It is built on the site of the former Woodstock College, which closed in 1926.

The school has a visual arts program and a number of technology courses, most notably its Hospitality program CASS CHEF(College Avenue Secondary School Culinary Hospitality Enriches Futures).[when?]

The technological programs include; baking, cooking, horticulture, auto mechanics, welding and woodshop.

The school also has a football team, as well as basketball, ice hockey, rugby, swimming, track and volleyball teams called the CASS Knights.

They offer a large variety of clubs, most notably the Band as well as Wired,The Robotics Club, the Rainbow Knights, and LGBTQIA2S+ advocacy group.