The present building dates from 1952 with additions in the 1960s. The name dates from 1963, when it was changed from Napanee District Collegiate Institute.
Sports
Napanee District Secondary School is the home of the Golden Hawks. Team colours are blue and gold. The Golden Hawks field teams in various sports including hockey, football, basketball, rugby, gymnastics, volleyball, curling, swimming and track. The Golden Hawks compete against high schools teams in the "Kingston Area Secondary Schools Athletic Association" (KASSAA).
Brittany Benn,:Canadian rugby union player. She represented Canada at the 2014 Women's Rugby World Cup. She was a member of the touring squad that played France and England in November 2013.
Avril Lavigne, 2000: Grammy nominated, multi-
Juno and
MTV Award winning pop/rock music star. Her debut album, Let Go has sold 20 million copies worldwide. She dropped out in the 11th grade to pursue her music career full-time.
Ryan Malcolm, 1997: First winner of
Canadian Idol (2003). His debut single "Something More" went multi-platinum in Canada and became a #1 pop music hit on the Canadian singles charts.
Jeff Pearce (Canadian musician), 1985: Musician, songwriter and producer, founding member of
Moist, two time Juno winner and recipient of 3 multi-platinum album awards and 6 Socan Number One awards. Co-writer of all twelve Moist singles, and of
David Usher's international hit "
Black Black Heart".
Lesley Thompson, 1978: Four time Olympic medalist, including winner of an Olympic Gold Medal in the Women's Eights Rowing event in Barcelona, Spain, 1992.