Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School

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name= Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School


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motto=Nihil Sine Labore
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streetaddress= 100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge, ON
city= Bracebridge
province= Ontario
postalcode= P1L 2E9
areacode= 705
phone= 645-4496
fax= 645-2552
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url= [http://tldsb.on.ca/schools/bmlss/ BMLSS Website]
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schoolboard= [http://tldsb.on.ca Trillium Lakelands District School Board]
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principal= Mr. David Golden
viceprincipal= Mrs. Kim Williams
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schooltype= High School
grades= 9 to 12
language= English
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mascot= Poseidon
teamname= Lakers
colours= Red, Black, White
founded= 1920
enrollment= Near 1000
enrollment_as_of= 2008

Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School is a high school in Bracebridge, Ontario. It serves approximately 1000 students, grades 9 through 12, from Bracebridge and surrounding areas in Muskoka; attached to it is the Bracebridge Sportsplex and the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre.

BMLSS is one of seven secondary schools in the [http://tldsb.on.ca Trillium Lakelands District School Board] , and is one of only two high schools in Bracebridge; the other is St. Dominic Catholic secondary school an also modern and fine school.

Location

BMLSS is located at 100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge, Ontario, in the same building as the Bracebridge Sportsplex and the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre. The facility is new, having completed construction in August of 2007; the following month, the facility became open for use. The theatre and sportsplex are open to all students, and are used regularly by the dramatic arts classes and phys ed. classes.

The facility was opened to replace the old high school, located closer in town, built in the late 1920's, as well as the old Bracebridge Culture and Recreation centre, which was built over 30 years ago. The old builidings still exists; the old location of the high school is vacant, while the old Culture and Recreation centre was remodeled and became a Georgian College campus for Muskoka.

pecial Programs

BMLSS offers an Advanced Placement (AP) program, which allows students to potenially bypass a first-year credit in University; the school is one of only two in the district to offer this program. Grade 12 courses offering this include Physics, Biology and Chemistry, Advanced Functions, Calculus and Vectors, and English.

BMLSS also offers regular exchange programs to various countries around the world; the student may choose from one-month, three-month, or year long exchanges.

The school also offers the High Skills Construction Major program.

Teams and Clubs

BMLSS has been widely known for sports; in 2006, two senior female soccer players were asked to play for a Toronto team. One of them has now been asked to try out for the Canadian Girls National Soccer Team.

In 2007, BMLSS Native Alex Watson was accepted onto the Canadian U-17 Rugby Team.

Teams and groups include fencing, soccer, basketball, gymnastics, hockey, curling, badminton, rugby, Field Hockey and volleyball. Other clubs at BMLSS include their improv team (Electric Impulse), chess club, band, Outers Club, the Mountain Bike Club, Horticultural Club, Reach Team and the Cross Country club. All of the sporting teams both have Senior and Junior divisions separated by gender.

BMLSS is also the high school for local musician Kaszandra Cutting, who often plays on the local radio, Moose FM.