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Oakridge Secondary School
Address
Map
1040 Oxford Street, West

London
,
Ontario
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N6H 1V4

Canada
Information
School typeSecondary, government-operated/public
MottoBleed red, blue, and gold
Founded1959
School boardThames Valley District School Board
PrincipalTracy Langelaan
Grades9-12
LanguageEnglish
Colour(s)Red, Blue, Gold
MascotOak Leaf
Team nameOaks
Websitewww.tvdsb.ca/oakridge.cfm
gooaks.com

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 has around 1000 students on role and is located on Oxford Street in West London. The school's nickname is the Oakridge Oaks and the school's colours are red, blue and gold.

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. Latin moto "Nostrum viret robur" (Our strength grows as the Oaks).

Academics

Oakridge Secondary School has a diverse academic program.

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, and The Little Mermaid.

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 5 student representative for each grade in addition to the DC classes.

Student involvement opportunities

Notable alumni

See also

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