Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School
Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School is a high school in Bracebridge, Ontario. It serves approximately 900 students, grades 9 through 12, from Bracebridge and surrounding areas in Muskoka; attached to it is the Bracebridge Sportsplex and the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre.
| Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School | |
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| Address | |
100 Clearbrook Trail , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45°03′53″N 79°19′13″W |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Motto | Nihil sine labore (Latin) (Nothing Without Labour) |
| Founded | 1925 |
| School board | Trillium Lakelands District School Board |
| Area trustee | Stephen Binstock |
| School number | 895660[1] |
| Principal | Kim Williams |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 860[2] (2019[2]) |
| Language | English French immersion |
| Colour(s) | Red, Black and White |
| Mascot | Poseidon |
| Team name | Lakers |
| Website | bml |
BMLSS is one of seven secondary schools in the Trillium Lakelands District School Board, and is one of only two high schools in Bracebridge; the other is St. Dominic Catholic Secondary School.
Location
BMLSS is located at 100 Clearbrook Trail, Bracebridge, Ontario, in the same building as the Bracebridge Sportsplex and the Rene M. Caisse Memorial Theatre. The facility completed construction in August 2007; and was opened the following month..The theatre is open to all students, and is used regularly by the dramatic arts classes. Much of the Sportsplex is available for use in phys ed. classes.
The facility was opened to replace the old high school, located in town, built in the early 1920s, as well as the old Bracebridge Culture and Recreation centre (the "Centennial Centre"), which was over 30 years old. The original high school was remodeled for residential use, while the Culture and Recreation centre was remodeled and became a Georgian College campus for Muskoka.
Special programs
BMLSS offers an Advanced Placement (AP) program, which allows students to potentially bypass a first-year credit in University; the school is one of only two in the district to offer this program. Grade 12 courses offering this include Physics, Biology, Chemistry, Functions, French, and English.
BMLSS also offers regular exchange programs to various countries around the world; the student may choose from one-month, three-month, or year-long exchanges.
The school also offers the Specialist High Skills Major program in construction, communications and technology and in health & wellness.
Teams and Clubs
BMLSS has been widely known for sports; in 2006, two senior female soccer players were asked to play for a Toronto team. One of them has now been asked to try out for the Canadian Girls National Soccer Team.
In 2007, BMLSS Native Alex Watson was accepted onto the Canadian U-17 Rugby Team. In 2008, Students, Curtis Lauzon and Thomas Edwards were accepted onto the Ontario U-15 Rugby Team.
Teams and groups include: fencing, soccer, basketball, gymnastics, hockey, curling, badminton, rugby, lacrosse, cross-country, track and field, nordic skiing, field hockey, swimming, and volleyball. Other clubs at BMLSS include their improv teams, chess club, Concert Band, Stage Band, Outers Club, the Mountain Bike Club, Horticultural Club, and Reach Team, Fencing, Robotics, Character Education, Lakers Leadership Council, and Gay Straight Alliance (GSA) Club. All of the sporting teams both have Senior and Junior divisions separated by gender.
BMLSS is also the high school for local musician Kasandra Cutting, who often plays on the local radio, Moose FM.
Lakers Leadership Council
In 2014 BMLSS retired the student parliament (SPAR) and replaced it with Lakers Leadership Council (LLC). The first year running the council was split into four divisions: social, academics, recreation, and communications. Each division had two co-chairs who ran members for their respective division. The following year they replaced that structure with one communal division and two co-chairs and one student administrator.
LLC runs many events on campus including coffee houses, school dances, Relay For Life, Summerfest, Winterfest, spirit days, and many more.
The LLC office is on the second floor overlooking Main St. and the Island.
See also
References
- "Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School". Elementary School Profile. Ontario Ministry of Education. 2010-02-18. Retrieved 2010-06-28.
- "Bracebridge and Muskoka Lakes Secondary School". Schools. Trillium Lakelands District School Board. Retrieved 27 November 2019.