Great Lakes Secondary School
Address
340 Murphy Road

Sarnia
,
Lambton County
,
Ontario

Canada
Information
School typeSecondary School
StatusFunctioning
School boardLambton Kent District School Board (LKDSB)
PrincipalDerek Stenton
Staff95
Grades9-12, Optional 13th Grade
Age range13-18
EnrolmentApproximately 1000 students[1]
LanguageEnglish, French, and Ojibwe
Colour(s)  light blue,   silver,   black[2]
AthleticsBasketball, Baseball, Badminton, Golf, Tennis, Rugby, Soccer, Cross Country, Track and Field, Volleyball, Football
NicknameGLSS
Team nameGreat Lakes Wolfpack
Communities servedSarnia, Point Edward, Corunna
Feeder schoolsLansdowne, Confederation Central, High Park, Colonel Cameron, P.E. McGibbon, London Road, Sir John Moore
Websitewww.lkdsb.net/school/glss/

Great Lakes Secondary School (GLSS) is a high school in Sarnia, Ontario. It was previously named St. Clair Secondary School, and it was renamed after being consolidated with Sarnia Collegiate Institute and Technical School. It is managed by the Lambton Kent District School Board. [3]

Team name: Wolfpack
School colours: light blue, silver and black[2]
Grades: 9–12

Sports

Great Lakes Secondary School has teams that are competitive at the board, regional, provincial, and national level. Teams include:(1)

  • Badminton
  • Baseball
  • Basketball (Girls AA OFSAA Silver 2009,2010)
  • Cross Country Running
  • Football(2015 OFSAA 8-man Champs)
  • Golf
  • Hockey
  • Reach For The Top (Trivia)
  • Rugby (Girls AA OFSAA Bronze 2010)
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • Wrestling

Music

GLSS has strong instrumental and vocal music programs. The bands (Grade 9, Junior, Senior, and Jazz) compete at local and out of town music festivals. They also go to every school in the county once a year to play in an assembly. Most years the school puts on a dramatic musical production.

The school has a group of singers in its vocals class. They often put on shows for the community to for a small price.

Music is common in the Great Lakes Revue, an annual fundraising event where different students and groups of students perform for anyone who buys a ticket.

Notable graduates

**graduated when school's name was St. Clair Secondary School

References

  1. ↑ Dobson, Cathy (January 6, 2018). "New Great Lakes school project taking shape on Murphy". thesarniajournal.ca. The Sarnia Journal. Retrieved 9 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 "Q&A About Great Lakes Secondary School (GLSS)" (PDF). Lambton-Kent District School Board. Retrieved June 26, 2021.
  3. ↑ Bowen, Neil (August 30, 2017). "Great Lakes Secondary renovation beginning". theobserver.ca. Sarnia Observer. Retrieved 19 January 2018.

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