M. M. Robinson High School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= M.M. Robinson High School


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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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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= 2007

M.M. Robinson High School is a high school located in north Burlington, Ontario, Canada, administered by the Halton District School Board. Founded in 1963, the school is named after the creator of the British 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 the Toronto 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 the karaoke 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 the AIDS pandemic in Africa at MMR on March 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 the Stephen 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

* Leslie Mahaffy, murder victim of Paul Bernardo and Karla 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 the Saskatchewan 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 - Sailing

References

External links

* [http://mmr.hdsb.ca/ Official site]
* [http://www.hdsb.ca/ Halton District School Board]