Welcome to the home of the Burleigh Hill Bulldogs!
Welcome to Burleigh Hill!
Our goal at Burleigh Hill is to provide a caring learning environment in which all students, and their families, feel that they belong to the school community. We believe that our students should feel safe to take risks, explore their learning and develop their sense of identity. We encourage all students and families to work along side us here at Burleigh Hill so that we can achieve success together!
About Burleigh Hill Public School
Our amazing school was built in 1959. We have over 200 students ranging from JK/SK to grade 8. We sit on 6.3 acres on Burleigh Hill Drive.
September 1969
- A large number of municipal and township school boards within the borders of Lincoln County are amalgamated in the Lincoln County Board of Education by mandate of the Ontario government Burleigh Hill is an SK-6 school in 1969-70. Glen Merritt Senior School closes and its students are relocated as follows: (1) Students living in the Glen Merritt Junior, Maple Crest and Burleigh Hill areas are directed to Burleigh Hill, which expands to an SK-8 grade structure; (2) Grade 7 & 8 students in the Valley Wood area are sent to Connaught if they live north of Lincoln Avenue, to Ferndale if they live between Lincoln Avenue and the CNR main line, and to Burleigh Hill if they live east of Hickory Street.
- Celebrity Fact: Neil Peart the drummer of Rush attended Burleigh Hill School
- Gary Spero was a member of the National Champion McMaster University Football Team in 2011. He was a graduate of Burleigh Hill in 2004!