Wallaceburg District Secondary School

Wallaceburg District Secondary School
Address
920 Elgin Street
Wallaceburg, Ontario, N8A 3E1
Canada
Coordinates 42°35′47″N 82°23′30″W / 42.5963°N 82.3917°W / 42.5963; -82.3917
Information
School type Public
Founded 1912
School board Lambton Kent District School Board
Principal Mr. Rob Lee
Vice principal Ryan Myers, Scott Watson
Grades 7 to 12
Language English
Colour(s) Maroon and White
Team name Tartans

Wallaceburg District Secondary School is a high school in Wallaceburg, Ontario. It has a student population of about 800 and a faculty of around 40. Due to the small amount of students, Wallaceburg Secondary has made the school smaller in order to use the land as a sports field.

Wallaceburg Continuation School: 1912 - 1916 Wallaceburg High School: 1916 - 1950 Wallaceburg District High School: 1950 - 1962 Wallaceburg District Secondary School: 1962 - Present

School Colours:

The Official School Crest was Designed in 1939 by Mr. William T. Laing and Mr. W. Clair Weir. Its Latin words were contributed by Mr. Alymer Tennyson.

Famous Alumni: Shaun Suisham, kicker for NFL's Pittsburgh Steelers. Ralph Murphy, Nashville recording artist.

Grade 7-8: Starting in the fall of 2014, WDSS will have Grade 7-8 students from H.W. Burgess, D.A. Gordon and A.A. Wright. Both Burgess and Wright will become JK-Grade 6 schools. D.A. Gordon will close in June of 2014, with students being moved to Burgess and Wright. The Grade 7-8 students at WDSS will be housed in a separate wing of the school, which used to house a St. Clair College campus.

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