Maplewood Vocational School was established on September 5, 1967 using the facilities of Tabor Park Vocational School until the permanent building on a 12 acre property was erected and completed in 1968. The two storey school is designed by the architects Webb, Zerafa and Menkes. The school celebrated its 50th anniversary on October 21, 2017.
Campus
Maplewood High School is a two-storey building with 12 classroms, one science lab, five ME/DD classrooms, library, double gymnasium, cafetorium, home economics room, vocational shops for automotive, motor service with paint booth, construction, welding, greenhouse, woodworking, textile, merchandising, assembly and production, bakery, quantity cooking, short order and arts room. The building's layout from above has a shape of an "M" due to the two court yards from the gymnasium. The elevator was installed in 2019 to connect the academic building on the second floor with the wing from rooms S20 to S23. Hallway lockers are colored teal green and blue. It has 7 fire exits.
Programs
Academics
The school operates from Grades 9 to 12 in a semestered system. It offers the basic academic programs for slow learning students with potential knowledge and skills required for work and independent living. The courses consisted of English, Math, History, Geography, Science, and Law curriculum.
Vocational
Maplewood offers its technical and vocational programs ranging from Cosmetology, Business and Computer Studies, Home Economics, Parenting, Sewing, Integrated Technology, Construction, Transportation, Horticulture, Maintenance, Communications Tech and Woodworking. Most notably, the Food Services Program runs a professional kitchen and bakeshop. Up-to-date equipment is used every day by Maplewood Food School to feed enough students in the cafeteria. Students learn how to work in the hospitality industry by gaining skills that are needed in catering, food preparation and baking. Some of its senior students earn the Food Handler Certificate.
Other
All students in Maplewood participate in the Transition to Work program, in which the students enrolled there have the employability skills necessary for the world of work through in-school co-op courses and co-op opportunities in the community. Co-curricular activities meets the diverse needs and interests of the Maplewood student body. Students can choose from any number of clubs in the area of arts, music, dance, fitness and sport. Competitive intramural sports feature interschool leagues and tournaments in team and individual sports. The school is involved in charitable causes by participating in the Terry Fox Run, the Autism Walk, Special Olympics, Haiti Relief Efforts and the Hospital for Sick Children.
