Hillcrest High School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in the Elmvale Acres neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school was opened in 1961, and has over 1100 students. This year in 2011, they have 800 students, as the school boundaries have changed. Its sports teams are nicknamed "The Hawks". Hillcrest High School is a very ethnically diverse school with many different kinds of people living in and around the surrounding community. Some different ethnics include Blacks, Arabs and South Asians, and Somalis. Hillcrest has students from over 100 countries. Hillcrest offers a fully French-Immersion program. Hillcrest has a long history of success in sports. In the show, Hillcrest has won numerous Boys Rugby, Basketball and Hockey Championships.