Kincardine & District Secondary School
| Kincardine & District Secondary School | |
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885 River Lane Kincardine, Ontario, N2Z 2B9 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 44°10′37″N 81°37′39″W / 44.17689°N 81.62749°WCoordinates: 44°10′37″N 81°37′39″W / 44.17689°N 81.62749°W |
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| School type | High school |
| Motto | Virtus, Veritas, Victoria (Excellence, Truth, Success) |
| Founded | 1954 |
| School board | Bluewater District School Board |
| Principal | Mark Ozorio |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 600–650 (September 2011) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Green & white |
| Mascot | Knights |
Kincardine & District Secondary School (KDSS) is a public high school in the town of Kincardine, Ontario, Canada. It is one of 11 high schools in the Bluewater District School Board.
Fraser Institute issued the school a 6.6/10 and ranked it at 294th out of 727 Ontario Secondary Schools, and as 4th best in the Bluewater District School Board after Chesley District High School, Peninsula Shores District School, and West Hill Secondary School.
The school has 633 full-time students in grades 9 through 12. Originally built in 1953/54, it has been expanded with 6 additions, the last one being finished in 1989. The school colour is green and its motto is "Virtus, Veritas, Victoria," which means "Excellence, Truth, Success".
In Kincardine, as in most communities, one of the matters of primary consideration was the question of education. The children were at first educated at home, and then in 1851 a public school was opened. The rented frame building was on the river flats near the lake. The teacher, Mrs. Jane Nairn, had 66 students. The original school, Kincardine District High school, was erected in 1876 at the cost of $8,900. When the school opened 80 students attended at the cost of $8.00 a year for in town students and $10.00 a year for rural students.
With a new addition in 1901 the school was to be used until 1954. Later the school was moved to a small frame building on the east side of Queen Street opposite Harbor Street. Shortly afterwards it was moved to the opposite side of the street. The next location was in a log building which was later the Gentle's property. Then it moved to Russel Street just west of the Anglican Church.
In 1951 Kincardine High School became Kincardine District High School when a bus system was implementing to bring students in from neighbouring communities.
In 1953 construction started on a new one-storey building to include home economics, industrial arts, a cafeteria and a much better gymnasium facility. The new building opened in 1954 with an enrollment of 244 students and a staff of 10. This new school was 2421.9 m².
Only five years after the opening of the opening of the new school in 1954, two classrooms were added at the north end of the building. By September 1973 seven portable classrooms and a portable library resource area were added to the school. An addition in 1973–74 doubled the size.
After the renovation in 1974 the school was given the new name of Kincardine & District Secondary School.
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