Oakridge Secondary School

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Oakridge Secondary School
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Oakridge Secondary School
1040 Oxford Street West

London
,
Ontario
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N6H 1V4

Canada
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School type Secondary, government-operated/public
MottoBleed red, blue, and gold
Founded1959
School board Thames Valley District School Board
PrincipalMichael Phillips
Grades 9–12
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)    Red, blue, and gold
MascotOak Leaf
Team nameOaks
Website oakridge.tvdsb.ca

Oakridge Secondary School is one of the government-operated high schools (as opposed to collegiate institutes) in the neighbourhood of Oakridge in London, Ontario, Canada. The school enrolls around 1000 students, and is located on Oxford Street in West London. The school's demonym is Oakridge Oaks and its colours are red, blue and gold.

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History

Founded as a county school in 1959, Oakridge High School became Oakridge Secondary School when London annexed a large part of the surrounding countryside in 1960. The school became the first in London to adopt three colours: red, blue and gold. Its stability encouraged a large financial investment in modernizing and upgrading the physical plant in a major renovation during 1994–95. The school's Latin motto is "Nostrum viret robur" (Our strength grows as the Oaks). Oakridge is the only school in the Thames Valley District School Board that offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) diploma program. [1] [2]

Arts

Oakridge has a drama department, which presents a major production every second year. In recent years it has presented High School Musical , High School Musical 2 , Rent , An Extremely Goofy Movie , Alice in Wonderland and The Little Mermaid . Recently, no shows have been produced, and the drama department is reduced only to drama classes.

Student Parliament

In 2013–2014 Oakridge's Student Parliament raised more than $17,000 for their "Oaktober" fundraiser for United Way. There are currently 10 executive positions on Oakridge's Student Parliament, consisting of mainly grade 12 students. In addition to the executive positions there are five student representatives for each grade in addition to the DC classes.

  • Coffee House
  • Concert Band
  • Concert Choir
  • Intermediate Band
  • Music Council
  • School Show
  • Jazz Band
  • Fortnite-Themed Concert

Athletics

Achievements

The Oakridge boys curling team won the TVRAA Championship in 2018 and 2019.

Notable alumni

See also

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  2. ↑ https://oakridge.tvdsb.ca/en/programs/international-baccalaureate---diploma-program.aspx
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