This is another in the rural school district signs in the MD of Foothills.
The name of the school comes from its close proximity to the Highwood River.
School was opened in 1908 and was an unusual design in that it had a cottage room and a belfry. The largest attendance was 20.
In 1953 the school was moved across the Highwood River to replace the Fosk School which was too small. After the school was closed in 1958, the building was moved to Black Diamond to house the industry that was making tractor cabs.
Information from Pioneering With a Piece of Chalk, by Bill Baergen
There is now another Highwood School in the Town of High River. It is the current Highwood Secondary School that opened in 1996 of which the CO had the honour of being the first Principal until his retirement, When the new Highwood School opened with Grades 9 – 12, there were 650 students enrolled.