school year. The Markham Marauders junior boys volleyball team won a YRAA championship in 2019. Classics Department Markham District High School is one of the 60 schools remaining in Ontario with a classics department. The school offers Latin levels 1 - 3 (equivalent to grades 10 - 12) as well as the grade 12 'Classical Civilization' course. Until the 2010–11 academic year the school also offered Ancient Greek from levels 1 - 3 but dropped it due to lack of interest. Markham's Classics Contingent is one of the most successful at the Ontario Student Classics Conference, and they have a longstanding rivalry there with University of Toronto Schools. In Certamen, Markham maintains a strong level of commitment and dedication, consistently taking the top accolades. Music program A number of regularly occurring music ensembles exist at Markham District High School. They include: Grade 9 Band Grade 10 Symphonic Band Grade 11 Wind Symphony Grade 12 Wind Symphony Grade 11/12 Festival Winds Opus One Monday Morning Blues Band Church Street Swing Machine Washington Tour Band International Tour Band Senior Clarinet Quintet Sax ensemble Trombone Choir Coolinets Percussion Ensemble Junior Flute Quartet Senior Flute Quartet Junior Wind Quintets Intermediate Wind Quintet Senior Wind Quintet Jazz Combo Junior Vocal Senior Vocal Resonance Chamber Choir Third Stream Guitar Ensemble Tuba Herd Senior Clarinet Ensemble Construction A new school was built over time on two of the school's fields (front fields, leaving one field at the back), and was planned to open for the 2009/2010 academic year, but due to the students wanting the metal shops to remain in the school, plans were delayed. They broke ground in early November 2008, and opened the school in time for the 2010/2011 academic year. Currently, the projected number of people for that year is to be 1650, a drop of about 450 students from the 2006/2007 year. This will occur as a result of another high school's (Bur Oak Secondary School) territory overlapping with Markham District's current boundaries. The school fields are now located to the rear of the old school site. Feeder schools William Berczy Public School (gifted program only) Parkland Public School (gifted program only) Donald Cousens Public School (gifted program only) David Suzuki Public School Parkview Public School Boxwood Public School Legacy Public School E.T Crowle Public School Reesor Park Public School William Armstrong Public School Franklin Street Public School The students attending the Gifted