Innisdale Secondary School

Innisdale Secondary School
Address
95 Little Avenue
Barrie, Ontario, L4N 2Z4
Canada
Information
School type Public, High school
Founded 1978
School board Simcoe County District School Board
School number 918253
Principal Dawn Stephens
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1700[1] (2011)
Language English
Colour(s) Orange and Royal Blue         
Mascot Izzy(Knight)
Team name Innisdale Invaders
Website www2.innisdale.ca

Coordinates: 44°21′33.93″N 79°41′7.26″W / 44.3594250°N 79.6853500°W / 44.3594250; -79.6853500Innisdale Secondary School is a public secondary school that is located in the south end of Barrie, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1978, and serves as an educational facility to over 1700 students in grades 9-12 and a working environment to over one hundred full-time staff.

The principal is Dawn Stephens, vice principals are Hailey Mclean, Anne Tervit and Tyson Maxwell. "Achievement, athletics, arts and informed choices" are stated to be central to Innisdale's philosophy. Their short educational motto is "we care, we challenge, we create".[2]

History

Innisdale's school crest.

Innisdale was founded in 1978. Between 1878 and 1945, the land was home to a farmstead. The maple trees that line the street that is attached to the school's parking lot were planted by the original owners of the farm and have not changed (except for some removals due to safety concerns) since the school was built. In honor of the original owners of the farm, the Kennedy family, the street beside which the trees run was named Kennedy Way in 2005.[3]

Sports and activities

Innisdale is home to many extracurricular sports including football, hockey, basketball, volleyball, rugby, tennis, golf, soccer, curling, Nordic skiing, Baseball, and many more. Innisdale has six bands - Junior and Senior Stage Band, Junior and Senior Concert Band, and Show Band. Some of Innisdale's clubs include DECA,[4] Warhammer 40k, G-Force (who participate in the well known activity of Geocaching), Fusion, Outbound, the Innisdale Chess Club, the Drama Club, Student Council, the Anime Club and many other interesting clubs and committees.

Innisdale also has a co-operative education program for athletes training with the Mariposa School of Skating.[5]

Feeder schools

Innisdale receives new Grade 9 students directly from Algonquin Ridge Elementary School, Allandale Heights Public School, Assikinack Public School, Mapleview Heights Elementary School, Warnica Public School, Hewitt's Creek, Hyde Park and Willow Landing Elementary School. Students participating in the Gifted Cluster program who live in Barrie's South End or Innisfil and previously went to either Codrington Public School, Alcona Glen Elementary School, Innisfil Central Public School, Goodfellow Public School, Sunnybrae Public School or Cookstown Public School may also feed here.

See also

References

  1. http://sbinfo.edu.gov.on.ca/schdata.asp?schoolNo=918253
  2. "About Innisdale". Retrieved 2008-01-29.
  3. "Innisdale Heritage". Retrieved 2007-10-09.
  4. "DECA Innisdale". Innisdale Secondary School. 2007-03-10. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
  5. "Mariposa Co-Op Education Program". Mariposa School of Skating. Retrieved 2006-12-16.
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