J. L. Ilsley High School

J. L. Ilsley High School

J.L. Ilsley High School is a Canadian high school located in Spryfield in the western part of Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality.

It is named after James Lorimer Ilsley, a former federal cabinet minister who served in Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King's World War II government and later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia.

The school opened in 1971.

J.L. Ilsley is home to the Judges sports teams. They have teams in many sports, including; hockey, softball, volleyball, cross country running, track and field, volleyball, soccer, and badminton.

The school is known for an unofficial holiday called Precalentines Day developed in 2004 by a Pre-Calculus class. [cite web |url=http://www.jlihs.ednet.ns.ca/math/resources/precalentinesday.html |title=Precalentines Day |accessdate=2007-12-14 |author=Nicholas Down |date=2007] It takes place on the December 14 of every year, and is a holiday for people to celebrate their love of mathematics. The holiday's influence is slowly growing and being recognized in schools around Halifax, Nova Scotia, and in universities around Canada.Fact|date=December 2007

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J.L. Ilsey High School is known for it's inviting atmosphere(for the most part).


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