Bear Creek Secondary School

Bear Creek Secondary School
Main entrance of the school. A circular rock is shown with the school logo next to a bush wall. The Canadian flag is seen.
Main entrance
Address
Map of Ontario
Bear Creek S. S.
100 Red Oak Drive
Barrie, Ontario, L4N 9M5
Canada
Coordinates 44°19′55″N 79°44′01″W / 44.331949°N 79.733711°W / 44.331949; -79.733711Coordinates: 44°19′55″N 79°44′01″W / 44.331949°N 79.733711°W / 44.331949; -79.733711
Information
School type Public
Opened 4 September 2001 (2001-09-04)
School board SCDSB
Superintendent Dawn Stephens[1]
Area trustee Jennifer Cameron[2]
School number 894060
Principal Michael Abram[3]
Grades 9 - 12
Enrollment 1552 (2016-17)
School colour(s)      
Nickname Kodiaks
Feeder schools
  • Ardagh Bluffs
  • Baxter Central
  • Cookstown Central
  • Ferndale Woods
  • Holly Meadows
  • Portage View
  • Trillium Woods
  • W.C. Little
Website bss.scdsb.on.ca

Bear Creek Secondary School (also known as BCSS) is a public secondary school (grades 9-12) located in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 2001, and currently has an enrollment of more than 1400 students.

Facilities

The School's Main Forum

Bear Creek was completed January 2001 by Bondfield Construction for Simcoe County District School Board, costing CAD$18,100,000. It was designed by Zawadzki Armin Stevens Architects. The two-storey school has an area of 167,570 sq. ft., and includes athletic facilities such as a gymnasium, exercise room, and a running track on the second floor. The school also features specialized classrooms, a round cafetorium, a food court area, and a large forum. Exterior features include a large parking area, an outdoor track and a large sports/football field.[4] Nine years later, in 2010, a one-storey, 25,327 sq. ft. area expansion added six new classrooms, including: two woodshops, a dance studio, and a hospitality suite, amongst other facilities. The $7.5 million expansion budget also covered renovations to the original part of the school.[5]

Past principals

  • Kathi Wallace (2000-2004)
  • Randy Bauer (2004-2008)
  • David Boyd (2008-2009)
  • Judy Meiners (2009-2013)
  • Michael Abram (2013-current)

Extracurricular events and clubs

Rugby

The Kodiak Rugby teams travel on a bi-annual tour of the United Kingdom, visiting and playing against schools in Scotland, England, and Wales.

Football

Championships

School YearOpponentFinal ScoreChampionship Title
2004/2005Eastview Wildcats35 - 14GBSSA Championship
2004/2005Pickering Trojans40 - 28Central Bowl
2005/2006Eastview Wildcats13 - 0GBSSA Championship
2006/2007Eastview Wildcats20 - 8GBSSA Championship
2010/2011Eastview Wildcats15 - 8GBSSA Championship
2016/2017St. Joan of Arc Knights21 - 15GBSSA Championship

Other:

On November 04, 2006 Bear Creek played St. Mike's in the quarterfinals for the Metro Bowl title and lost 40-32.
On October 26, 2006, Bear Creek hosted the very first "Thursday Night Lights" as a match between Bear Creek Secondary School and Innisdale Secondary School.

Basketball

The team won GBSAA championships in 2003 and 2005. The team also won back to back GBSAA championships in 2007 and 2008.

Life Skills

The Life Skills program at Bear Creek is for special needs students. The program teaches them "intensive programming and support in basic literacy and numeracy, technology integration, communication, self help, social skills and vocational training".[6]

Life Skills hockey tournament

Special needs students from Life Skills programs across Simcoe County participated in the 5th Annual Life Skills Floor Hockey Tournament that took place Wednesday, October 18, 2006, at Bear Creek Secondary School.

Life Skills Winter Ball

February 1, 2017, marked the date for the second annual Life Skills Winter Ball. The ball was held at Bear Creek, and was open to all Life Skills students in Elementary school or High school in the SCDSB. This ball had a Luau theme.[7] Nearly 300 students from 23 schools attended this event.[8]

Cheerleading

The Bear Creek Kodiak Varsity Cheerleading team is made up of 30 student athletes, male and female, from grades 9 through 12. Bear Creek Secondary School also runs a Junior Varsity Cheerleading Team. The J.V. team consists of 25 athletes, male and female, grades 9 and 10.

Both teams competed on December 4, 2005, at White Oaks Secondary School in Oakville. The varsity team competed in the U.S. Nationals competition in 2006 and 2007, placing second both years. In 2005 and 2006, the Bear Creek Kodiak cheerleading team earned the title of Canadian cheerleading champions when they won the hardest category at the Canadian Nationals.

The cheerleading team also offers a cheerleading program for students in grades 4-8, called Kodiak Kubs. It is an 8-week camp, and at the end of the 8 weeks, the team will compete at the school in the local competition.

Volleyball

The Senior Boys Volleyball team has won three of the last four GBSSA 'AAAA' Championships and has attended OFSAA on behalf of the GBSSA for the past two years.

Hockey

The Boys Varsity Hockey team had two current and one former member selected in the OHL draft in May 2008. The 2007-08 season marked the first time the Kodiaks made it to the GBSSA 'AAAA' Championship final, where they were defeated by St. Peter's, 3-1 (EN). In the 2015-2016 season, the Varsity Boys Hockey team won the GBBSA "AAAA" Championship and represented the region in Windsor at the OFSA championships.

In the news

Ontario Workplace Safety Student Video Awards

For the 3rd Annual Ontario Workplace Safety Student Video Awards Contest in 2004, two of Bear Creek's students achieved awards of merit in the category of Public Service Announcement.

Notable faculty

See also

References

  1. ↑ "SCDSB - Area 3B". www.scdsb.on.ca. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  2. ↑ "SCDSB - Trustee". scdsb.on.ca. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
  3. ↑ "About Us". Bear Creek Secondary School. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  4. ↑ "Bear Creek Secondary School". Bondfield. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  5. ↑ "Digging in to Bear Creek's expansion". Barrie Examiner. Retrieved 2015-05-23.
  6. ↑ Special Education, Barrie: Bear Creek Secondary School, retrieved 2017-10-16
  7. ↑ Ramsay, Janis (2017), Life Skills students bring the moves to annual Winter Ball in Barrie, The Barrie AdvanceThe Barrie Examiner, retrieved 2017-10-16
  8. ↑ Life Skills Winter Ball hosted by Bear Creek Secondary School, The Barrie Examiner, 2017, retrieved 2017-10-16
  9. ↑ "CFL.ca - Official site of the Canadian Football League". CFL.ca. Retrieved 17 October 2017.
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