- M. M. Robinson High School
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name= M.M. Robinson High School
imagesize= 225px
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streetaddress= 2425 Upper Middle Road
city= Burlington
province=Ontario
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areacode= 905
phone= 335-5588
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email=
url= http://mmr.hdsb.ca/
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schoolboard=Halton District School Board
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principal= Hattie Farrell
viceprincipal= Mary Jane Farrish, Larry O'Malley
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schooltype=Public High School
grades= 9 to 12
language= English,French Immersion
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mascot= Raming animals
teamname= MMR Ramers
colours= MaroonGold
founded= 1963
enrollment= Over 1,600
enrollment_as_of= 2007M.M. Robinson High School is a
high school located in northBurlington, Ontario ,Canada , administered by theHalton District School Board . Founded in 1963, the school is named after the creator of theBritish Empire Games ,Melville Marks Robinson , who was subsequently a Board member.The school, with over 1,600 students enrolled from local communities, is one of the larger secondary schools in Halton Region.
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Athletics
The mascot of the school team(s) is a Ram, and their colours are maroon and gold.
The school has a successful
baseball program and two students, Mark McDonald and Paul McDonald were drafted in 2001 for theToronto Blue Jays . [ [http://www.thebaseballcube.com/high-schools/mm-robinson-1740.shtml "MM Robinson - Burlington,ON"] , The Baseball Cube]The Boys Baseball team won the 2007 Halton Secondary School Athletic Association Championship.
Notable events
Suresh Joachim broke thekaraoke marathon record at the School in January 2007. [ [http://www.canada.com/regina/story.html?id=55dfb863-272e-421e-93e4-bd9009239dd1 "Record breaker"] , Paul Jay, CanWest News Service, January 13, 2007]Stephen Lewis , who gave a passionate speech about the crisis of theAIDS pandemic inAfrica at MMR onMarch 5 ,2007 , was presented with a cheque for over $15,000. The money was raised by MMR students through activities in school and in the community at large. By March 2007 students had raised $25,000 that school year for charity including $15,185.50 for theStephen Lewis Foundation 's fund to assist African women raising grandchildren orphaned by AIDS. [ [http://www.hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1173135012812&call_pageid=1020420665036&col=1014656511815 "We need to lead on climate change: Lewis"] , Sharon Boase, The Hamilton Spectator, March 6, 2007]Notable alumni
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Leslie Mahaffy , murder victim ofPaul Bernardo andKarla Homolka [cite book|author=Jenish, D Arcy.
title=Horror stories, Maclean's Magazine Vol.108, Iss. 22
pages=14 – 18
date=May 29, 1995
publisher=Rogers Publishing Limited]
*Dave Ridgway , a placekicker for theSaskatchewan Roughriders and Hall of Famer [ [http://www.footballhof.com/famers/player.asp?id=178 "Dave Ridgway"] , Canadian Football Hall of Fame & Museum]
*Oskar Johansson - 1996 Graduate - Gold Medal - 1999 Pan Am Games, Olympian Athens 2004 (15th) and Beijing 2008, 2nd 2008 World Championships - SailingReferences
External links
* [http://mmr.hdsb.ca/ Official site]
* [http://www.hdsb.ca/ Halton District School Board]
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