King City Secondary School
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| King City Secondary School | |
 Always progressing |
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| Address | |
| 2001 King Road King City, Ontario, L7B 1K2, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 919586 |
| School board | York Region District School Board |
| Religious affiliation | Secular |
| Superintendent | Dennis Connor |
| Area trustee | Susan Plamondon |
| Principal | Teresa Micone |
| Vice principal | Frank Hood |
| School type | High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Colours | Green and gold |
| Founded | 1961 |
| Enrollment | 1100 |
| Homepage | www.kingcity.ss.yrdsb.edu.on.ca |
King City Secondary School, or KCSS, is a secondary education facility in King City, Ontario, Canada. It is a secular public school in the York Region District School Board. The school is located at 2001 King Road, and the current Principal is Teresa Micone.
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[edit] Campus
KCSS is across from the King City branch of King Township Public Library. The main building was constructed in 1960 and opened in 1961[1], and major renovations to the structure were implemented in 1962, resulting in the addition of a technical studies area, often referred to as the Tech Wing. In 1966, a third gymnasium and a library were added as an eastern wing to the main building. In 1991, a new library facility was constructed adjacent to the Tech Wing, which also resulted in the creation of an inner courtyard.
The school features an outdoor 400 m track, which encircles an American football field on the western part of its campus, and a soccer pitch on the eastern part of its campus. Both fields serve multiple functions, including lacrosse, track and field, rugby union and field hockey. During the summer, they are used by youth sports leagues in King City.
Students are currently involved in planting and tending to a coniferous hedge on the school's border with the Springhill Gardens residential area, which has a chain-link fence perimeter.
[edit] Boundaries and demographics
KCSS serves a geographically large area, since there are many sparsely populated communities in that area. The primary boundary is similar to the township boundaries for King, though a small area in the northeast of King is served by schools in Aurora. Additionally, the eastern part of Oak Ridges, west of Yonge Street to the King town line, and parts of northern Vaughan, including Maple and Kleinburg and nearby communities, are served by KCSS.[2]
The student body comprises residents from the following communities[3]:
- Maple (30%)
- King City (17%)
- Nobleton (15%)
- Woodbridge (11%)
- Kettleby (9%)
- Schomberg (7%)
- Kleinburg (6%)
- Other (5%)
[edit] Curriculum
King City Secondary School follows the curriculum standards set by the Ontario Ministry of Education. Additionally, the school offers{[4]:
- the English as a Second Language Program
- the Alternative Education Program
- the Music Program
- the High Performance Athlete Program
- the Leadership Program
- a variety of Special Education Programs
King City Secondary School is a semestered school; for each of the fall and winter semesters, students register for up to four courses. Each day has four 75-minute periods, with a lunch period between the second and third academic periods.
[edit] Extra-curricular activities
King City Secondary School had an annual Marine Biology Science Trip to the Florida Keys. Established in 1990, the goal of the field trip is to demonstrate to students the relationship between ecosystems and human activity. The trip is part of the Independent Studies Program (ISP) for some senior science students, and every student is required to take daily tests and complete assignments throughout the trip.[5]
The school has installed solar panels which connect with the school's primary power distribution system as part of a grade 10 project. This project was conducted as part of the University of Toronto Sustainable Toronto program[6], in conjunction with Ontario Power Generation. The solar panels also operate a pump connected to a man-made pond on the school grounds.
[edit] Sports
Sports teams from KCSS are part of the York Region Athletics Association, which coordinates all competitive sports activities in York Region.
Non-competitive school intramural sports leagues, organized and scheduled by the Athletic Council and senior physical and health education students, have active participation. Most events occur during the lunch period.
The school's football teams are known as the "Lions".
[edit] Alumni
George Papandreou graduated from King City Secondary School in 1970.[7] He is the son and grandson of former Greek prime ministers, and was the Foreign Minister of Greece from 1999 to 2004. He is also leader of Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK), which was defeated in the 2004 Greek national election, but holds 117 of the 300 seats in the Greek Parliament.
Rasmus Lerdorf, original author of the PHP programming language, graduated from KCSS in 1988.
Rick Hampton, a retired NHL hockey player, graduated from KCSS in 1975. He was drafted by the California Golden Seals with the third pick in the 1974 NHL amateur draft, and played with that organization, which later became the Cleveland Barons, until it was folded with the Minnesota North Stars in 1978. He was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on July 14, 1978. His career ended after he tore knee ligaments in a game in Winnipeg on January 6, 1980.[8]
Keith Glass, who graduated from KCSS in 1972, founded the country and bluegrass band Prairie Oyster in 1974. It disbanded temporarily in 1978. He had also founded an R&B group called King City Slickers while still in school.
Jeff O'Neill, who graduated from KCSS in the mid 1990s, and went on to play for the Hartford Whalers—Carolina Hurricanes franchise; he was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 30, 2005.
[edit] Film
The 1995 movie To Die For had a number of scenes shot at King City Secondary School. KCSS appeared as Little Hope High School in the movie. One scene featured a geography classroom (southeast corner of 2nd floor) as the set for the Nicole Kidman classroom scene in the movie. A lottery was held for $2 per ticket to determine which attending students would be cast as extras in the scenes filmed at the school.
Walt Disney's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, which debuted in 2004, also had some scenes filmed during a three-day period in July 2003 at King City Secondary School. The revenue generated from the filming rights of this movie assured sufficient capital for the construction of a new music room.
[edit] Trivia
The school's motto, semper progrediens, is also the motto of the island of Sint Maarten[9], a portion of the Netherlands Antilles.
[edit] References and notes
- ^ Our School. York Region District School Board. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ King City Secondary School Boundary Map (PDF). York Region District School Board. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ King City Secondary School Profile. York Region District School Board. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ King City Secondary School Curriculum and Co-Curricular Activities. York Region District School Board. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ Harris, Michael. Marine Biology Trip. King City Secondary School. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ Sustainability Success Stories. Sustainable Toronto. University of Toronto. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ Oziewicz, Estanislao (2006-03-04). Former Ontario student running to be Greek PM. Globe and Mail. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ 1974 NHL Amateur Draft Pick. hockeydraftcentral.com. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
- ^ St. Maarten (Netherlands Antilles). flagspot.net. Retrieved on 2006-04-14.
[edit] External links
- King City Secondary School website
- York Region District School Board: King City Secondary School
- KCSS Alumni website
- http://king-city-secondary-school-contact-pages.ca/
