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1040 Oxford Street West , , Canada | |
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| School type | Secondary, government-operated/public |
| Motto | Bleed red, blue, and gold |
| Founded | 1959 |
| School board | Thames Valley District School Board |
| Principal | Michael Phillips |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Red, blue, and gold |
| Mascot | Oak Leaf |
| Team name | Oaks |
| Website | oakridge |
Oakridge Secondary School is one of the government-operated high schools (as opposed to collegiate institutes) in the neighbourhood of Oakridge in London, Ontario, Canada. This school is well know for being 1 out of 2 schools in London Ontario with the International Baccalaureate (I.B) The school enrolls around 1000 students, and is located on Oxford Street in West London. The school's demonym is Oakridge Oaks and its colours are red, blue and gold.
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. Its stability encouraged a large financial investment in modernizing and upgrading the physical plant in a major renovation during 1994–95. The school's Latin motto is "Nostrum viret robur" (Our strength grows as the Oaks).
Arts
Oakridge has a drama department, which presents a major production every second year. In recent years it has presented High School Musical, High School Musical 2, Rent, Alice in Wonderland and The Little Mermaid. Recently, no shows have been produced, and the drama department is reduced only to drama classes
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 five student representatives for each grade in addition to the DC classes.
Music-related activities/clubs
- Coffee House
- Concert Band
- Concert Choir
- Intermediate Band
- Music Council
- School Show
- Jazz Band
Athletics
- Badminton (boys and girls)
- Basketball (boys and girls)
- Curling (boys and girls)
- Cross country running (boys and girls)
- Football (juniors and seniors)
- Fencing (boys and girls)
- Golf (boys and girls)
- Hockey (boys and girls)
- Rowing Club (boys and girls)
- Rugby (boys and girls)
- Soccer (boys and girls)
- Swimming (boys and girls)
- Tennis (boys and girls)
- Track and field (boys and girls)
- Volleyball (boys and girls)
Achievements
The Oakridge boys curling team won the TVRAA Championship in 2018, 2019, and 2021.
Notable alumni
- Andreas Athanasiou[1]
- Josh Brown[2]
- Jenny Jones
- Paul Kozachuk[3]
- Tom McCamus
- Megan Park
- Chris Potter (actor)
- Steve Stoyanovich
- Aidan Gallacher
See also
References
- ^ Pyette, Ryan (13 November 2010). "SKILLS FROM STRANGE SPORT HELP KNIGHT". London Knights. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ "Josh Brown overcame an awful first impression with the Oshawa Generals". The London Free Press. 5 June 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2019.
- ^ Dalla Costa, Morris (15 June 2018). "Local presence strong on CFL rosters". National Post. Retrieved 21 October 2020.
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