- Oakridge Secondary School
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Oakridge Secondary School Bleed red, blue, and gold
Address 1040 Oxford Street, West
London, Ontario, N6H 1V4, CanadaInformation School board Thames Valley District School Board Principal Grant McCumber Vice principal Jane Lashbrooke-Sherman School type Secondary, government-operated/public Grades 9-12 Language English Mascot Oak Leaf Colours White, Blue Founded 1959 Homepage http://www.tvdsb.ca/oakridge.cfm/ http://gooaks.com/index.html Oakridge Secondary School is one of the many government-operated High Schools (as opposed to Collegiate Institutes) in London, Ontario. Oakridge has over 1000 students and is located on Oxford Street in west London. Their nickname is the Oakridge Oaks and the school's colours are red, blue, and gold. It is known for its academics, community involvement, arts programs, and sports teams, particularly the boys volleyball team, who have won OFSAA before. The school's football team has grown over the last several seasons under the leadership of Head Coach Mike Darling. The senior team played in TVRAA's "C" Division in 2007 and are now an "A" Division team by 2009 thanks to junior Head Coach Austin Scarpelli. Also in the fall of 2009, the junior team (only in its third season of existence) won the TVRAA City Championships. Oakridge's Senior boy's basketball team has also been very successful. The team attended 7 straight OFSAA championships in a row, with their streak finally coming to a drought in 2011. In 2009 the Junior boys Oakridge Cross Country won TVRAA. In the fall of 2009, the school put on a major dramatic arts production of Disney's High School Musical 2. The school repeatedly scores as one of the top secondary schools in London, and is currently ranked second (based on provincial tests and examinations).
Following the retirement of Christine Stewart, Grant McCumber became Principal of Oakridge in September 2009. He had previously served as Prinicipal at Sir George Ross Secondary School in east London. Oakridge celebrated its 50th anniversary in October 2009, holding a reunion for all past and present Oaks during the Thanksgiving long weekend.
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History
Founded as a county school in 1959, Oakridge High School became Oakridge Secondary School when London annexed a large part of the surrounding countryside in 1960. The school became the first in London to adopt three colours: red, blue and gold. This became just one of many firsts in the years to come. For its first quarter century, the city's west end academic school naturally attracted some of London's brightest and best young people.
Pride in achievement, however, was never limited just to scholastics. Athletics, the arts, and community involvement distinguish the school in competition, performance, and in strong community support. Its stability encouraged a large financial investment in modernizing and upgrading the physical plant in a major renovation during 1994-95. Few would recognize the old school today. Even fewer would recognize the school's original Latin moto "Nostrum viret robur" (Our strength grows as the Oaks). Yet the undeniable strength of Oakridge has been the outstanding leadership demonstrated by students, staff, and administration over its first fifty years.
Fraser Institute's report card
The Fraser Institute’s ratings and rankings of Ontario schools assist parents when they choose a school and encourage educators and parents seeking to improve Ontario schools. Each Fraser Institute report card collects a variety of relevant, objective indicators of school performance into one, easily accessible public document so that anyone can analyze and compare the performance of individual Ontario schools. The following indicates Oakridge Secondary School's performance for the 2009-2010 academic year, indicating a rating of 8.1 out of 10 and ranking 41st out of 727 schools.
OSSLT count 272 ESL (%) 4.0 Special Needs (%) 9.9 Parents' Average Income ($) 98,100 Academic Performance Performance Measure 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Trend Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Academic) 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 — Avg. level Gr 9 Math (Applied) 2.7 2.1 2.5 2.1 2.6 — OSSLT passed (%)-FTE 94.0 94.0 93.1 92.9 93.1 Up OSSLT passed (%)-PE 75.0 73.9 63.6 64.7 82.8 — Tests below standard (%) 14.0 17.4 16.5 16.7 11.4 — Gender gap (level)-Math E E M 0.1 M 0.1 M 0.1 — Gender gap OSSLT M 0.2 M 1.7 F 2.1 F 1.8 F 5.1 Down Gr 9 tests not written (%) 0.8 1.8 0.9 1.3 0.8 — Overall rating out of 10 8.7 8.0 7.9 7.6 8.1 — Student involvement opportunities
Co-instructional activities/clubs
- AV Light/Sound
- Cancer Campaign
- Chess Club
- Christian Fellowship
- Cloud 9
- Computer Programming Club
- Debating Club
- The Dining Club
- Equestrian Club
- Gay/Straight Alliance
- Grad Committee
- Healthy School Committee
- Intramural Sports
- Martial Arts Club
- Math Contests
- Model UN
- Multicultural Committee
- Music Council
- Muslim Student Association
- Multicultural and Race Relations Club
- Oak Mentoring Program
- Oak Radio
- Oakbotics
- Photography
- Reach for the Top
- Risk Club
- Safe School Committee
- Student Athletic Association
- Student Exchange
- Science Olympics
- United Way
- World Affairs Club
- Writers' Workshop
- Yearbook
- Film Club
Arts activities/clubs
- Drama
- Dance Company
- Dance Show
- Art at Lunch Bunch
- Art Club
- Set Painting and Design
- Coffee House
- Concert Band
- Concert Choir
- Intermediate Band
- Music Council
- School Show
- Jazz Band
Athletics
- Badminton (boys and girls)
- Basketball (boys and girls)
- Curling (boys and girls)
- Cross Country Running (boys and girls)
- Football (one team for all grade levels)
- Golf (boys and girls)
- Hockey (boys and girls)
- Rowing Club(boys and girls)
- Rugby
- Soccer (boys and girls)
- Swimming (boys and girls)
- Tennis (boys and girls)
- Track and Field (boys and girls)
- Volleyball (boys and girls)
2010-2011 Student Parliament
- Prime Minister - Emily Soti
- Deputy Prime Minister - Lyndsay Fearnall
- External Affairs - Josh Jadischke
- Internal Affairs - Jesse Sills
- Secretary - Ariana Simpson
- Treasurer - Eric Shin
- Communications - Matt Sterner and Nic Vincent
- Diversity - Joy Couttenier
- Red, Blue & Gold Reps - Nicole and Jessica Charuk
- Rm 130 Reps - Qyzra Walji and Hamsata Ali
- Grade 12 Rep - Evgeni Panfilenko
- Grade 11 Rep - Natalie Stern
- Grade 10 Rep - David Aideyan
- Grade 9 Rep - Klevis Mazreku
2011-2012 Student Parliament
- Prime Minister - Josh Jadischke
- Deputy Prime Minister - Natalie Stern
- Minister of Student Affairs- Bryar Pace
- Minster of Internal Affairs - Aleeshya Broome
- Minster of External Affairs - Matt Forbes
- Minister of Finance - Steve Kim
- Ministers of Communications - Scott Vodon, Colin Penny, and Mike Maddigan
- Minister of Records - Daysen Christensen
- Red, Blue, & Gold Reps - Katie Brown and Katie Dailey
- Rm 132 Reps - Rhianne Marie DeMelo and Christopher Fitzpatric
- Victory Lap Rep - Evgeni Panfilenko
- Grade 12 Rep - Dakota Neaves
- Grade 11 Rep - Vacant
- Grade 10 Rep - Ibrahim Ouda
- Grade 9 Reps - Bryce Reid and Yousef Ouda
Notable alumni
- Rick Gibson
- Jenny Jones
- Tom McCamus
- Megan Park
- Nathan Piche
- Matt Piche
- Chris Potter (actor)
- Rod Wilson
- Robin Bone
- Allan Stratton
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