Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School

Lo-ellen Park Secondary school
Address
275 Loach's Rd
Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 2P8, Canada
Information
School board Rainbow District School Board
Principal Craig Runciman
School type Secondary
Grades 9-12
Language English, French Immersion
Team name Knights
Colours Purple, White, and Gold               
Enrollment 604 [1]
Homepage rainbowschools.ca/secondary/loellenss

Lo-Ellen Park Secondary School is a high school located on Loach's Road in the South End of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It is administered by the Rainbow District School Board, and the current principal is Craig Runciman.

Academics

The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) program as its main magnet program, but also offers the Laptop program and French immersion. IB prep courses are offered as laptop or regular courses, and many are also offered in immersion.

Lo-Ellen also offers two special education programs- ASD and life skills.

Lo-Ellen is known in the Sudbury region for the quality of its academics. This is further supported by its green rank in the Fraser Institute's report cards.[2]

Clubs and Associations

Adopt-A-Family, Amnesty International, Art Club, Athletic Association, Beekeepers Club, Big Brothers & Big Sisters Club, Biology Contests, Breakfast Club, Christian Youth Group, Concert and Jazz Bands, Create Writing Publication, E-Paper, Environmental Club, Film Production Club, French Connection Club, Gay Straight Alliance Club, Graduation/Prom Committee, Improv Team, International Travel Club, Knitting Club, Leo Club, Math Contests,[3] Model United Nations, Movie Club, Multicultural Club, Musical Theatre Executive, National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), Peer Tutors, Photography, Reach for the Top, Relay for Life, Robotics Team,[4] Rock Band, Student Council, Student for Change (Minga), Writing Contests, and Yearbook.

Athletics

The following sports are offered: Badminton, Basketball, Cross Country Running, Curling, Flag Football (female only), Football (male only), Golf, Gymnastics, Hockey, Skiing (both Nordic and alpine), Soccer, Swimming, Tennis, Track & Field, Volleyball, and Wrestling.

Recently, The Lo-ellen Park Knights Senior Football team has captured 2 city championships in 3 years, and has made it the city finals these past three years. This past 2014 season, the knights went undefeated in the regular season (6-0) and were ranked 50th in the Canadian Football Chat Top 50 high school teams, before losing to the Superior Heights Steelhawks during the NOSSA Championship

See also

References

  1. http://www.rainbowschools.ca/schools/loellenSS/index.php
  2. "School Report Cards". Retrieved September 11, 2011.
  3. "Mathematics and Computing Contests". Retrieved September 11, 2012.
  4. "Lo-Ellen Robotics". Retrieved September 11, 2012.

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