Confederation Secondary School

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Confederation Secondary School is located in the community of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. The school offers the French Immersion program in addition to the regular program.

Enrollment as of October 31, 2005: 560 full-time equivalent.

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[edit] History

Confederation S.S. was built as a Canadian Centennial project in the mid-1960s. It officially opened its doors for the first time in February 1968 making it the first English Secondary School in Valley East, Ontario.

[edit] Football

Like all sports teams at Confederation, the mascot is a Charger. Football at Confederation began in 1968 with a Junior Program but due to financial constraints and a serious injury to one of its players, the team was discontinued in the mid 1980s. Confederation was without football from that time until the fall of 2002 when it fielded a varsity team which posted a respectable 2-4 record in its first season. This was considered quite an accomplishment as the last expansion team of Sudbury District Secondary School Athletic Association, the St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School Bears, had to wait a full 7 seasons before their first win. The Chargers have become a regular member of the post season every year since. In 2003 they made the playoffs for the first time and knocked off the perennial powerhouse St. Charles College Cardinals by a score of 30-16. They then handed the previously undefeated Lasalle Secondary School Lancers their only loss of the season in the championship game by a score of 14-7. Interest in football all across Greater Sudbury then spiked as several high schools hoped to duplicate Confederation's success. The Sudbury Secondary School Northstars took the field for the first time in over twenty years in 2003, but were unable to match the Chargers' success, going winless in three of four seasons and subsequently folding in 2007. To replace them that fall was the Lively District Secondary School Hawks who have traditionally fielded excellent flag football teams. However, in their first season they also went winless.

[edit] Outdoor education

Situated in beautiful Northern Ontario's Boreal Forest, Confederation is ideally suited to offer an Outdoor Education Class. Students learn wilderness skills such as how to build a quinzhee and emergency signal fire. Every year the class takes a 3 to 7 night canoe trip into the Temagami wilderness and a 1 to 2 night winter camping trip where they sleep in quinzhees they have constructed themselves.

[edit] Music

Confederation is the home of the famous "Evolutionary Rock Band". It was started and run by teacher Norm McIntosh since 1979 (when it was still known as the Confed Rock Band). Norm was the first ever recipient of the Teacher of the Year Juno award. He was also presented $25000 for the band's many costs on behalf of the musicians' band-aid program.

The band consists of 4 vocalists, a 7-piece rhythm section, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones, 2 alto saxes, 4 tenor saxes and a 16-member stage crew. The crew can be farther divided into various jobs including sound technicians, guitar effects technicians, light and effects technicians, a fog technician, 2 spotlight operators and a crew manager. All evolutionary band and crew member students are between the ages of 14 and 18. The band was featured on Canada AM for its success in breaking the world record for lowest concert below the earth's surface. The record was broken at 742 m (2,434.4 feet) below sea level at 3400 level of CVRD Inco's Copper Cliff North Mine, Copper Cliff, Ontario.

Evolutionary has been visited by such artists as the Tragically Hip, Keisha Chante, Sloan, Suzie McNeil and record producer [Bob Eserin]].

Confederation is also home to the only full scale recording studio in Valley East and is the only school in Ontario that offers recording as a full credit course. Students are taught how to use the most up-to-date recording software and get experience working on short CDs for local artists and learn how to make radio commercials.

[edit] Academics

Today Confederation is a diverse school that blends academic excellence with athletic and extra-curricular activities available to all of its students.

[edit] Administration

The school is overseen by the Rainbow District School Board. 2006-2007 Administration: Principal: Mike Mirka Trustee: Marco Antonacci

[edit] See also

http://www.rainbowschools.ca/schools/confederationSS/index.php