Oakridge Secondary School
{{Infobox school
| name = Oakridge Secondary School
| image = Oakridge high school.jpg
| image_size = 300px
| caption =
| address = 1040 Oxford Street West
| city = London
| province = Ontario
| postcode = N6H 1V4
| country = Canada
| schooltype = Secondary, government-operated/public
| motto = Bleed red, blue, and gold
| founded = 1959
| schoolboard = Thames Valley District School Board
| principal = Kerry Mastrandrea
| grades_label = Grades
| grades = 9–12
| language = English
| colours = {{Color box|red|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|blue|border=darkgray}}{{Color box|gold|border=darkgray}} Red, blue, and gold
| mascot = Oak Leaf
| team_name = Oaks
| url = {{URL|http://oakridge.tvdsb.ca}}
}}
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.
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. 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.{{Cite web | title=Oakridge trailblazers set to graduate with advanced learning IB diplomas {{!}} London Free Press | url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/oakridge-trailblazers-set-to-graduate-with-advanced-learning-ib-diplomas | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220615181047/https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/oakridge-trailblazers-set-to-graduate-with-advanced-learning-ib-diplomas | access-date=2025-04-26 | archive-date=2022-06-15}}{{cite web | url=https://oakridge.tvdsb.ca/en/programs/international-baccalaureate---diploma-program.aspx | title=International Baccalaureate World School – Diploma Programme | date=30 June 2024 }}
In 2024, a student was stabbed and sent to hospital with non-life threatening injuries within the school property by another student.{{Cite web | title=School stabbing leaves 1 student seriously injured in London, Ont.: police - London {{!}} Globalnews.ca | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10807195/school-stabbing-leaves-1-student-seriously-injured-in-london-ont-police/ | access-date=2025-04-26 | website=globalnews.ca}}
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, 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.
Student groups
=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. There are also five student representatives for each grade in addition to the DC classes.
Athletics
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- Badminton (boys and girls)
- Basketball (boys and girls)
- Curling (boys and girls)
- Cross country running (boys and girls)
- Football (juniors and seniors)
- Fencing (boys and girls)
- Golf (boys and girls)
- Hockey (boys and girls)
- Rowing Club (boys and girls)
- Rugby (boys and girls)
- Soccer (boys and girls)
- Swimming (boys and girls)
- E-sports (Fortnite, boys and girls)
- Tennis (boys and girls)
- Track and field (boys and girls)
- Volleyball (boys and girls)
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= Achievements =
The Oakridge boys' curling team won the TVRAA Championship in 2018 and 2019.
The Oakridge robotics team dubbed 'Oakbotics' represented Canada along with the Thunderstamps (from the same school board) in the FIRST Robotics World Competition located at Houston in the 2025 season, Reefscape. {{Cite web | title=Oakridge robotic team heads to Texas for world championship {{!}} London Free Press | url=https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-high-schoolers-head-to-u-s-event-with-a-bit-of-extra-caution | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250411144314/https://lfpress.com/news/local-news/london-high-schoolers-head-to-u-s-event-with-a-bit-of-extra-caution | access-date=2025-04-26 | archive-date=2025-04-11}}
Notable alumni
- Andreas Athanasiou{{cite web |last1=Pyette |first1=Ryan |title=SKILLS FROM STRANGE SPORT HELP KNIGHT |url=https://londonknights.com/skills-from-strange-sport-help-knight |website=London Knights |access-date=22 December 2019 |date=13 November 2010}}
- Josh Brown{{cite web |title=Josh Brown overcame an awful first impression with the Oshawa Generals |url=https://lfpress.com/2015/06/05/josh-brown-overcame-an-awful-first-impression-with-the-oshawa-generals/wcm/5e8cbe51-de6f-8127-0de7-5978a311b734 |website=The London Free Press |access-date=22 December 2019 |date=5 June 2015}}
- Jenny Jones
- Paul Kozachuk{{cite news |last1=Dalla Costa |first1=Morris |title=Local presence strong on CFL rosters |url=https://nationalpost.com/sports/football/cfl/local-presence-strong-on-cfl-rosters/wcm/d71df624-0e62-41cc-a9d2-70aa51696f3d |access-date=21 October 2020 |work=National Post |date=15 June 2018}}
- Tom McCamus
- Mike Moffatt
- Megan Park
- Chris Potter
- Jason Slaughter
- Steve Stoyanovich
See also
References
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External links
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- [http://www.tvdsb.ca/Oakridge.cfm Official school website]
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Category:High schools in London, Ontario