Lorne Park Secondary School
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| Lorne Park Secondary School | |
| Address | |
| 1324 Lorne Park Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5H 3B1, Canada |
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| Website | |
| http://lorneparkss.peelschools.org/ | |
| Information | |
| School number | 924008 |
| School board | Peel District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | none |
| Superintendent | Allison Clinton |
| Area trustee | Don Stephens |
| Principal | Julie Hunt-Gibbons |
| Vice principal | Deborah Sharp-Ramsay |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Motto | Portam Futuro Aperimus |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Colours | Red, White and Grey |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Enrollment | 1,425 (September 2005) |
Lorne Park Secondary School is a high school located in Mississauga, Ontario.
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[edit] History
When the population of Peel County began experiencing a population explosion in the 1950s, the secretary-treasurer for the South Peel Board of Education began negotiations to purchase land for a new school to be built on a 13 1/2 acre site at the price of 32,469 CAD. Construction on the school began in 1957.
The breakdown of costs for the school was as follows:
- Contractor's fee $580,000
- Cost of land $32,469
- Architect's fee $34,800
- Landscaping and fencing $80,000
- Cost of debenture issue $25,200
- TOTAL COST $752,469
Billed as a very modern design when the school opened for students in January 1958, the main feature of the school, facing south onto Lorne Park Road, was a suspended concrete canopy with two-storey windows. The school opened with 272 students and 16 teachers.
In 1973, Lorne Park was the first school in the Peel Board of Education to offer full-credit semestering. It proved wildly successful, and it was extended to most schools in the region by 1976.
The school population peaked in 1979, when Lorne Park had a teaching staff of 92 and 1,647 students in a building designed for 1,420. The current student population stands at 1,430 students and 75 teachers. It is a Regional Enhanced Learning Centre, catering to gifted students from across southern Mississauga, and also hosts an Extended French program. Elementary feeder schools include Hillcrest Public School, Lorne Park Public School, Owenwood Public School, Tecumseh Public School, Green Glade Public School, and Whiteoaks Public School, as well as St. Christopher's Catholic School, Allan A. Martin Public School, St. Luke's Catholic School, and Lyndwood Public School (Enhanced Program Feeder).
[edit] Sports
Lorne Park is known for its excellent athletic programs, most notably its football and its women's lacrosse teams. It has produced several OFSAA and ROPSSAA champions in football, women's lacrosse, field hockey, rugby, basketball, skiing, cross-country, badminton, baseball, swimming and tennis.
Lorne Park's Varsity, Junior Varsity and Rookie Women's Lacrosse teams have swept ROPSSAA for the past two seasons, with the Varsity team winning provincial bronze for 2005 and 2006 and placing 8th at the Midwest Scholastic Lacrosse Association in Detroit in 2006. Lorne Park has also displayed athletic success in the field of wrestling, where the OFSAA super-heavyweight title has been won in 2005 and 2006.
Lorne Park's varsity baseball team won OFSAA baseball's Prentice Cup in 2005, competing at the Rogers Centre against top teams from across the province. Lorne Park also has a fierce rivalry with The Clarkson Secondary School Chargers.
[edit] Clubs
Lorne Park enjoys a healthy tradition of student involvement in extracurricular activities. Lorne Park's music department participates in regional music festivals, and the DECA team will participate in the North American Finals in Dallas, Texas in May 2006. In the mid-1990s, the Lorne Park Model United Nations team was ranked consistently high at NHSMUN in New York City, and the Southern Ontario Model United Nations. Several alumni have gone onto careers in the arts, including Suzie McNeil (Last female contestant, Rock Star: INXS). Neve Campbell's father was the assistant head of the drama department for a decade. The senior band consistently performs among the top schools in the country every year.
[edit] Notable alumni
- Nima Arkani-Hamed, physicist and professor
- Silken Laumann, Olympic rower
- Suzie McNeil, Vocalist
- Ryan O'Marra, world junior hockey player
- Bev Oda, Federal politician and cabinet minister
- Neve Campbell, Actress
[edit] Miscellanea
- While not in use presently, a firing range exists in the basement of the school (beneath the small gymnasium). It was built in order to secure extra funding during the Cold War period so that students could have a suitable area to practise in. When such a use became obscure, the firing range housed the drama department's props and costumes. It was permanently closed, however, supposedly because of the archaic lead paint on its walls.
- Lorne Park was the first school to use computer-built timetables.[citation needed]
