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| address = 1160 Rebecca Street<ref name="Ministry">{{Cite web|title=Ontario Ministry of Education Secondary School Profile |url=http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/schoolProfileSec.asp?SCH_NUMBER=947539}}</ref>
| address = 1160 Rebecca Street<ref name="Ministry">{{Cite web|title=Ontario Ministry of Education Secondary School Profile |url=http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/schoolProfileSec.asp?SCH_NUMBER=947539}}</ref>
| city = [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]]
| city = [[Oakville, Ontario|Oakville]]
| province = [[Ontario]]
| province = [[Ontario]]
| postcode = [[Postal codes in Canada|L6L 1Y9]]
| postcode = [[Postal codes in Canada|L6L 1Y9]]
| country = Canada
| country = Canada
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| schooltype = [[High School#Canada|High School]]
| schooltype = [[High school (North America)|High School]]
| motto = "Ad majora natus sum" ''"I was born for greater things"''
| motto = ''Ad majora natus sum''
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| founded = 1957
| founded = 1957
| schoolboard = [[Halton District School Board]]<ref name="Ministry">{{Cite web|title=Ontario Ministry of Education Secondary School Profile |url=http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/schoolProfileSec.asp?SCH_NUMBER=947539}}</ref>
| schoolboard = [[Halton District School Board]]<ref name="Ministry"/>
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| superintendent = Patricia Dyson<ref name="WOFOS">{{Cite web|title=West Oakville Family of Schools| url=http://wofos.wordpress.com/about-wofos/}}</ref>
| superintendent = Eleanor McIntosh
| trustee = Don Vrooman<ref name="WOFOS">{{Cite web|title=West Oakville Family of Schools| url=http://wofos.wordpress.com/about-wofos/}}</ref>
| trustee = Carole Baxter
| number = 947539<ref name="Ministry">{{Cite web|title=Ontario Ministry of Education Secondary School Profile |url=http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/schoolProfileSec.asp?SCH_NUMBER=947539}}</ref>
| number = 947539<ref name="Ministry"/>
| principal = Dean Barnes<ref name="HDSB">{{Cite web|title=Halton District School Board|url=http://www.hdsb.ca/Schools/Pages/SchoolDetails.aspx?sc=2037}}</ref>
| principal = Paul Dawson<ref name="HDSB">{{Cite web |title=Halton District School Board |url=https://www.hdsb.ca/schooldetails/schooldetails.aspx?sc=2037}}</ref>
| viceprincipal_label = Vice Principals
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| grades_label = [[Education in Canada#Levels in education|Grades]]
| viceprincipal = Stewart & Baksys<ref name="HDSB">{{Cite web|title=Halton District School Board|url=http://www.hdsb.ca/Schools/Pages/SchoolDetails.aspx?sc=2037}}</ref>
| grades = 9–12
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| enrolment = 994
| grades = 9-12
| enrolment_as_of = 2017-2018<ref name="HDSB"/>
| enrollment = 1,150
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| language = [[Canadian English|English]], French Immersion
| enrollment_as_of = September 2010<ref name="Ministry">{{Cite web|title=Ontario Ministry of Education Secondary School Profile |url=http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/sift/schoolProfileSec.asp?SCH_NUMBER=947539}}</ref>
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| colours = {{Color box|green|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Green, Black & White
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| language = [[Canadian English|English]], French Immersion
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| mascot = Tabbie
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| colours = {{Color box|green|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|black|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|white|border=darkgray}} Green, Black & White
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| team_name = Tigers
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| mascot = Tabbie the Tiger
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| feeder_schools = Brookdale, Eastview, Oakwood, Ecole Pine Grove and WH Morden public schools<ref name="WOFOS">{{Cite web |title=West Oakville Family of Schools |url=http://wofos.wordpress.com/about-wofos/}}</ref>
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| team_name = Tigers
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| feeder_schools = [[Brookdale Public School]], [[Eastview Public School]], [[Oakwood Public School]], [[Ecole Pine Grove Public School]], [[WH Morden Public School]]<ref name="WOFOS">{{Cite web|title=West Oakville Family of Schools|url=http://wofos.wordpress.com/west-oakville-schools/}}</ref>
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'''T.A. Blakelock High School''' is the second oldest high school in the town of [[Oakville, Ontario]], and has the oldest high school building in Oakville still in use as a school. The school was built in 1957. There are 1,100 students at T.A. Blakelock. The school is named after [[Thomas Aston Blakelock]].
'''T.A. Blakelock High School''' is the second oldest high school in the town of [[Oakville, Ontario]], and has the oldest high school building in Oakville still in use as a school. The school was built in 1957. There are 1,200 students currently{{when|date=February 2024}} enrolled at T.A. Blakelock. The school is named after [[Thomas Aston Blakelock]].


The school's athletic teams were originally known as the Tabbies, after the acronym TAB. They are now called the Tigers.
The school's athletic teams were originally known as the Tabbies, after the acronym TAB. They are now called the Tigers.
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Blakelock is the only public high school in southwest Oakville, after the recent closing of Queen Elizabeth High School and the transfer of [[St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (Oakville)|Gordon E. Perdue High School]] to the Catholic Board in 1990.


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Blakelock is the only public high school in southwest Oakville, after the closure of Queen Elizabeth High School and the transfer of [[St. Thomas Aquinas Catholic Secondary School (Oakville)|Gordon E. Perdue High School]] to the Catholic Board in 1990.
TAB is also know as the best LGBT school in oakville with the best LGBT person in Canada. He is known as Chris Leech


The current principal is Mr. Dean Barnes. Previously, Mr. Kevin Caughlin served as principal.
The current{{when|date=February 2024}} principal is Paul Dawson.


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Blakelock is known for having an excellent music program. In 2013, its Senior Wind Ensemble and Grade 12 Percussion Ensemble both won Gold at MusicFest's Canadian National Music Festival. <ref>https://musicfest.ca/results/2013-results/</ref>
In June 2008, the Senior Boys Soccer team won bronze at OFSAA in Thunder Bay. They also won the Halton Championship, going undefeated in this time. They became one of the most successful teams that the school has produced, rivaling the dynasty in sport that Blakelock had in the 1970s when many of its athletes went on to college, university and professional careers.

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Blakelock is also known for having an excellent music program. In 2013 their Senior Wind Ensemble and Grade 12 Percussion Ensemble both won Gold at MusicFest's Canadian National Music Festival.
==Notable Alumni==
==Notable alumni==
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[[Dan Ferrone]] CFL player; President of CFLPA; CFL Hall of Fame (2013)
*[[Dan Ferrone]] - CFL player, president of CFLPA, Canadian Football Hall of Fame inductee (2013)
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*[[Arlene Duncan]] - (1974) Actress, Singer played Fatima in ''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]''
*[[Lindy Booth]] - (1997) Actress
*[[David Bradstreet]] - musician
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*[[Arlene Duncan]] - (1974) actress, singer; played Fatima in ''[[Little Mosque on the Prairie]]''
*[[Foxes in Fiction|Warren Hildebrand]] - (2008) Musician and [[Orchid Tapes|record label owner]]
*[[Lindy Booth]] - (1997) actress
*[[Ross Sumner]] - (2013) Appeared on Mike Holmes' Holmes on Homes
*[[Niamh Wilson]] - (2015) Actress.
*[[Greg Westlake]] - (2004) ice sledge hockey player


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of high schools in Ontario]]
* [[Education in Ontario]]
* [[List of secondary schools in Ontario]]


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 19:16, 31 October 2024

Thomas A. Blakelock High School
Address
Map
1160 Rebecca Street[1]

Oakville
,
Ontario
,
L6L 1Y9

Canada
Information
School typeHigh School
MottoAd majora natus sum
(Latin: I was born for greater things)
Founded1957
School boardHalton District School Board[1]
SuperintendentEleanor McIntosh
Area trusteeCarole Baxter
School number947539[1]
PrincipalPaul Dawson[2]
Grades9–12
Enrolment994 (2017-2018[2])
LanguageEnglish, French Immersion
Colour(s)    Green, Black & White
MascotTabbie
Team nameTigers
Feeder schoolsBrookdale, Eastview, Oakwood, Ecole Pine Grove and WH Morden public schools[3]
Websitetab.hdsb.ca

T.A. Blakelock High School is the second oldest high school in the town of Oakville, Ontario, and has the oldest high school building in Oakville still in use as a school. The school was built in 1957. There are 1,200 students currently[when?] enrolled at T.A. Blakelock. The school is named after Thomas Aston Blakelock.

The school's athletic teams were originally known as the Tabbies, after the acronym TAB. They are now called the Tigers.

Blakelock is the only public high school in southwest Oakville, after the closure of Queen Elizabeth High School and the transfer of Gordon E. Perdue High School to the Catholic Board in 1990.

The current[when?] principal is Paul Dawson.

Blakelock is known for having an excellent music program. In 2013, its Senior Wind Ensemble and Grade 12 Percussion Ensemble both won Gold at MusicFest's Canadian National Music Festival. [4]

Notable alumni

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Ontario Ministry of Education Secondary School Profile".
  2. ^ a b "Halton District School Board".
  3. ^ "West Oakville Family of Schools".
  4. ^ https://musicfest.ca/results/2013-results/
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