Elsie MacGill Secondary School

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Elsie MacGill Secondary School
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Elsie MacGill Secondary School
1410 Bronte Street South

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School type Secondary School
Founded2021
School board Halton District School Board
SuperintendentJennifer Fowler
PrincipalMark Duley
Grades Grades 9 to 12
Enrolment499
Language English
Website ems.hdsb.ca

Elsie MacGill Secondary School(EMSS) is a public secondary school located in Milton, Ontario, Canada. Elsie MacGill is a part of the Halton District School Board, and as of 2024 educates approximately 800 students. [1] It was opened in 2021. It is named after Elsie MacGill, the world's first woman to earn an aeronautical engineering degree. The world-famous Elsie Engineering Club also derives from here. As of now, they are building their own Electric Vehicle (EV) to feature in the University of Waterloo Electric Vehicle Competition.

EMSS offers a STEM program called I-STEM, also offered at Aldershot School. [2]

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