email protected] or 905-627-1411 Hamilton – Hamilton Calvin Christian School Jim Hosmar – [email protected] or 905-388-2645 x227 Jarvis/Simcoe – HDCH Transportation Emily deRuiter, [email protected] or 519-428-3668 Late bus departs at 5:02 p.m. from Hamilton District Christian High, making stops at Argyle Street (by request) at 5:15, St. Mary’s in Hagersville (5:35) and Jarvis Community Christian school (5:45)
Our large soccer field
The gym
Main doors
Front of HDCH
HDCH was founded in 1956, and has been doing great and impressively consistent work ever since. It has a good size, with 470 annually, and a good breadth of curricular and extracurricular offerings to match. Instruction is project-based, allowing students to work together around authentic tasks which build and support a facility with the core curriculum. Families are also drawn by the values which undergird the academic program. The school rightly reaches out to resources and organizations within the local community, using those interactions to build an empathetic world view, and a genuine appreciation of diversity. Certainly, there’s a lot to love.
Focus | Religious-based |
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Academic | Christian (Non-denominational) |
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Subject | offered |
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Evolution as consensus theory | |
Evolution as one of many equally viable theories | |
Evolution is not taught |
Subject | offered |
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Biology | |
Chemistry | |
Ecology | |
Geology | |
Meteorology | |
Physics | |
Physiology | |
Zoology |
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Acting | |
Dance | |
Drama/Theatre | |
Graphic Design | |
Music | |
Visual Arts |
Expressive | |
Disciplined |
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Computer science | |
Robotics | |
Web design |
Flexible pacing style | offered |
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Subject-streaming (tracking) | |
Multi-age classrooms as standard | |
Ability-grouping (in-class) as common | |
Frequent use of cyber-learning (at-their-own-pace) | |
Regular guided independent study opportunities | |
Differentiated assessment |
Students remain in a regular classroom for the whole day, and periodically receive break-out support (individually or in small groups) within the classroom from a qualified special education teacher.
Subject Type | offered |
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Learning strategy and study counselling; habit formation | |
Extra support and minor accommodations for children experiencing subclinical difficulties |
Subject Type | offered |
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Accommodations | |
Modifications | |
Extra support |
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Program | offered |
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Full-time gifted program (parallel to rest of school) | |
Part-time gifted program (pull-out; parallel to rest of class) |
Curriculum delivery: This information is not currently available.
Program | offered |
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Custom subject enrichment (special arrangement) | |
Custom curriculum compacting (special arrangement) | |
Guided independent study (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Cyber-learning opportunities (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Formalized peer coaching opportunities (specifically for gifted learners to coach others) | |
Custom subject acceleration (special arrangement) | |
Career exploration (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Project-based learning (custom gifted arrangement) | |
Mentorships (custom gifted arrangement) |
In grade Gr. 12, HDCH students perform an average of 1.5 hours of homework per night.
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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HDCH | 30 mins | 45 mins | 60 mins | 90 mins |
Site Average | 69 mins | 80 mins | 97 mins | 106 mins |
Lettered or numbered grades | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 |
Prose (narrative)-based feedback | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 |
Parent-teacher meetings | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 |
Competitive sports: 14
Recreational sports: 3
Hamilton District Christian High offers 16 clubs and extracurricular programs.
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
Day | $16,800 |
Discounts
Discount Type | Enrolment Type | Amount |
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Full payment | Day | $3,400 |
Full payment | Day | $3,200 |
Grade range that need-based aid is offered: | 9 to 12 |
Percentage of grade-eligible students receiving financial aid | 0% |
Average aid package size | $0 |
Percentage of total enrolment on financial aid | 0% |
Total aid available | $200,000 |
This school works with other. for processing financial applications
Grades | Gender | Living Arrangement | Enrolment | |
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Group 1 | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Day | 445 |
Group 2 | Gr. 9 to Gr. 12 | Coed | Homestay | 40 |
Total enrolment | 485 |
Average class size | Varies |
% of international students (total enrolment) | 11% |
Number of different nationalities within student population | 5 |
9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | |
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Day Enrollment | 115 | 115 | 110 | 120 |
Homestay Enrollment | 5 | 10 | 14 | 13 |
Class Size | 23 | 24 | 24 | 22 |
Assessment | Required | Grades |
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Interview | 9 - 12 | |
SSAT | ||
SSAT (out of province) | ||
Entrance Exam(s) | ||
Entrance Essay |
Day students: Rolling
Homestay students: Rolling
Offer mid-year entry:
Yes
Application fee: N/A
Registration fee: N/A
Deposit:
$500
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This is the percentage of applicants typically accepted into the school. So if 50 students are admitted out of 100 applicants, the school has an overall acceptance rate of 50%.
Student Entry Points
This shows approximately how many openings there are likely to be in each grade in a typical year, as well as the estimated acceptance rate for each grade level.
Student Type | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
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Day Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 100 - 120 (99%) | 5 - 10 (99%) | 5 - 10 (99%) | 4 - 8 (99%) |
Homestay Acceptance (Acceptance rate) | 2 - 5 (85%) | 5 - 7 (80%) | 3 - 4 (75%) | 0 |
Average graduating class size | 115 |
Students accepted into post-secondary studies upon graduation | N/A |
Percentage of students who attend post-secondary institutions outside of Canada | N/A |
Students who attended a Ivy+ school Number of students in the past 5 years that that attended one of Harvard, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Stanford, University of Chicago, Oxford or Cambridge (UK) | 5 |
Hamilton District Christian High Graduates’ Post-Secondary Studies:
This information is not currently available.Aggregate of All Schools’ Post-Secondary Studies:
Career planning | |
Internships |
Mentorship Program | N/A |
University counseling |
What HDCH says:
Exceptional learning is for every student. Each student has unique gifts, abilities, and learning styles. We work to differentiate learning so that each student can succeed. We provide support for academic planning and development, learning, and individualized programs where appropriate.
Our staff takes a vested interest in student learning, growth, and spiritual well-being. They develop a mentor relationship beginning in Grade 9 and foster these connections through to Grade 12, often going above and beyond to get to know each student as a unique person with diverse interests, strengths, and gifts.
We understand that ultimately God transforms the lives of our students at HDCH, and it is with this in mind that we trust in our mission to be clear and to be the directive of our school. We use the five habits of an HDCH graduate.They are:
Exceptional education at Hamilton District Christian High is imaginative, innovative and interwoven with our essential Biblical identity. An exceptional learning community looks to produce and engage with culture by turning our visions into actions, our ideas into products. One of the ways that we will accomplish this is through the essentials of Project-Based Learning (PBL). And it is our vision to have Project-Based Learning as an everyday learning experience for our students at Hamilton District Christian High.
At the core of Project-Based Learning is that real-world problems capture students’ interest and provoke serious thinking as the students acquire and apply new knowledge in a problem-solving context. This learning is contextual, creative, and shared. Students collaborate on meaningful projects creating opportunities for groups of students to gather information, think critically be creative and communicate in order for them to answer challenging questions or solve complex problems. By making learning relevant to them in this way, students see a purpose for mastering state-required skills and content concepts.
Hamilton District Christian High is registered as a private school with the Ontario Ministry of Education. It provides a curriculum that follows Ministry guidelines and standards and uses the credit system outlined in the Ontario Secondary School Document (1999). All the teachers have Ontario teacher’s certification. Graduating students will have completed the credits required for the Ontario Secondary School Diploma.
We believe HDCH is a place to dream dreams and see visions, a place to learn and grow and be cultivated, a place to live as a healthy community, a place for exceptional learning. The learning that happens here is a launching pad for our graduates’ futures; this is exciting stuff.
We’re always happy to welcome our friends and supporters to school. If you are in the neighbourhood, we hope you’ll drop by and experience exceptional learning first-hand.
Sincerely,
Duncan
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