Clarkson Secondary School
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2524 Bromsgrove Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5J 1L8 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 43°30′15″N 79°38′46″W / 43.504029°N 79.646131°WCoordinates: 43°30′15″N 79°38′46″W / 43.504029°N 79.646131°W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Committed to Excellence |
| Founded | 1969 |
| School board | Peel District School Board |
| Superintendent | Patricia Rosall |
| Area trustee | Brad MacDonald |
| Principal | Mary Zammit |
| Staff | 104 teachers, 2 vice-principals, 6 secretaries, 8 janitors, 4 cafeteria staff |
| Grades | 9-12+ |
| Enrollment | 866 (September 2016) |
| Language | English, French immersion |
| Campus | Urban |
| Area | Clarkson |
| Colour(s) | Gold and Black |
| Mascot | Charlie The Charger (Horse) |
| Team name | Clarkson Chargers |
| Newspaper | The Clarion |
| Feeder schools | Hillside Senior Public School, Green Glade Senior Public School, Hillcrest Public School |
| Recent Yearbooks | 2009-2010 - Puzzles and Games 2008/2009 - Back to Basics 2007/2008 - CSI: Clarkson Secondary Investigation 2006/2007 - Spirit 2005/2006 - Energy 2004/2005 - Distorted Perspectives 2003/2004 - Breaking Traditions |
| Website | clarksonss |
Clarkson Secondary School is a high school located in the Clarkson community of Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; designated Ward 18 by the Peel District School Board. Clarkson is an average school in both population (11th, at 866 students) and age (13th, built in 1969) of the entire Peel range of 28 public secondary schools. It is also known as the "Peel Academy for International Students".
Clarkson was designed like many 1970s-era schools in Ontario as part of an experimental “open-concept” design. On the ground floor, the cafeteria and auditorium are central to the design; a tech/drama wing, staff room, and gymnasiums are placed on the west side, while a classroom wing adorns the east side. These were open to the hallways, to other classrooms, separated only by pillars.
Other schools using the same concepts include The Woodlands Secondary School, Bayridge Secondary School, and St. Thomas More Catholic School.
During the late 1970s, the design was abandoned for a more traditional approach, as the open-concept design proved deficient in many aspects: notable, the leakage of noise from other classes. The school to this day has very few proper walls in its main section, with thin, temporary walls shielding the view of other classes. The sound spill still remains a problem in many of the school’s classes.
Clarkson's sports teams include field hockey, football, basketball, volleyball, ice hockey, soccer, cricket, baseball,wrestling teams; as well as many after-school groups, including cross country, golf and others like the anime club, the PALS, and several drama presentations per year. A full list is here on their .
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