Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School (Ottawa)
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1515 Tenth Line Road , , Canada | |
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| School board | Ottawa Carleton District School Board |
| Superintendent | Pino Buffone |
| Area trustee | John Shea |
| Principal | Barry Armstrong |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1107 (October 2013) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | maroon, white and navy blue |
| Team name | Lancers |
| Feeder schools | Avalon PS, Dunning-Foubert ES, Fallingbrook CES, Maple Ridge ES, Trillium ES |
| Website | sirwilfridlaurierss |
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School is part of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board and it is located in the neighbourhood of Fallingbrook, in the suburb of Orleans, in Ottawa Ontario, Canada. The school's current principal is Barry Armstrong.
History
Sir Wilfrid Laurier was originally located on Carson Road in western Gloucester. The original students came primarily from the Carson Road and Pineview neighbourhoods. During the 80s and early 90s, students from Fallingbrook in Orleans were bussed to the school. Eventually, the entire school was home to students bussed from Orleans while a new campus was built at its current location on 10th Line Road. After moving to the new location, students from Pineview/Carson Road attended Gloucester High School and the building was eventually purchased by the French Catholic school board as the new home for Collège Catholique Samuel-Genest.
Extra-curricular activities
Sir Wilfrid Laurier is one of the schools that broadcasts its morning announcements on television, formerly called "WilTV", and now called "Laurier Live!" In 2011 the school conducted a trip for students to Las Vegas to attend the National Association of Broadcasters convention.
Notable alumni
- Melinda Shankar – Actress on Degrassi, and How to be Indie and other films and shows
- Richard Adu-Bobie – A sprinter for team Canada winning a silver medal in the Pan American games as well as being an alternate athlete in the 2004 and 2008 summer olympics
- Mark Seale – Professional Canadian football player
- Ibrahim "Obby" Khan – Professional Canadian football player
- Qasim Khan – Professional Canadian football player
- Momin Khawaja – First person charged and found guilty under the Canadian Anti-Terrorism Act
- Alex Lacasse; Canadian singer and songwriter