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Secondary, government-operated/public school in London, Ontario, Canada From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 nickname is Oakridge Oaks and its colours are red, blue and gold.
| Oakridge Secondary School | |
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1040 Oxford Street West , , Canada | |
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| School type | Secondary, government-operated/public |
| Motto | Bleed red, blue, and gold |
| Founded | 1959 |
| School board | Thames Valley District School Board |
| Principal | Kerry Mastrandrea |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Red, blue, and gold |
| Mascot | Oak Leaf |
| Team name | Oaks |
| Website | oakridge |
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]
In 2024, a student was stabbed and sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries within the school property by another student.[3]
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.
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. There are also five student representatives for each grade in addition to the DC classes.
The Oakridge boys' curling team won the TVRAA Championship in 2018 and 2019.
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