Oakridge Secondary School
| Oakridge Secondary School | |
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 Bleed red, blue, and gold | |
| Address | |
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1040 Oxford Street, West London, Ontario, N6H 1V4, Canada | |
| Information | |
| School board | Thames Valley District School Board |
| Principal | Tracy Langelaan |
| Vice principal | Jane Lashbrooke-Sherman |
| School type | Secondary, government-operated/public |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | Oak Leaf |
| Colours | Red, Blue, Gold |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Homepage | http://www.tvdsb.ca/oakridge.cfm/ http://gooaks.com/index.html |
Oakridge Secondary School is one of the government-operated High Schools (as opposed to Collegiate Institutes) in the neighbourhood of Oakridge in London, Ontario. Oakridge has over 1000 students and is located on Oxford Street in west London. Their nickname is the Oakridge Oaks and the school's colours are red, blue and gold. Te boys volleyball team, who have won OFSAA before. The senior team played in TVRAA's "C" Division in 2007 and are now an "A" Division team by 2009 Also in the fall of 2009, the junior team (only in its third season of existence) won the TVRAA City Championships. Oakridge's Senior boy's basketball team attended 7 straight OFSAA championships in a row, with their streak finally coming to a drought in 2011. In 2009 the Junior boys Oakridge Cross Country won TVRAA. In the fall of 2009, the school put on a major dramatic arts production of Disney's High School Musical 2.
Academics
Oakridge Secondary School has a diverse academic program. There are currently 18 departments.
History
Founded as a county school in 1959, Oakridge High School became Oakridge Secondary School when London annexed a large part of the surrounding countryside in 1960. The school became the first in London to adopt three colours: red, blue and gold. Athletics, the arts, and community involvement distinguish the school in competition, performance, and in community support. Its stability encouraged a large financial investment in modernizing and upgrading the physical plant in a major renovation during 1994-95. Latin moto "Nostrum viret robur" (Our strength grows as the Oaks).
Fraser Institute's report card
The Fraser Institute’s ratings and rankings of Ontario schools assist parents when they choose a school and encourage educators and parents seeking to improve Ontario schools. Each Fraser Institute report card collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual Ontario schools. The following indicates Oakridge Secondary School's performance for the 2009-2010 academic year, indicating a rating of 8.1 out of 10 and ranking 41st out of 727 schools.
| OSSLT count | 272 |
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| ESL (%) | 4.0 |
| Special Needs (%) | 9.9 |
| Parents' Average Income ($) | 98,100 |
| Performance Measure | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | Trend |
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| Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Academic) | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 3.0 | — |
| Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Applied) | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | — |
| OSSLT passed (%)-FTE | 94.0 | 94.0 | 93.1 | 92.9 | 93.1 | Up |
| OSSLT passed (%)-PE | 75.0 | 73.9 | 63.6 | 64.7 | 82.8 | — |
| Tests below standard (%) | 14.0 | 17.4 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 11.4 | — |
| Gender gap (level)-Math | E | E | M 0.1 | M 0.1 | M 0.1 | — |
| Gender gap OSSLT | M 0.2 | M 1.7 | F 2.1 | F 1.8 | F 5.1 | Down |
| Gr 9 tests not written (%) | 0.8 | 1.8 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.8 | — |
| Overall rating out of 10 | 8.7 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 8.1 | — |
Student Parliament
In 2013-2014 Oakridge's Student Parliament raised more than $17,000 for their "Oaktober" fundraiser for United Way. There are currently 10 executive positions on Oakridge's Student Parliament consisting of mainly grade 12 students. In addition to the executive positions there are 5 student representative for each grade in addition to the DC classes.
Student involvement opportunities
Co-instructional activities/clubs
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Arts activities/clubs
Music-related activities/clubs
Athletics
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Notable alumni
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Coordinates: 42°58′36″N 81°18′49″W / 42.9766°N 81.3137°W
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