Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School (Ottawa)

This article is about a school in Ottawa, Ontario. For the school in London, Ontario, see Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School (London, Ontario).

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School (formerly Sir Wilfrid Laurier High School) is a public high school located in the Fallingbrook neighbourhood within the suburb of Orléans in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school is under the jurisdiction of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School
Address
1515 Tenth Line Road Ottawa , Ontario , K1E 3E8 Canada
Coordinates	45°28′23″N 75°29′36″W / 45.473059°N 75.493391°W / 45.473059; -75.493391
Information
Motto	We Strive for the Highest
Opened	1966
School board	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Superintendent	Mary Jane Farrish
Area trustee	Keith Penny
Principal	Tim Hawes^[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	995^[2] (2022)
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Maroon, white and navy
Team name	Lancers
Feeder schools	Dunning-Foubert Elementary, Fallingbrook Community Elementary, Maple Ridge Elementary, Trillium Elementary, Summerside Public
Website	sirwil.ca

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School was originally located on Carsons Road which was then part of the City of Gloucester. The school primarily served the neighbourhoods of Carson Grove and Pineview. In 1992, the school relocated to their current location on Tenth Line Road in Orleans which was then part of Cumberland Township. The former location is now used by Collège catholique Samuel-Genest.

The school is directly connected to the Ray Friel Recreational Complex which features a swimming pool, skating rink, a branch of the Ottawa Public Library, a branch of the Eastern Ottawa Resource Centre, and the River Heights Children Centre.

Each school day consists of four seventy-five minute periods. Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School offers a number of special academic opportunities for students such as a co-operative education program, Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) programs, and dual course programs with Algonquin College.^[3] The school also offers special education for students who require additional support including in-class IEPs and specially trained educators.

Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School offers a variety of varsity and intramural sports including golf, football, cross-country running, basketball, soccer, volleyball, tennis, ultimate, rugby, badminton, ice hockey, cross-country skiing, curling, downhill skiing/snowboarding, swimming, touch football, track and field, baseball, and softball.

Notable alumni

• Richard Adu-Bobie – Sprinter
• Jackson Bennett - Football player
• Brendan Gillanders – Football player
• Kurleigh Gittens Jr. - Football player
• Obby Khan – Football player
• Momin Khawaja – Terrorist
• Alex Lacasse – Singer/songwriter
• Mark Seale – Football player
• Melinda Shankar – Actress

See also

• List of high schools in Ontario

References

1. https://sirwilfridlaurierss.ocdsb.ca/staff
2. https://www.ocdsb.ca/common/pages/DownloadFileByUrl.aspx?key=rFqn4n0OJesyPif1t4Nw29IVLH5bk%2bpRQOasjDygxY%2faJ584NRmzr6bBLPKfsBfo2RMtlbCDwe0ujs1wq4KckPduqO7amoVSmuuNKQ8tCf0%2f69H9RKtM1VwLw9v37Qf%2fwDoB8UaIaIVeB1fyn54DeIBbAejJEOl4EAaekt4i8meK%2b78FvLvC9sZfihuuoMolsTBTa6Td82Jm5AGPXkuasBdevp98%2b4kc%2b14l5if1dFuIyy0uYPJRc0%2bDxMyk4gQ1p18rqg%3d%3d
3. (PDF). OCDSB. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-10-18.

External links

• School Website
• OCDSB Website
• 2013–2014 OCDSB School Profile