Horton High School – Calendar Update
December ‘24 / January ‘25
Horton office hours:
Horton office phones are only answered from 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. We do not have an answering service option. If you need to alert the office outside these hours please email jodye.routledge@avrce.ca
Planned schedule/times for an AVRCE late Start due to poor weather conditions
Buses will run 2 hours later than normal. A normal 8:35 pick-up would now be delayed until 10:35.
Bell times for the 2 hour delayed start
Warning bell: 10:55
Period 1: 11:00 – 11:50
Period 2: 11:55 – 12:45
Lunch: 12:45 – 1:32
Period 3: 1:37 – 2:27
Period 4: 2:32 – 3:22
Visit the Horton Website for full Calendar
- Dec 5 – No School
- AM – Professional Development
- PM – Parent Teacher conferences
- Evening – Parent Teacher conferences
- Dec 20 – Last day before the Holiday Break
- Jan 3 – First day of classes after the Holiday Break
- Jan 24 – NSVS exams
- Jan 27-30 – Horton Final Assessments
- Jan 31 – High School marking day – No classes
- Feb 3 – First day of semester 2
Some other Reminders from Horton:
- Please help Horton promote positive school attendance.
Nova Scotia Attendance and Engagement policy
- No Cell Phones in Classrooms/Washrooms – Cell Phone Directives
- Horton High School is a Peanut Allergy Aware School
- Please follow our parking lot plan.
- Do not cross the crosswalk with your car, use the new student drop off zone. There is a sign “DO NOT ENTER.”
- Parents are reminded that no traffic should be in our bus loop inferring with bus traffic.
- Horton High School is Scent Free
We have staff members and students who have a severe allergy to scented products. We are asking that you please make sure that students do not wear scented products to school. If you are visiting our school, please make sure you do not wear scented products.
