Sandwich Secondary School

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Sandwich Secondary School


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streetaddress= 7050 Malden Road
city= LaSalle
province= Ontario
postalcode= N9J 2T5
schoolnumber= 939765
schoolboard= Greater Essex County District School Board
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superintendent= Paul Antaya
trustee= Helga Bailey
principal= Mary Edwards
viceprincipal= Marv Crawford
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schooltype= Public high school
grades= 9 to 12
language= English
area= LaSalle
mascot= Sabretoothed Tiger: Erbas
teamname= Sabres
colours= Blue and Orange
founded= 1970, building opened 1975
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homepage= http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/schools/SEC/sss/

Sandwich Secondary School is a school in LaSalle, Ontario. It has about 1330 students, and teaches about half of the students in LaSalle, along with St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School. The current principal is Ms. Mary Edwards and the vice principal is Mr. Marv Crawford. Sandwich is part of the Greater Essex County District School Board (GECDSB), and it was named after the former Sandwich Township which used to encompass the general area, which in turn was named after the Earl of Sandwich.

Prior to the opening of the school building in 1975, high school students in LaSalle were bused to General Amherst High School.

Sandwich Secondary has one of the best track and field complexes in southwestern Ontario. Officially named the Robert C. Carrick Memorial Track, it opened in 1993 at a cost of $1.70 million dollars and includes an 8-lane rubberized all weather track, field house, grandstand, football and soccer field, baseball diamond, track and field event area (shot-put, two discus circles, all weather javelin approach, all weather runways for long jump, triple jump, pole vault), and a concession stand. The complex was named after a police officer who was killed in the line of duty in 1968. [http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/schools/sip/SEC/Sandwich.pdf]

Its feeder schools, or family of elementary schools, are Sandwich West Public School, LaSalle Public School, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School and Prince Andrew Public School. [ [http://www.gecdsb.on.ca/schools/SEC/sss/ Sandwich Secondary School ] ]

Notable alumni

*Joel Hastings -- Classical Pianist
*Richie Hawtin -- Electronic Music artist and world-renowned DJ.
*Jeff Martin -- vocals, guitar, in the Canadian Rock Group The Tea Party
*Stuart Chatwood -- bass, guitar, keyboards, in the Canadian Rock Group The Tea Party, member of The Art Decay
*Jeff Burrows -- drums, percussion in the Canadian Rock Group The Tea Party, member of The Art Decay
*Sofia Shinas -- Actress
*Matt Loeb -- Award Winning Short Filmmaker
*Richard Shaw-- Basketball Player
*Mike Gyetvai-- Michigan State Football Player

External links

* [http://www.sabrerobotics.com/ Sabre Bytes Robotics Club]
* [http://www.sandwichsabres.ca/ Official website]