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49 Liberty St N, Bowmanville, ON L1C 2L8, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Public
- WEBSITE: Bowmanville HS
- SCHOOL LEVEL: High
- GRADES OFFERED: 9 - 12
The teachers and administrators at BHS are dedicated to providing each student with an optimal working and learning environment to maximize his or her potential. The school is committed to the individual and collective pursuit of excellence. We are a composite school offering diversified academic and technological programs for grades 9 through 12 that include; Special Education, Traditional Technology, and a strong Arts program including dance and theatre arts.
Bowmanville was first incorporated as a town in 1858, but later incorporated with the neighbouring townships of Clarke and Darlington in 1974 forming the Town of Newcastle, which was renamed in 1994 to the Municipality of Clarington. Subdivided housing developments first arrived in the 1950s, with a significant increase in housing development through the 1980s and 1990s. Bowmanville is surrounded by rural areas on three sides, and Lake Ontario to the south. Farmland formerly covered central Bowmanville until the population increased, thus establishing a nascent downtown core by the early 19th century. There is a harbour to the south of Bowmanville in Port Darlington.