Leamington District Secondary School

Leamington District Secondary School
Address
80 Oak St. W.
Leamington, Ontario, N8H 2B3
Canada
Information
School type Public high school
Founded 1953
School board Greater Essex County District School Board
Superintendent Vicki Houston [1]
Area trustee Dave Taves
Principal Penn Dog
Vice Principal Peggy Bondy
Senior Secretary Mary Klassen
Grades 9 to 12
Enrolment 952 (2016)[2]
Language English
Colour(s) Burgundy, Gold
Slogan The Pride of Leamington!
Mascot Snoil the Lion
Team name Leamington Lions
Website Official website

Leamington District Secondary School (LDSS) is a public high school in Leamington, Ontario. Home of the Lions, it has an enrollment of approximately 700 - 800 students. Its feeder schools are located throughout Leamington and neighbouring town Wheatley, Ontario. This includes: Queen Elizabeth Public School, Gore Hill Public School, Margaret D. Bennie Public School, Wheatley Area Public School, Mt. Carmel-Blytheswood Public School and East Mersea Public School.

History

Opened in 1953 to replace obsolete 1923 high school. After expansions in 1958 and 1961 enrollment reached a peak of 1,500 students before declining with the opening of Cardinal Carter Catholic High School .

Facility

Located at 80 Oak St. West, Leamington Ontario, Canada, Leamington District Secondary School is minutes away from the downtown core, and the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex (formerly the Sherk Centre).

Athletics

Lions player in 2014.

LDSS competes in the Windsor & Essex County Secondary School Athletic Association (WECSSA) athletic division and offers a variety of sports opportunities including boys and girls volleyball, basketball, hockey, and soccer, boys baseball, and girls softball, as well as cross country, tennis, badminton, golf, and swimming. The school mascot is a lion named Snoil, who is often seen at school events. The school's most prominent rival is Leamington's second high school Cardinal Carter Catholic High School.

Construction of New School Site

The construction of a new Leamington District Secondary School was started on May 25, 2016,[3] with a completion date of September 2017.[4] The current location for LDSS will be closed upon completion of the new site.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ https://www.publicboard.ca/school/ldss/About_Us/Pages/default.aspx
  2. ↑ https://files.ontario.ca/opendata/enrl_by_schen.txt
  3. ↑ http://windsorstar.com/news/local-news/public-school-board-finally-gets-shovel-in-the-ground-for-new-leamington-high-school
  4. ↑ http://windsorite.ca/2016/04/construction-set-to-start-on-new-leamington-high-school/

https://publicboard.ca/schools/ldss/Pages/default.aspx

See also

Coordinates: 42°03′07″N 82°36′28″W / 42.0519°N 82.6077°W / 42.0519; -82.6077

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