Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School
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| Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
| 1206 Snyder’s Road West Baden, Ontario, N3A 1A4, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Waterloo Region District School Board |
| Principal | Ed Doadt |
| Vice principal | Tim Gilmore, Doug McKlusky |
| School type | Public |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Mascot | Chubby, the crusader |
| Team name | Crusaders |
| Colours | Green, black, white |
| Founded | 1955 |
| Enrollment | 1,244 (2005-06) |
| Homepage | http://wodss.wrdsb.on.ca |
Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School is a high school just outside Baden, Ontario, Canada operated by the Waterloo Region District School Board. It opened in 1955 and is the only rural high school in Waterloo Region. W-O serves a student population of 1,244 (2005-06), primarily from Waterloo Region, Oxford County, and Perth County. Its sports teams are called the Crusaders, with colours of green, black, and white.
In 1999, the school—situated on a rural highway—applied for an exemption from the Ontario legislation banning smoking on school property.[1][2] The request was denied, but in 2000 the Township of Wilmot agreed to lease a piece of land on school property, allowing students to smoke some distance away from highway traffic, without contravening the smoking ban.[3]
The school has struggled with drug problems. In the fall of 1999, dozens of students at Waterloo-Oxford were discovered using cocaine and heroin. News of the hard drugs' popularity among middle-class families came as a shock to the rural community, and inspired several years of anti-drug campaigns. [4] [5]
At the time of Waterloo-Oxford's 50th reunion in 2005, it was estimated that 10,000 alumni had graduated from the school. [6]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Benjamin Alarie, law professor and author
- Harold Albrecht, MP for the riding of Kitchener—Conestoga
- Bob Schlegel & Myrna Schlegel, who made a $2 million donation to Wilfrid Laurier University in 1998 to create the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship
- Christina Schmidt, actor and model, Degrassi: The Next Generation
- Graeme Smith, correspondent for the Globe and Mail
[edit] References
- ^ "Tobacco road: Baden school seeks alternative to smoking area near highway," Prithi Yelaja, The Record, December 8, 1999, p. B3.
- ^ "Baden school won't get smoking exemption," Prithi Yelaja, The Record, December 10, 1999, p. B5.
- ^ "Exception made for rural school," Barbara Aggerholm, The Record, October 7, 2000, p. H2
- ^ "Small towns pull together to fight drug threat," Brian Caldwell, The Record September 1, 2001
- ^ "Know what to look for, parents told," Valerie Hill, The Record March 26, 2004
- ^ "Waterloo-Oxford set for 50th reunion," The Record May 30, 2005
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