| Lorne Park Secondary School | |
| Address | |
| 1324 Lorne Park Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5H 3B1, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 924008 |
| School board | Peel District School Board |
| Superintendent | Anthony Edwards |
| Area trustee | Brad Macdonald[1] |
| Principal | Kent Armstrong |
| Vice principal | Christine Bellerose Dan Bowyer |
| School type | Public High school |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English, Extended French |
| Motto | Portam Futuro Aperimus Opening the Doors to the Future |
| Mascot | Truscott the Spartan |
| Colours | Red and Grey |
| Founded | June 1, 1958 |
| Enrolment | 1167 (May 2011[1]) |
| Special programs | Regional Enhanced Program Extended French program |
| Homepage | http://lorneparkss.peelschools.org/ |
Lorne Park Secondary School (often abbreviated as LP or LPSS) is a public high school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It serves the Lorne Park area.
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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 13½ acre site at the price of $32,469 CAD. Construction on the school began in 1957, and the total cost of the school (including the land) was $752,569.
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-story windows. The school opened with 272 students and 16 teachers.
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 practice in. When such a use became obscure, the firing range housed the drama department's props and costumes. It was permanently closed and removed from official architectural plans officially because of the archaic lead paint on its walls.
In 1973, Lorne Park was the first school in the Peel Board of Education to offer full-credit semestering.[2] The success of the experiment led to the extension of semestering to most schools in Peel 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 1,167 students.[1] It is one of five designated centres of the Peel Regional Enhanced Program, catering to gifted students from across southern Mississauga. Lorne Park also hosts an Extended French program. Its feeder schools are Hillcrest Public School, Tecumseh Public School, Green Glade Senior Public School (also the Extended French program feeder), St. Christopher Catholic School, Allan A. Martin Public School and St. Luke Catholic School. Enhanced program feeders includes Hillside Public School.
Lorne Park has a variety athletic programs, including football, men's rugby, women's lacrosse, and women's field hockey teams.[3] They have produced several OFSAA and ROPSSAA champions in football, boys' and girls' hockey, women's lacrosse, field hockey, rugby, basketball, skiing, cross-country, badminton, baseball, swimming and tennis. The junior cross-country ski team was 2007 OFSAA champions.
Lorne Park's strongest reputation in athletics is in its football program. Both their junior and senior teams are consistently among the top ranked, and they have produced a number of CFL players, and one NFL player, Klaus Wilmsmeyer.[4] In 2000 the Spartans won their tenth ever Metro Bowl, defeating Notre Dame (Burlington) 69-0 at the Skydome. In 2007, The J.R. Spartans were ranked 7th in Ontario losing to Notre Dame(Burlington) 23-13 in the Metro Bowl quarter finals. Historically, the Spartans are one of the teams with the most ROPSSAA championships after dominating in the 1970s, 1980s, and late 1990s. In 2009, highly touted prospect Brent Urban enrolled in his first year at The University of Virginia.
Lorne Park had multiple Ropssaa championships at both Junior and Senior levels as well as tournament wins in the Red Hot Rugby Tournament as well as the 7's tournament held at Fletcher's Fields. In 2009, after winning the Region of Peel Championships (ROPSSAA) a young Senior Spartan team lost in the finals of the OFSAA (Ontario) championships to Lindsay C.I. In 2010, the Spartans returned as Peel Champions. After going through most of the season ranked #4 in Ontario, the Spartans achieved the #1 ranking going into the OFSAA championships. In this 3 day tournament the Lorne Park Spartans ultimately defeated Uxbridge in the finals to win the OFSAA title. This senior team had a 2 year record of 43-1. Several of the players from this team represented Ontario and Canada in National and International competitions.
The team was recognized by the Mississauga Sports Council annual Sports Dinner as the High School Team of the Year for their accomplishments in 2010.[5] In 2011,the Junior Spartans won the ROPSSAA championship against Streetsville with a score of 10-8.
In 2007 there were two teams, Seniors and Juniors. Both won ROPSSAA. The Seniors placed 13th in Midwest Schools Lacrosse Association (MSLA) at Erie and won Bronze in the (OFSAA-sanctioned) Provincial Cup in Peterborough. In 2006 and 2005 Lorne Park's Varsity, Junior Varsity and Rookie teams all swept ROPSSAA. As well, Varsity came 4th in the Provincial Cup tournament in both years and in 2006 also placed 8th in the MSLA at Detroit. 2008 saw a rebirth of the rookie team. 80 girls played on all 3 teams with the Varsity team winning their 4th ROPSSAA title in a row. The junior "A" team repeated as the Jr. Varsity Champions after an undefeated season while the junior "B" team won the bronze medal.
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. This victory came after a defeat in the Prentice Cup Semi-Finals the year before.
Lorne Park enjoys a healthy tradition of student involvement in extracurricular activities. The DECA team participated in the North American Finals in Dallas, Texas in May 2006 and the finals in Atlanta, Georgia in May 2008, but have been unable to participate due to lack of a teacher. 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 concert band consistently performs among the top schools in the country every year, particularly at MusicFest Canada.
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