Just read Ralph Pyle's comments about the school in 1954. For your information I was president of the Student's Council in 1954. I was in Grade 13.

Just a comment about the Initiation Dance in 1954. It had to be cancelled because of Hurricane Hazel. It went late into the afternoon before we had enough information about the severity of the storm to realize we had to cancel it.
Grade 13 classroom was at the west end of the hall so we had the advantage of an entrance way by our classroom.

My father, Nelson Smith was also on the School Board and he planted the grass around the new school in the fall of 1954.

There is an interesting story about the construction of the school. In the early 50's it was a joint school board with Stouffville. Both schools were small and outdated. As the board worked out plans for a new school the decision was taken to construct one larger school near Dickson Hill. Somehow at the last minute Stouffville opted to go their own way and so the new Markham High School was built on Church Street.

Lorne Smith