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ON Behalf of the students of The Woodlands, we all say Sasrical Budda Betas. |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
Revision as of 16:38, 19 January 2012
The Woodlands School | |
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3225 Erindale Station Road , , L5C 1Y5 | |
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School type | High school |
Founded | 1969 |
School board | Peel District School Board |
Superintendent | Carol Speers (Secondary) Louise Sirisko (Elementary) |
Area trustee | Janet McDougald Ruth Thompson Jeff White |
Principal | Carol Suhay |
Grades | 7-12 and Co-op (post-grade 12) |
Enrollment | 1,450 (September 2007) |
Language | English |
Colour(s) | Red and Gold |
Mascot | Ram |
Team name | The Woodlands Rams |
Special programs | Regional Enhanced Program |
Website | The Woodlands School Website |
The Woodlands School is a public elementary and secondary school in Mississauga, Ontario, under the Peel District School Board. It has a diverse student population from a wide variety of cultural backgrounds. The school has a solid English as a Second Language (ESL) program to assist new immigrants, and a Peer Assisted Learning (PALS) program. The school is also a Regional Enhanced Learning Centre for the secondary gifted program.
History
The Woodlands School was opened in the year 1970 with 400 students in grades 7 and 8. While the first phase of its present building was under construction, The Woodlands operated in the Springfield Public School building. In September, 1970, the school's students and staff moved to the new building, and The Woodlands became a combined elementary and secondary school with its first ninth-grade students. Today, The Woodlands has over 1600 students.
While the Woodlands was designed to be an open concept school, this original vision has not been proven to be very successful. Consequently, the school, after several years, was re-organized along traditional lines by installing aluminium walls, contributing to few of the classrooms having windows.
Academics
Elementary students
Students in grades 7 through 8 are enrolled in a full-year schedule of three terms per year, with the subjects taught rotated on a two-day cycle. Report cards for each term are sent home with each student in December, March and June, and elementary classes continue throughout the secondary exam periods.
Secondary Students
As with the Peel District School Board, subjects are taught at the Academic and Applied levels.
Woodlands also offers a gifted education program, students who are identified as gifted through the CCAT (Canadian Cognitive Abilities Test) tests (or various others) are given the option of attending Woodlands, and are bussed from all over the city. The Enhanced subjects for students have the same content as an Academic course being taught, but are given options in school work to try and encourage enhanced students to be creative, and take leadership roles.
Students from the Applewood Acres satellite program have access to The Woodlands School. The strong student performance, by individuals and teams, consistently places The Woodlands among the top academic schools in the Peel District School Board and Ontario.[1] Recently, the School ranked 27th nationally in 2008 Euclid Contest (2nd in the Mississauga region.), and [2] 37th nationally in the 2008 Fermat Contest. (3rd in the region). [3] In addition, the school has high Ontario Secondary School Literacy Test passing rate with 91%. [4]
Extracurricular activities
The Arts
The Woodlands Senior Concert Band has achieved a triple gold standing and competed at the 500 level and at MusicFest throughout the past decade. Additionally, the band has been invited to play at several music festivals, such as the Harrogate International Festival. The band has toured across Europe (in conjunction with the school's language department), participating in musical activities.
The Woodlands School also has a Drama program that organizes a major production every year. The Drama department also fields very strong competitors in the Sears Festival, and from 2003-2007 a Woodlands School play has moved on to the Regional level of the competition at Hart House Theatre in Toronto. The school also organizes "Theatre Shorts", a series of student written and directed one-act plays.
Sports
The school's sports teams include the football, flag football, soccer, cricket, badminton, basketball, baseball, volleyball, girls' lacrosse, cross country, wrestling, rugby, track and field, table tennis, tennis, and archery teams.
For the 2010-11 school year however, the football, wrestling, baseball, rugby, and softball teams were cancelled due to lack of participation. However, as of September 2011, a junior football team has been formed to compete in ROPSSAA.
The Woodlands boasts of a strong record in the regional cricket set-up due to a large number of students from India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka where cricket is a popular sport. The team has performed well since the introduction of the game into the extra-curricular program. The school has won more championships than all the schools in Ontario.
While sports teams in most schools are generally large and popular events, there is a lack of school spirit in The Woodlands School. Sports achievements in The Woodlands are generally not as highly regarded as achievements in DECA.
Other competitions
The Woodlands takes part in competitions such as DECA, CNML, University of Waterloo math (Hypatia, Euclid) and engineering (WindENG) contests, and various international language competitions.
In the Ontario High School German Contest 2007, The Woodlands won the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places in both Categories 2 and 3 at the regional level, and at the provincial level the school was second in Category 3 and first in Category 2.
Architecture
The original design of the school complex involved that of an "Open Concept", resulting in the hallways in of the school placed around clusters of classrooms, rather than between rows of classrooms, as is the norm amongst school. This contributed to the lack of exterior windows in classroom; one of the only rooms to feature windows that face outside is ironically the dark room, which is used to develop film and is darkened when in use (the windows in ths room always have black bristol board taped over them to accommodate the required darkness). There are also windows in several art rooms, however, as they are screwed shut, it is necessary to use a screwdriver to open windows. The walls created to divide the classrooms on the second floor are fairly thin, and are held to the ceiling, floor, and to each other by magnets. However, the lack of windows does contribute to safety and security during lock down procedures.
Additionally, the fact that few classrooms have windows (excluding classroom door windows), and there is barbed wire fencing surrounding a government building located directly beside the parking lot of the school giving it somewhat of a jail-like appearance.
Notable alumni
- Kyle Jones - Plays for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League
- Cam Stewart (sportscaster) - Media/Radio Personality for The Score
- Cathy Korpi - Canadian Country Recording Artist and Entertainer
- Leanne Ramnarine - Canadian Fashion Designer
- Amanda Hurley - Model
- Darcy Brown- CFL Player
- Claude Patrick (Mixed Martial Artist) - Currently in the Ultimate Fighting Championship
- Morgan Campbell - Media Personality and writer for The Toronto Star
ON Behalf of the students of The Woodlands, we all say Sasrical Budda Betas.