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{{Infobox school
[[File:file:///C:/Users/Doug/Desktop/Temp%20Pics/LEHS.jpg|LEHS]]
| name = Robert Bateman High School
'''Robert Bateman High School''' is located in [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]]. It is part of the [[Halton District School Board]] and was opened in 1970. Formerly known as Lord Elgin High School, this school merged with [[General Brock High School]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpl.on.ca/localhist/burlindex/l.htm|title=Burlington History Index - L |publisher=Burlington Public Library|accessdate=12 January 2010|archivedate=2010-01-12|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5mjCf1xiv}}</ref> and was named after [[Robert Bateman (naturalist)|Robert Bateman]], a noted Canadian [[artist]] and [[naturalist]]. Bateman was an art teacher at Lord Elgin in the 1970s.<ref name="BurlingtonPost">{{cite news|url=http://www.burlingtonpost.com/news/article/284503|title=Robert Bateman addresses city’s first youth eco-conference|last=Whitnell|first=Tim|date=2009-10-29|work=Burlington Post|publisher=Metroland Media Group |accessdate=12 January 2010|archivedate=2010-01-12|archiveurl=http://www.webcitation.org/5mjCPnRXW}}</ref>
| image = RBHSWildlogo - from Commons.png
| caption =
| address = 5151 New Street
| city = [[Burlington, Ontario|Burlington]]
| province = [[Ontario]]
| postcode = [[Postal codes in Canada|L7L 1V3]]
| country = Canada
| coordinates = {{coord|43.3718|N|79.7498|W|region:CA-ON|display=inline,title}}
| schooltype = High School
| founded = {{Start date|1970}}
| free_label = Renamed
| free_text = 2004 (Robert Bateman High School)
| closed = {{End date|2020|06|30|df=yes}}
| status = Closed
| schoolboard = [[Halton District School Board]]
| principal = Mark Duley
| principal1 = Nancy Annibale (A-L) Steve Sampson (M-Z)
| grades_label = [[Education in Canada#Levels in education|Grades]]
| grades = 9 to 12
| enrolment = 790
| enrolment_as_of = October, 2016
| language = [[Canadian English|English]], [[Canadian French|French]]
| colours = Purple and Gold
| url = {{URL|http://rbh.hdsb.ca/}}
| principal_label1 = Vice Principals
}}


'''Robert Bateman High School''' (also known as Robert Bateman, or Bateman) operated in [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] from 1970 to 2020. The school was part of the [[Halton District School Board]], and was established as '''Lord Elgin High School'''. After a merger with General Brock High School in 2004 it was renamed Robert Bateman High School.
This school is a hosting the [[IB Diploma Programme|IB Programme]]. Students from neighbouring cities come here for this programme. The school's curriculum also features a variety of service-related courses.

==Basic information==
Formerly known as Lord Elgin High School, this school merged with [[General Brock High School]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bpl.on.ca/localhist/burlindex/l.htm|title=Burlington History Index - L |publisher=Burlington Public Library|accessdate=12 January 2010|archivedate=2010-11-20|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101120121447/http://bpl.on.ca/localhist/burlindex/l.htm}}</ref> and was named after [[Robert Bateman (naturalist)|Robert Bateman]], a noted Canadian [[artist]] and [[naturalist]]. Bateman had previously held a placement as a geography and art teacher at Lord Elgin in the 1970s.<ref name="BurlingtonPost">{{cite news|url=http://www.burlingtonpost.com/news/article/284503|title=Robert Bateman addresses city’s first youth eco-conference|last=Whitnell|first=Tim|date=2009-10-29|work=Burlington Post|publisher=Metroland Media Group |accessdate=12 January 2010|archivedate=2011-07-13|url-status=live|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110713044114/http://www.burlingtonpost.com/news/article/284503}}</ref>

Robert Bateman High School enrolled about 800<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hdsb.ca/aboutus/Planning/LTAP%20201112/Secondary.pdf|title=Secondary Booklet - Halton District School Board |publisher=Halton District School Board|accessdate=8 August 2012}}</ref> students within the Applied, Academic, and IB level.

Bateman was a host of the [[IB Diploma Programme|IB Programme]]; Students from neighbouring cities enrol at Robert Bateman High School for the year programme, which entailed 2 years of free, pre-IB classes, and the 2 year IB programme itself.<ref>[http://rbh.hdsb.ca/ib/ib ib<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> As well as the IB programme, the school's curriculum featured a variety of service-related courses, in both Mechanics and the Culinary Arts.<ref>http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/PB%202012-2013%20Program%20Book.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

The school was closed on June 30, 2020.<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://hdsb.ca/our-board/Pages/News/News-Description.aspx?NewsID=765#|title=Virtual Closing Celebration for Robert Bateman High School on June 18, 2020|date=21 May 2020|publisher=Halton District School Board|accessdate=28 July 2020}}</ref>


==Athletics==
==Athletics==
{| class="wikitable"
* [[Canadian football|Football]]
|+ Sports Offered At Robert Bateman High School
* [[Field Hockey]]
|-
* [[Basketball]]
! style="background: #A67D3D;" | Fall Sports<ref>http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/fall%20sports.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Cross Country]]
! style="background: #96CDCD;" | Winter Sports<ref>http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/winter%20sports.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Volleyball]]
! style="background: #78AB46;" | Spring Sports<ref>http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/spring%20sports.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>
* [[Ice hockey|Hockey]]
|-
* [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]]
| Cross Country || Wrestling Team || Jr. / Sr. Boys’ Soccer
* [[Badminton]]
|-
* [[Soccer]]
| Jr. / Sr. Boys' Volleyball|| Jr. / Sr. Girls’ Volleyball || Jr. / Sr. Girls’ Soccer
* [[Wrestling]]
|-
* [[Softball]]
| Jr. Girls' Basketball || Midget Girls’ Volleyball || Baseball / Softball
* [[Baseball]]
|-
* [[Rugby football|Rugby]]
| Golf Team || Jr./ Sr. Boys’ Basketball || Lacrosse
* [[Track & Field]]
|-
* [[Tennis]]
| Varsity Football || Midget Boys’ Basketball || Girls’ Rugby
* [[Golf]]
|-
* [[Curling]]
| Field Hockey || Curling || Slo-Pitch
* [[Lacrosse]]
|-
* [[Ultimate Frisbee]]
| Terry Fox Run || Girls’ Hockey || Badminton
|-
|Archery Team || Sr. Hockey || Tennis
|-
| || Swimming (year round) || Track & Field
|-
| || Workout / Fitness Group || CO-ED Volleyball
|-
| || || Triathlon
|-
| || || Workout / Fitness Group
|-
| || || Special Olympics Torch Run
|}

==Clubs, teams, and extra-curricular programs==
Robert Bateman High School offers a wide variety of clubs, teams, and extra-curricular activities open to all students:<ref>http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/clubs.pdf {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref>

{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
*Student Council
*Anime Club
*Youth in Action
*Culture Fusion
*Bateman Environmental Activist Team (BEAT)
*Link Crew
*Dance Company
*French Club
*Chess Club
*Begbie (history) contest
*Mock Trial
*Math Club
*Vocal Group
*Concert Band
*Jazz Band
*RBHS Tech Crew (A/V Team)
*Debate
*Improv
*Bateman’s Athletic Council (BAC)
*Auto Club
*Book Club
*DECA
*Sears Drama
*Fellowship Group
*Homework Club
*Leadership & Mentorship
*Model U.N.
*Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
*School Newspaper
*REACH
*Year Book
*Writing Club
{{div col end}}

==Academic performance==
Academically, Robert Bateman High School is rated overall 6.8 out of 10 on the [[Frasier Institute#School Report Cards|Fraser Institute]] Report Card and ranked 233 out of 676<ref name=autogenerated1>[http://ontario.compareschoolrankings.org/secondary/Robert_Bateman_High_School/Burlington/Report_Card.aspx Robert Bateman High School Burlington Ontario Academic school ranking<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> in all of Ontario Secondary Schools.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Academic Performance of Robert Bateman in the Past Five Years<ref name=autogenerated1 />
|-
! width="200" align="left" | Academic Performance !! 2007 !! 2008 !! 2009 !! 2010 !! 2011
!2015!! Trend
|-
| Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Acad) || 3.0 || 2.9 || 3.0 || 3.0 || 3.0
| --|| --
|-
| Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Apld) || 2.5 || 2.4 || 2.6 || 2.8 || 2.3
| --|| --
|-
| OSSLT passed (%)-FTE || 78.1 || 79.9 || 83.2 || 81.3 || 78.9
| --|| --
|-
| OSSLT passed (%)-PE || 44.8 || 50.7 || 62.7 || 37.7 || 62.2
| --|| --
|-
| Tests below standard (%) || 24.8 || 25.8 || 22.2 || 24.2 || 22.3
| --|| --
|-
| Gender gap (level)-Math || F 0.1 || M 0.2 || E || E || M 0.2
| --|| --
|-
| Gender gap OSSLT || F 7.3 || F 8.6 || F 2.2 || F 13.3 || F 12.5
| --|| --
|-
| Gr 9 tests not written (%) || 4.4 || 1.1 || 1.0 || 2.9 || 2.2
| --|| --
|-
| Overall rating out of 10 || 6.9 || 6.3 || 7.2 || 6.3 || 6.3
|6.8|| --
|}

Compared to other surrounding Secondary Schools ([[Nelson High School (Ontario)|Nelson High School]], [[Assumption Catholic Secondary School]], and [[Lester B. Pearson High School (Burlington)|Lester B. Pearson High School]]), Robert Bateman ranked an average 10% below the other schools' 2011 Fraser Report Cards{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}. However, the school ranked near par in both [[OSSLT]] scores and Average Level Grade 9 Academic Math, and lays within average scores (7.4-5.0) when compared to the whole of Ontario Secondary Schools.


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
<!--A good rule of thumb for this list is that if the subject doesn't have a Wikipedia article about them, write the article before adding them to this list.-->
* [[Mark Appleyard]], professional skateboarder
* Mark Appleyard, professional skateboarder<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tourismburlington.com/about/famous-burlingtonians/complete-list-of-famous-burlingtonians/|title=Complete List of Famous Burlingtonians|work=Tourism Burlington|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408215938/http://www.tourismburlington.com/about/famous-burlingtonians/complete-list-of-famous-burlingtonians/|url-status=live|archivedate=8 April 2014}}</ref>

==Notable faculty==
*[[Robert Bateman (painter)|Robert Bateman]], Canadian naturalist and artist

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


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://rbh.hdsb.ca Robert Bateman High School]
*[http://rbh.hdsb.ca Robert Bateman High School]

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Latest revision as of 18:12, 7 December 2023

Robert Bateman High School
Address
Map
5151 New Street

Burlington
,
Ontario
,
L7L 1V3

Canada
Coordinates43°22′18″N 79°44′59″W / 43.3718°N 79.7498°W / 43.3718; -79.7498
Information
School typeHigh School
Founded1970 (1970)
StatusClosed
Closed30 June 2020 (2020-06-30)
School boardHalton District School Board
PrincipalMark Duley
Vice PrincipalsNancy Annibale (A-L) Steve Sampson (M-Z)
Grades9 to 12
Enrolment790 (October, 2016)
LanguageEnglish, French
Colour(s)Purple and Gold
Renamed2004 (Robert Bateman High School)
Websiterbh.hdsb.ca

Robert Bateman High School (also known as Robert Bateman, or Bateman) operated in Burlington, Ontario, Canada from 1970 to 2020. The school was part of the Halton District School Board, and was established as Lord Elgin High School. After a merger with General Brock High School in 2004 it was renamed Robert Bateman High School.

Basic information

[edit]

Formerly known as Lord Elgin High School, this school merged with General Brock High School in 2004,[1] and was named after Robert Bateman, a noted Canadian artist and naturalist. Bateman had previously held a placement as a geography and art teacher at Lord Elgin in the 1970s.[2]

Robert Bateman High School enrolled about 800[3] students within the Applied, Academic, and IB level.

Bateman was a host of the IB Programme; Students from neighbouring cities enrol at Robert Bateman High School for the year programme, which entailed 2 years of free, pre-IB classes, and the 2 year IB programme itself.[4] As well as the IB programme, the school's curriculum featured a variety of service-related courses, in both Mechanics and the Culinary Arts.[5]

The school was closed on June 30, 2020.[6]

Athletics

[edit]
Sports Offered At Robert Bateman High School
Fall Sports[7] Winter Sports[8] Spring Sports[9]
Cross Country Wrestling Team Jr. / Sr. Boys’ Soccer
Jr. / Sr. Boys' Volleyball Jr. / Sr. Girls’ Volleyball Jr. / Sr. Girls’ Soccer
Jr. Girls' Basketball Midget Girls’ Volleyball Baseball / Softball
Golf Team Jr./ Sr. Boys’ Basketball Lacrosse
Varsity Football Midget Boys’ Basketball Girls’ Rugby
Field Hockey Curling Slo-Pitch
Terry Fox Run Girls’ Hockey Badminton
Archery Team Sr. Hockey Tennis
Swimming (year round) Track & Field
Workout / Fitness Group CO-ED Volleyball
Triathlon
Workout / Fitness Group
Special Olympics Torch Run

Clubs, teams, and extra-curricular programs

[edit]

Robert Bateman High School offers a wide variety of clubs, teams, and extra-curricular activities open to all students:[10]

  • Student Council
  • Anime Club
  • Youth in Action
  • Culture Fusion
  • Bateman Environmental Activist Team (BEAT)
  • Link Crew
  • Dance Company
  • French Club
  • Chess Club
  • Begbie (history) contest
  • Mock Trial
  • Math Club
  • Vocal Group
  • Concert Band
  • Jazz Band
  • RBHS Tech Crew (A/V Team)
  • Debate
  • Improv
  • Bateman’s Athletic Council (BAC)
  • Auto Club
  • Book Club
  • DECA
  • Sears Drama
  • Fellowship Group
  • Homework Club
  • Leadership & Mentorship
  • Model U.N.
  • Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
  • School Newspaper
  • REACH
  • Year Book
  • Writing Club

Academic performance

[edit]

Academically, Robert Bateman High School is rated overall 6.8 out of 10 on the Fraser Institute Report Card and ranked 233 out of 676[11] in all of Ontario Secondary Schools.

Academic Performance of Robert Bateman in the Past Five Years[11]
Academic Performance 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2015 Trend
Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Acad) 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.0 -- --
Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Apld) 2.5 2.4 2.6 2.8 2.3 -- --
OSSLT passed (%)-FTE 78.1 79.9 83.2 81.3 78.9 -- --
OSSLT passed (%)-PE 44.8 50.7 62.7 37.7 62.2 -- --
Tests below standard (%) 24.8 25.8 22.2 24.2 22.3 -- --
Gender gap (level)-Math F 0.1 M 0.2 E E M 0.2 -- --
Gender gap OSSLT F 7.3 F 8.6 F 2.2 F 13.3 F 12.5 -- --
Gr 9 tests not written (%) 4.4 1.1 1.0 2.9 2.2 -- --
Overall rating out of 10 6.9 6.3 7.2 6.3 6.3 6.8 --

Compared to other surrounding Secondary Schools (Nelson High School, Assumption Catholic Secondary School, and Lester B. Pearson High School), Robert Bateman ranked an average 10% below the other schools' 2011 Fraser Report Cards[citation needed]. However, the school ranked near par in both OSSLT scores and Average Level Grade 9 Academic Math, and lays within average scores (7.4-5.0) when compared to the whole of Ontario Secondary Schools.

Notable alumni

[edit]
  • Mark Appleyard, professional skateboarder[12]

Notable faculty

[edit]

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Burlington History Index - L". Burlington Public Library. Archived from the original on 2010-11-20. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  2. ^ Whitnell, Tim (2009-10-29). "Robert Bateman addresses city's first youth eco-conference". Burlington Post. Metroland Media Group. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 12 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Secondary Booklet - Halton District School Board" (PDF). Halton District School Board. Retrieved 8 August 2012.
  4. ^ ib
  5. ^ http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/PB%202012-2013%20Program%20Book.pdf [dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Virtual Closing Celebration for Robert Bateman High School on June 18, 2020" (Press release). Halton District School Board. 21 May 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  7. ^ http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/fall%20sports.pdf [dead link‍]
  8. ^ http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/winter%20sports.pdf [dead link‍]
  9. ^ http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/spring%20sports.pdf [dead link‍]
  10. ^ http://rbh.hdsb.ca/files/clubs.pdf [dead link‍]
  11. ^ a b Robert Bateman High School Burlington Ontario Academic school ranking
  12. ^ "Complete List of Famous Burlingtonians". Tourism Burlington. Archived from the original on 8 April 2014.
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