Chatham-Kent Secondary School

Chatham-Kent Secondary School
CKSS Golden Hawks
Address
285 McNaughton Avenue East
Chatham, Ontario, N7L 2G7
Canada
Coordinates 42°25′18″N 82°11′30″W / 42.42178°N 82.19175°W / 42.42178; -82.19175Coordinates: 42°25′18″N 82°11′30″W / 42.42178°N 82.19175°W / 42.42178; -82.19175
Information
School type Public
Founded 1962
School board Lambton Kent District School Board
Principal Murray Hunt
Grades 9 to 12
Language English
Area Chatham, Ontario
Colour(s) Blue and gold
Team name Golden Hawks
Website www.lkdsb.net/school/CKSS/Pages/default.aspx

Chatham-Kent Secondary School is located in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, Canada. With a growing student population of about 1200, it is the largest public secondary school in Chatham-Kent operating at 85% capacity. The student population is projected to increase with further school consolidations, and the potential closure of John McGregor Secondary School.[1]

Mascot

The school's mascot is the Golden Hawk. In previous years the logo of the hawk was, oddly enough, not golden. In the 2006-07 school year the logo was re-done, and it is now golden.

Academics

In the 2011-2012 school year, grade 9 academic math students from CKSS had the highest percentage of students over the provincial standard across Ontario. CKSS had 91%, the School Board had 82% and Ontario had 84%. This was a record high percentage. The applied math students had a 51% rate while the School Board had 43% and Ontario 44% respectively.

The Musical

The CKSS musical is a major event in the CKSS school year. For over two decades, Bruce Nelson directed the musical. It is now directed by Christine Baribeau.

Extracurricular activities

CKSS also sports an Improvisation team. The team holds tryouts each fall and competes in the annual Canadian Improv Games.

A recent addition to the many clubs offered at CKSS is the Interact Club, a part of Rotary International. They partner with the Chatham Sunrise Rotary club, helping with their many fundraising projects.

Varsity

CKSS is known as having the one of the most successful volleyball programs in Ontario. The boys have won ten OFSAA championships and the girls have won five. Volleyball is currently coached by the Leidl Brothers at the school, Brian and Tim Leidl. Randy Bartlett and Dale Lahey are former coaches at CKSS.

Additionally, the school has achieved extreme success in all sports that are offered by the school (soccer, basketball, curling, tennis etc). This can be seen by the numerous banners located at the school in the Ed Myers Gymnasium.

Notable alumni

  • Ron Sparks - award winning Canadian comedian, writer, actor and producer; best known for MuchMusic's Video on Trial and This Hour Has 22 Minutes
  • Chad Laprise - a Canadian professional mixed martial artist; a competitor in the UFC's lightweight division
  • Ryan Jones - former professional hockey player for the NHL's Edmonton Oilers
  • Josh Kellier - long distance runner; gold medalist at Canadian National track and field meet in the 2000m steeplechase
  • Brooklyn Roebuck - winner of Season 5 of The Next Star on YTV
  • Adrian Lee - founder of Dragon Boat Canada, the national watercraft sport governing body
  • Ferguson Jenkins, member of Baseball Hall of Fame, attended Chatham Vocational School (CVS), which was replaced by and renamed CKSS. [2]
  • Doug Melvin - Major League Baseball: former General Manager, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, (2018) Senior Advisor, Baseball Operations, Milwaukee Brewers
  • Sylvia Fricker Tyson - singer, song writer, CBC Radio host, attended Chatham Vocational School, which was replaced by and renamed CKSS

See also

References

  1. ↑ "LKDSB 2017 Capital Plan" (PDF). 2017.
  2. ↑ Baseball-Almanac.com
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