Lorne Park Secondary School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Lorne Park Secondary School


motto= Portam Futuro Aperimus
motto_translation = Opening the Doors to the Future
streetaddress= 1324 Lorne Park Road
city= Mississauga
province= Ontario
postalcode= L5H 3B1
areacode= 905
phone= 278-6177
fax= 278-4011
email= [e-mail]
url= http://lorneparkss.peelschools.org/
schoolnumber= 924008
schoolboard= Peel District School Board
superintendent=Patricia Rossall
trustee= Don Stephens
principal= K. Armstrong
viceprincipal= Fraser Kidd
Patricia White
schooltype= Public High school
grades= 9-12
language= English, Extended French
mascot= Truscott the Spartan
colours= Red and grey
founded= 1958
enrollment= 1,430
enrollment_as_of=September 2007

Lorne Park Secondary School is a public high school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It serves the Lorne Park area.

History

When the population of Peel County began experiencing a population explosion in the 1950s, the secretary-treasurer for the South Peel Board of Education began negotiations to purchase land for a new school to be built on a 13 1/2 acre site at the price of $32,469 CAD. Construction on the school began in 1957.

The breakdown of costs for the school was as follows:
*Contractor's fee: $580,000
*Cost of land: $32,469
*Architect's fee: $34,800
*Landscaping and fencing: $80,000
*Cost of debenture issue: $25,200
*Total cost: $752,469

Billed as a very modern design when the school opened for students in January 1958, the main feature of the school, facing south onto Lorne Park Road, was a suspended concrete canopy with two-storey windows. The school opened with 272 students and 16 teachers.

In 1973, Lorne Park was the first school in the Peel Board of Education to offer full-credit semestering. It proved wildly successful, and it was extended to most schools in the region by 1976.

The school population peaked in 1979, when Lorne Park had a teaching staff of 92 and 1,647 students in a building designed for 1,420. The current student population stands at 1,430 students and 75 teachers. It is one of 5 designated centres of the Peel Regional Enhanced Program, catering to gifted students from across southern Mississauga. Lorne Park also hosts an Extended French program. Its feeder schools are Hillcrest Public School, Tecumseh Public School, Green Glade Senior Public School (also the Extended French program feeder), St. Christopher Catholic School, Allan A. Martin Public School and St. Luke Catholic School. Enhanced program feeders include Lyndwood Public School and Hillside Public School.

ports

The Lorne Park Spartans are known for their excellent athletic programs, most notably their football and women's lacrosse teamsFact|date=July 2008. They have produced several OFSAA and ROPSSAA champions in football, boy's hockey, women's lacrosse, field hockey, rugby, basketball, skiing, cross-country, badminton, baseball, swimming and tennis. The junior cross-country ski team was 2007 OFSAA champions.

Men's Football

Lorne Park's strongest reputation in athletics is in its football program. Both their junior and senior teams are consistently among the top ranked in the province, and many of their players go on to play at the college level in Canada and the USA.Fact|date=April 2007 They have also produced dozens of CFL players, and one NFL player.Fact|date=April 2007 In 2000 the Spartans won their first ever Metro Bowl, defeating Notre Dame (Burlington) 11-0 at the Skydome. In 2007, The Spartans were ranked 15th in Ontario losing to Notre Dame(Brampton) 23-13 in the Metro Bowl quarter finals. Historically, the Spartans are one of the teams with the most ROPSSAA championships after dominating in the 1970s, 1980s, and late 1990s.

Women's Lacrosse

In 2007 there were two teams, Seniors and Juniors. Both won ROPSSAA. The Seniors placed 13th in Midwest Schools Lacrosse Association (MSLA) at Erie and won Bronze in the (OFSAA-sanctioned) Provincial Cup in Peterborough. In 2006 and 2005 Lorne Park's Varsity, Junior Varsity and Rookie teams all swept ROPSSAA. As well, Varsity came 4th in the Provincial Cup tournament in both years and in 2006 also placed 8th in the MSLA at Detroit.2008 saw a rebirth of the rookie team. 80 girls played on all 3 teams with the Varsity team winning their 4th ROPSSAA title in a row. The junior "A" team repeated as the Jr. Varsity Champions after an undefeated season while the junior "B" team won the bronze medal.

Baseball

Lorne Park's varsity baseball team won OFSAA baseball's Prentice Cup in 2005, competing at the Rogers Centre against top teams from across the province. This victory came after a defeat in the Prentice Cup Semi-Finals the year before.

ports Rivalries

Lorne Park has historically had a fierce rivalry with the Clarkson Secondary School Chargers, though beginning in the late 1990s, that rivalry began to die down.

Clubs

Lorne Park enjoys a healthy tradition of student involvement in extracurricular activities. The DECA team participated in the North American Finals in Dallas, Texas in May 2006. In the mid-1990s, the Lorne Park Model United Nations team was ranked consistently high at NHSMUN in New York City, and the Southern Ontario Model United Nations. Several alumni have gone onto careers in the arts, including Suzie McNeil (Last female contestant, ). Neve Campbell's father was the assistant head of the drama department for a decade. The senior concert band consistently performs among the top schools in the country every year, particularly at MusicFest Canada.

Notable alumni

* Nima Arkani-Hamed, physicist and professor
* Silken Laumann, Olympic rower
* Suzie McNeil, Vocalist
* Ryan O'Marra, World Junior Hockey player, New York Islanders draft pick (2005)
* Bev Oda, Federal politician and cabinet minister
* Mike Hough, NHL Hockey Player, Captain of Quebec Nordiques
* Ty Templeton, Comic-book artist and writer
* Klaus Wilmsmeyer, NFL Football Player
* Nathan LaFayette, NHL Hockey Player
* Matt Kudu, CFL Football Player
* Brandon Wedlock, Oxfam and Council of Canadians activist

Trivia

* While not in use presently, a firing range exists in the basement of the school (beneath the small gymnasium). It was built in order to secure extra funding during the Cold War period so that students could have a suitable area to practice in. When such a use became obscure, the firing range housed the drama department's props and costumes. It was permanently closed, however, supposedly because of the archaic lead paint on its walls, though urban legends circulate about suspicious deaths and shooting accidents.
* Lorne Park was the first school to use computer-built timetables.Fact|date=February 2007
* The Good Charlotte video for "Little Things" was filmed at the school in 2000.

External links

* [http://lorneparkss.peelschools.org/ Lorne Park Secondary School official website]
* [http://www.lpssmatters.com/main.php Lorne Park Matters - Alumni website and newsletter]