Streetsville Secondary School

Streetsville Secondary School
Address
72 Joymar Drive Mississauga, Ontario, L5M 1G3 Canada
Information
School type	Public High school
Motto	Esse Quam Videri (To Be Rather than to Seem)
Founded	1958
School board	Peel District School Board
Superintendent	Poleen Grewal
Area trustee	Robert Crocker Nokha Dakroub
School number	945978
Principal	Tamer Kamel
Vice principal	Rada Petrovic-luckich Karen Thomas-Blanchette
Staff	98
Grades	9-12+
Enrollment	925 (September 2015)
Language	English, French immersion
Colour(s)	Orange and black
Mascot	Tiger
Team name	Streetsville Tigers
Website	streetsvillesecondary.com

Streetsville Secondary School is a high school in the Peel District School Board located in the Streetsville community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada.

Streetsville Secondary School was opened in 1958. The school has 925 students, and of the 925, 309 are French Immersion. As of September 2015, twenty nine students are bused in.

The school features a main floor and a second floor on its north side. It has two gymnasiums, one large in size, and the second being half the size of the first. When the school first opened, the smaller gym was originally intended to be a swimming pool. The school has a library, which was recently renovated and expanded, and a cafeteria.

The school has several unusual classes including Grade 11 and 12 Photographic Arts, the unusual aspect being the darkroom available for student use, one of the last remaining in the Peel school system. Also available to students is Music Production, a course teaching the recording and mastering of music using computers.

In 2005, the French immersion programme for students was introduced at Streetsville Secondary School where students can learn bilingualism in Canada. The courses offered are: French Immersion (Grades 9-12), Science and Geography of Canada (Grade 9), Contemporary Canadian History, Career Studies, and Civics (Grade 10), World History to the 16th Century (Grade 11), and Canadian and World Issues: A Geographic Analysis (Grade 12).

Up until summer of 2005, the school had 13 portable buildings. However, in 2005, Mississauga Secondary School opened in the area and about half of the grade 9 and 10 students attending Streetsville had to switch schools due to boundary changes. This dropped the overall attendance by about 500, and all of the portables have been removed. The sole portable remaining was used as an extension of the school's drama room until it was removed in 2006 due to budget cuts. In 2015, the roof of the portapac collapsed due to flooding after a heavy rainstorm. Mold was discovered within the portapac and as such, it was boarded up. 3 portables have been added to the back of the school to replace the portapac, which will be removed during the $7 million renovation/expansion that the school will be undergoing during the summer of 2015 that will include the removal of all materials containing asbestos from the building as well as installing new windows throughout the building. The portapac will be replaced with a permanent extension to the school.

Notable students and alumni

Established in 1978 for the school's 20th anniversary, the Streetsville Alumni Association held a 40th anniversary celebration in 1998. A 50th anniversary celebration and reunion was held on June 6 and 7, 2008 at the school, along with the Streetsville Bread and Honey Festival.

Ibrahim Aboud - terror-plot convict
Dale Mitchell - hockey player
Morag Smith - comedian
Zaib Shaikh^[1] - actor, writer and director, best known for his roles as Amaar Rashid in Little Mosque on the Prairie, and Jayesh in Metropia

Sports

Streetsville Secondary School offers many athletic opportunities, including: Rugby, Basketball, Volleyball, Track and Field, Hockey, Swimming, Badminton, Flag Football and 7's Rugby. Streetsville recently won Senior Boys ROPSSAA (Region of Peel Secondary Schools Athletic Association) Gold Medal in Rugby, as well as an OFSAA Gold Medal, finishing their 2012 season with 32 wins and 0 loses. The school also has an Archery team that does exceptionally well each year winning many Olympic class Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals in ROPSSAA and OFSSAA.

Memorable Grad Pranks

In 2012 graduating students planted multiple crabs throughout the school which caused chaos and disrupted classes. A king crab and 4 blue crabs were planted in various spots around the school

In 2015, not technically a prank, but the graduating students planned a party/barbeque out in the parking lot during both lunch periods. Since a secondary school strike cause the cancellation of various school activities such as grad breakfast, gradapalooza and the athletic banquet, this was a way to celebrate their final day of high school.

References

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External links

Streetsville Secondary website

Schools part of Peel District School Board in Brampton, Caledon, and Mississauga, Ontario

Secondary schools	Applewood Heights Bramalea Brampton Centennial Cawthra Park Central Peel Chinguacousy Clarkson David Suzuki Erindale Fletcher's Meadow Glenforest Gordon Graydon Harold M. Brathwaite Heart Lake Humberview John Fraser Lincoln M. Alexander Lorne Park Louise Arbour Mayfield Meadowvale Mississauga North Park Judith Nyman Port Credit Rick Hansen Sandalwood Heights Stephen Lewis Streetsville Thomas L. Kennedy Turner Fenton West Credit Woodlands

Middle or junior high schools	Allan A. Martin Senior Public School Darcel Avenue Senior Public School Dolphin Senior Public School Edenwood Middle School Hazel McCallion Senior Public School Queen Elizabeth Senior Public School Sir William Gage Middle School Lisgar Middle School Tomken Road Middle School W. G. Davis Senior Public School Homelands Senior Public School

Primary or elementary schools	Dunrankin Drive Public School Helen Wilson Public School Hillcrest Public School Russell Langmaid Public School Sir Wilfrid Laurier Public School Whitehorn Public School Oakridge Public School

Coordinates: 43°34′47″N 79°43′08″W / 43.579835°N 79.718862°W / 43.579835; -79.718862

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