Horton High School – Calendar Update April 2026

Horton office hours
Horton office hours for phone inquiries are 8:15 AM to 4:00 PM; no answering service is available. Outside these hours, contact the office via email at jodye.routledge@avrce.ca or text at 902-670-8879.

Visit the Horton Website for full Calendar Details
https://hortonhighschool.ca/

Check our website often for recent school news and program highlights on the main page’s blog posts.

• Apr 2 – No Classes – (Teacher PD) 
• Apr 3 – Good Friday – No Classes
• Apr 6 – Easter Monday – No Classes
• April 8 – Program planning meetings
• April 9 – Programming planning meetings
• Apr 14 – Relay for Life Launch – Period 2
• April 23 – Reports are emailed home 
• April 20 – Teacher Professional Practice AM
• April 29 – Parent Teachers conferences PM and Evening 
• May 6 – 2 hour early dismissal (Teacher PD)
• May 18 – Victoria Day – No Classes

Regular Reminders from Horton:

• Now Horton Test Calendar
  

  To proactively address concerns regarding assessment planning, Horton will implement a school-wide test calendar plan to coordinate assessments across all classes.  

Parents/guardians and students should view these calendars to help plan and organize their students for a successful assessment preparation. 

Horton Assessment Calendars (Link is at the top right corner of the Horton Homepage)

• School Attendance:
  

  Please help Horton promote positive school attendance.

 Nova Scotia Attendance and Engagement policy

Please report all absences so they can be coded as Absent with Notification (AWN) or Medical Reason (MR). If an absence is not coded as AWN or MR in PowerSchool, teachers will contact you about any missed assessments. Assessments missed due to AWN or MR must be completed promptly.

The first bell rings at 8:55 AM. Students should arrive by 8:50 AM to reach their first class. Horton now sends automated alerts at 3:00 PM for any student marked late (“L” in the system), as there is no code for excused lateness, in addition to informing homes about absences.

• Bus Notes: Students should have all bus notes and afterschool plans decided before 2 PM (And not during last class)
• Horton’s Positive Behavior expectations: Please review these slides to be introduced to our positive behavior expectations for Horton spaces, classrooms, washrooms, hallways, etc. 
• No Cell Phones in Classrooms/Washrooms –  Cell Phone Directives
• Horton High School is a Peanut Allergy Aware School
• Horton High School is Scent Free
  We have staff members and students who have a severe allergy to scented products. We ask that you please make sure that students do not wear scented products to school.  Here is the link to the presentation to our students. Link to Presentation