It is located in Newmarket, Ontario, Canada and serves students from the Newmarket and East Gwillimbury area.

The name comes from the First Nation that inhabited the area and the height of land on which the school is located in the northwest part of the town.

It also began to share the Newmarket-area enrichment program with Newmarket High School in 2000.

The 2005 student population was approximately 1,850, in grades 9-12.

The floor area is approximately 20 900 m².