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605 Strouds Ln, Pickering, ON L1V 5M5, Canada
- SCHOOL TYPE: Public
- WEBSITE: Highbush PS
- SCHOOL LEVEL: Pre-Kindergarten, Kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle
- GRADES OFFERED: PK - 8
The Highbush P.S. Community will provide a positive, safe and collaborative environment that will promote respect for diversity and excellence for all, through active involvement in academic, artistic and athletic pursuits. Highbush P.S. has a population of approximately 500 students encompassing a wide variety of cultures. Equity and diversity are very much celebrated at Highbush P.S.
The Amberlea neighbourhood is in southwest Pickering bounded to the west by the Altona Forest, to the north by the hydro transmission corridor and Canadian Pacific rail line, to the east by the Pine Creek valley north of Finch Avenue and roughly Spruce Hill Road, and to the south by the Canadian National rail line, north of Sheppard Ave. There is a commercial area at Strouds Ln and Whites Rd. The Altona Forest and the wildlife corridor provide the neighbourhood with surrounding natural areas, and there are also parklands within the neighbourhood. Housing is mainly single detached, and also duplexes, townhomes, and low-rise apartment buildings. Whites Rd provides good access to major highways.