Roland Michener Secondary School is an English and French Immersion public high school in South Porcupine, Ontario. It is a small school with an average enrollment of 350-500, and is part of the District School Board Ontario North East. Until the 1997-1998 school year, it was part of the Timmins Board of Education.
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A feature that makes the school unique is its house system. All homerooms are split into 4 houses named after prominent Canadian politicians: Baldwin, Frontenac, Tupper and Vanier. Students in the PRS system also have their on house called the Fox Hounds. Each house competes throughout the school year at different competitions (House Wars, homeroom games, citrus sales, etc...) to earn points. The house with the most points wins the Housemasters Cup at the final assembly of the school year, like in Harry Potter.
While the school colours consist of gold and green, each house also has their own colour and mascot. Vanier house is represented by blue and white, and its mascot is a Viking (Vanier Vikings). Baldwin is represented by black and yellow and its mascot is a bear (Baldwin Bears). Tupper is represented by orange and green, and its mascot is a tiger (Tupper Tigers). In the past, Frontenac was represented by pink and black, but in recent years the colours have officially changed to red and black, and its mascot is the Pink Panther (Frontenac Panthers). It is unknown whether or not Frontenac's mascot will change its colour to show the change in house colours. Once again, in September 2011, the house colours of Frontenac have changed back to pink and black, with a new think pink campaign.
Roland Michener Secondary School (RMSS) is a small school with only two floors. The first floor consists of one hallway, roughly in the shape of a large square. The Cafeteria, Spirit Gym, Large Gym, Administrative Offices and Guidance Office are all located on the first floor. In the middle of the square of hallways is The Courtyard, where the students can convene during the warmer months on picnic tables. The first floor also contains classrooms, where English, Geography, and various other non-science classes are taught. The lower floor contains the offices for Frontenac House Council, Baldwin House Council as well as Student Council (the offices are used by students at their leisure). The two house hallways found on the first floor are, as the offices suggest, Frontenac and Baldwin.
Porcupine Regional School, or PRS is also located on the lower floor. PRS is a schooling community within RMSS that focuses its attention on students with developmental hindrances, such as autism.
The second floor consists of one main hallway (Vanier Hall), where the science labs are located. Science classes and math classes are routinely held upstairs, with some History, English and Geography as well. Though the second floor has only one used hallway, there is also another hallway branching off, which is closed to the students. This hallway, known as Tupper Hall, has been closed for years because of low enrollment rates at the school. The second floor of RMSS is where the student offices for Vanier House Council and Tupper House Council are located.
It was originally named "South Porcupine High School" and was covered in glory and success.
The school was visited by Pierre Elliot Trudeau, then Prime Minister of Canada, and is named after a former Governor General of Canada, Daniel Roland Michener.
A team from Roland Michener won the 1982-83 national championship of Reach for the Top.
Roland Michener Secondary School is also well known in the community for its formidable Terry Fox campaigns, which raises upwards of two thousand dollars each year.
RMSS is known around the community for its numerous fundraisers. Some examples include Vanier Fun Night, Citrus Campaign, Terry Fox Campaign, Macmillans Sales, Frontenac Food Drive, Tupper Supper