The school is a large part of the Cambridge community, participating in a wide network of formal and informal relationships with other agencies and groups.

The Education Board granted both Hamilton and Cambridge to form high schools at the same time in 1883.

[3] The Cambridge District High School opened on 2 July 1883.

[4] In the beginning, primary and high school education happened in the same room, as an initial 23 pupils did not justify having separate rooms or buildings.

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