Leamington District Secondary School
| Leamington District Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
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125 Talbot Street W Leamington, Ontario, N8H 1N2, Canada | |
| Coordinates | 42°03′07″N 82°36′28″W / 42.0519°N 82.6077°WCoordinates: 42°03′07″N 82°36′28″W / 42.0519°N 82.6077°W |
| Information | |
| School board | Greater Essex County District School Board |
| Enrollment | ~1,000 |
| Homepage | LDSS |
Leamington District Secondary School (LDSS) is a public high school in Leamington, Ontario. Home of the Lions, it has an enrollment of approximately 1000 students. Its feeder schools are located throughout Leamington and neighbouring town Wheatley, Ontario. This includes Queen Elizabeth Public School, Gore Hill Public School, Margaret D. Benny Public School, Mill Street Public School, and Wheatley Area Public School.
Facility
LDSS is located on Talbot Street in one of the town's oldest neighbourhoods. The school is minutes away from the downtown core, and the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex (formerly the Sherk Centre). The school has two playing fields, a grandstand, tennis courts, a running track, and a greenhouse. Plans for a new school are currently underway. The new LDSS will be located at about 60 Oak Street, W and construction is expected in 2016.
Athletics
LDSS competes in the WECSSA athletic division and offers a variety of sports opportunities including boys and girls volleyball, basketball, hockey, and soccer, boys baseball, and girls softball, as well as cross country, tennis, badminton, golf, and swimming. The school mascot is a lion named Snoil, who is often seen at school events. The school's most prominent rival is Leamington's second high school Cardinal Carter Catholic High School.