Elementary Schools
Kingswood Elementary
October 22, 2004 marks the official ground breaking ceremony for the new Hammonds Plains School. The $8.5-million school, on Vrege Court, near Kingswood Drive, will serve nearly 600 students in grades Primary to 6.
Kingswood Elementary opened it's doors for the first time in September 2005. The school offers Primary to Grade 6 in both English and French Immersion. Children of Kingswood North and South, Blue Mountain Estates and children up the Hammonds Plains road to Lucasville Road attend this school.
Please refer to the Annual Report for 2009-2010 for additional information.
Email: kwe@hrsb.ns.ca
Safe Arrival: kingsafe@staff.ednet.ns.ca
Telephone: (902) 832 -5522
Fax: (902) 832 - 5524
Hammonds Plains Consolidated School
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Our mission at Hammonds Plains Consolidated School, as part of a diverse, safe and caring community where we believe all children can learn, is to provide opportunities to enable individuals to reach their full potential, achieve excellence, respect and self worth through a challenging curriculum and a life long commitment to learning.
Hammonds Plains Consolidated School initially began as two schools merging into one larger school ( built on the present site in 1967) with twelve classrooms. The two communities were those of Upper Hammonds Plains (an African/Canadian community) and Hammonds Plains (a farming community of European descent).
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In 1971, a four classroom addition was built. In 1996, additional renovations were completed. Rapid growth continued over the next few years. In the 2005-2006 school year we will start as a 21 classroom school from grades Primary to 5 including French Immersion. Our school community encompasses Highland Park, Yankeetown Rd., Maplewood Subdivision, Pockwock/Upper Hammonds Plains, Hammonds Plains Rd., and Glen Arbour and White Hills.
Click on the map for the boundaries - shown in green.
Email: hpcs@hrsb.ns.ca
Phone: 902-832-8412
Fax: 902-832-8420
Creative Kids Education Centre (Birch Hills Academy)
A private school that provides an environment based on the fundamental philosophy that students learn through active participation. The reading process is addressed using curriculum that develops integration between auditory, visual, and language processing necessary for fluent reading and comprehension. We recognize the importance that fine arts programs provide in the development of self-confidence, self-expression, creativity and higher level cognitive processing therefore students receive instruction in music, art, drama and creative movement.
Lunch hour clubs - choir, drama, art, hockey and soccer - are offered as extracurricular activities. Grades pre-primary to 5 are offered with low student: teacher ratios. Nova Scotia Department of Education approved curricula provides the basis from which we develop our enhanced curriculum and programs. French instruction starts at grade primary.
Summer programs/camps, February break camps, before/after school care, and pre-primary programs are also provided. It's a unique school with a unique vision.
109 White Hills Run
Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia B4B 1W6
Phone: 902-832-KIDS (5437)
Email: creativekids@accesswave.ca
Middle School
Madeline Symonds is located at 290 White Hills Run, Hammonds Plains. The school is situated in Whitehills subdivision. Take Hammonds Plains Road, then Pockwock Road. Whitehills Run is the third on the right.
Madeline Symonds Middle School is located in Upper Hammonds Plains. It serves the greater Hammonds Plains
area, extending from Kingswood subdivision to Grant Line Road, just before Haliburton Hills. In addition, its
boundaries include the Lucasville Road up to and including the Timber Trails Trailer Park, as well as the Pockwock
Road. Subdivisions off the Hammonds Plains Road and the Pockwock Road are also served by MSMS. The school
did not replace a pre-existing school. It was the area’s first middle school, providing a home for the area’s young
adolescents.
Presently MSMS is a school of 680 student, 50 staff, offering grades 6 to 9. They offer early and late French immersion as well as a variety of clubs and extra-curricular activities.
290 White Hills Run
Hammonds Plains, NS B4B 1W6
(902) 832-2300
High School
Enrollment in 2009 was 1188. Serving Grades 10 to 12 with English and French Immersion.
CBC News stated," Bedford High School will be built on Innovation Drive near the Research in Motion building. MLA Mat Whynott said the Dexter government has agreed to pay $4.1 million for 20 acres of land owned by West Bedford Holdings, a partnership between Clayton Development and Cresco." It's scheduled to open fall of 2013.
The mascot of Charles P. Allen High is the Cheetah. A new cheetah costume was purchased in 2009, retiring the old cheetah costume which had been used for 10 years prior.
670 Rocky Lake Drive
Bedford, NS
B4A 2T6
o. 902.832.8964
f. 902.832.8981