| M.M. Robinson High School | |
| Address | |
| 2425 Upper Middle Road Burlington, Ontario, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | Halton District School Board |
| Principal | Hattie Farrell |
| Vice principal | Derek Graham Helen Pociurio |
| School type | Public High School |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Language | English, French Immersion |
| Mascot | Ram |
| Team name | M.M. Robinson Rams |
| Colours | Maroon and Gold |
| Founded | 1963 |
| Enrolment | 1,000+ (2011) |
| Homepage | http://mmr.hdsb.ca/ |
M.M. Robinson High School is a high school located in northern Burlington, Ontario, Canada, administered by the Halton District School Board. Founded in 1963, the school is named after the founder of the British Empire Games, Melville Marks Robinson, who was subsequently a Board member.
The school, with over 1,000 students enrolled from local communities, is one of the larger secondary schools in Halton Region.
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Students opt for a variety of pathways, with approximately 80% traditionally going to university , 15% going to college, and the remaining 5% going to the workplace. The school has a notable French immersion program and Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP).
The mascot of the school teams is a ram, and school colours are maroon and gold.
The school has a successful baseball program and two students, Mark McDonald and Paul McDonald were drafted in 2001 for the Toronto Blue Jays.[1]
The Boys Baseball team won the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association Championship in 2007 and 2008.
The Senior Men's basketball team won the Halton Championships in 1991.
The Senior Men's hockey team won the Silver medal at OFSAA in 1987.
MM Robinson's FIRST Robotics team was founded June, 2006 by students Jason Patel and Matthew Gardner.[2] The team participates in the Waterloo Regional and the Greater Toronto Regional events. Some of the teams notable accomplishments are:
Suresh Joachim broke the karaoke marathon record at the school in January 2007.[3]
Stephen Lewis, who gave a passionate speech about the crisis of the AIDS pandemic in Africa at MMR on March 5, 2007, was presented with a cheque for over $15,000. The money was raised by MMR students through activities in school and in the community at large. By March 2007 students had raised $25,000 for charity, including $15,185.50 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation's fund to assist African women raising grandchildren orphaned by AIDS.[4]