Lorne Park Secondary School
| Lorne Park Secondary School | |
|---|---|
 |
|
| Address | |
|
1324 Lorne Park Road Mississauga, Ontario, L5H 3B1 Canada |
|
| Coordinates | 43°31′53″N 79°37′29″W / 43.5313°N 79.6246°WCoordinates: 43°31′53″N 79°37′29″W / 43.5313°N 79.6246°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public High school |
| Motto | Portam Futuro Aperimus (Opening the Doors to the Future) |
| Founded | June 1, 1958 |
| School board | Peel District School Board |
| Superintendent | Patricia Rossall |
| Area trustee | Brad Macdonald |
| School number | 924008 |
| Principal | Peter Hill |
| Vice Principals | Mary Wood Zorica Zilkey |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 989 (January 8, 2017) |
| • Grade 9 | 231 |
| • Grade 10 | 239 |
| • Grade 11 | 235 |
| • Grade 12 | 284 |
| Language | English, Extended French |
| Colour(s) | Red and Grey |
| Mascot | Truscott the Spartan |
| Team name | Spartans |
| Yearbook | The Key |
| Special programs |
Regional Enhanced Program Extended French program |
| Website | lorneparkss |
Lorne Park Secondary School (often abbreviated as LP or LPSS) is a public high school located in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It serves the Lorne Park area.
When the population of Peel County began experiencing a population explosion in the 1950s, the secretary-treasurer for the South Peel Board of Education began negotiations to purchase land for a new school to be built on a 13½ acre site at the price of $32,469 CAD. Construction on the school began in 1957, and the total cost of the school (including the land) was $752,569.
Billed as a very modern design when the school opened for students in January 1958, the main feature of the school, facing south onto Lorne Park Road, was a suspended concrete canopy with two-story windows. The school opened with 272 students and 16 teachers.
While not in use presently, a firing range exists in the basement of the school (beneath the small gymnasium). It was built in order to secure extra funding during the Cold War period so that students could have a suitable area to practice in. When such a use became obscure, the firing range housed the drama department's props and costumes. It was permanently closed and removed from official architectural plans because of the archaic lead paint on its walls.
In 1973, Lorne Park was the first school in the Peel Board of Education to offer full-credit semestering. The success of the experiment led to the extension of semestering to most schools in Peel by 1976.
The school population peaked in 1979, when Lorne Park had a teaching staff of 92 and 1,647 students in a building designed for 1,420. The current student population stands at 989 students. It is one of five designated centres of the Peel Regional Enhanced Program, catering to gifted students from across southern Mississauga. Lorne Park also hosts an Extended French program. Its are Hillcrest Public School, Tecumseh Public School, Green Glade Senior Public School (also the Extended French program feeder), St. Christopher Catholic School, Allan A. Martin Senior Public School and St. Luke Catholic School.
...
Wikipedia