Uxbridge Secondary School is the lone high school in the Township of Uxbridge, Ontario

Uxbridge, Ontario

Uxbridge is a township in south-central Ontario, Canada, in the Regional Municipality of Durham, in the Greater Toronto Area.The main centre in the township is the namesake community of Uxbridge...

, and is one of 21 high schools within the Durham District School Board

Durham District School Board

The Durham District School Board is a public school board in Ontario, Canada. The DDSB serves most of the Regional Municipality of Durham, except for schools within the Municipality of Clarington, which belongs to the Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board...

. The school has students in grades 9–12 and offers a wide range of academic and extracurricular activities.

History and development

Originally called Uxbridge High School, the original building was erected in 1923 and has undergone four major additions since then in 1965, 1979, 1985, and 2003. The building as it stands today has 75 classrooms, a gymnasium, cafeteria, library, and numerous staff and maintenance areas. There are also currently 13 portables on site. As of September 2009, Uxbridge Secondary School (USS) has a student population of 1475 along with 135 teaching and support staff. The population of the community is still on the rise and, coupled with a recent boundary shift to include Claremont

Claremont, Ontario

Claremont is a Southern Ontario community located in the north part of the City of Pickering, Ontario, Canada.It is one of many rural villages with suburban type housing mixed with older, historic buildings in the Greater Toronto Area. Brock Road, the main north-south Regional road in the area was...

 residents, USS is expected to reach a population of approximately 1800 students by 2014.

Feeder schools

• Claremont Public School
• Goodwood Public School
• Joseph Gould Public School
• Quaker Village Public School
• Scott Central Public School
• Uxbridge Public School
• St. Joseph's Catholic School

Notable alumni

• Jeff Keeping
  Jeff Keeping
  Jeff Keeping is a professional Canadian football defensive tackle and offensive lineman for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted by the Argonauts in the second round of the 2005 CFL Draft...
  
  , CFL
  Canadian Football League
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  player
• Katie Starke, Miss Teen Canada World 2008
• Beth Underhill, Canadian Equestrian Olympian