North Lambton Secondary School
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North Lambton Secondary School is a Canadian public school, in Forest, Lambton County, Ontario
Forest, Lambton County, Ontario
Forest is a small town located near Sarnia, Ontario in Canada. It is very close to the shore of Lake Huron and is part of the municipality of Lambton Shores and the county of Lambton.- Population :...

. It is operated by the Lambton Kent District School Board
Lambton Kent District School Board
The Lambton Kent District School Board is the school board responsible for public education in Lambton County and Chatham-Kent, Ontario.The high schools managed by the Board are:*Alexander Mackenzie Secondary School in Sarnia*Blenheim District High School...

. It was formerly named Forest District High School. Around 549 students are currently attending NLSS. Its feeder elementary schools are Plympton-Wyoming (Aberarder Central School), Watford (East Lambton), Bosanquet-Thedford (Bosanquet Public), Grand Bend (Grand Bend Public) and Forest (St.John Fisher and Kinnwood-Forest Central).

History

Until the 1880s students seeking to go beyond a basic elementary school education would have to board in larger centers such as Sarnia were a district grammar school had been established in 1844. The abolition of the District Grammar Schools in 1871 led to the creation of Collegiate Institutes and High Schools, the former devoted to traditional classical forms of education and the latter catering to male and female students in subject areas like English and the natural sciences. Students living in larger cities who were destined to further their education at university were more likely to attend Collegiate Institutes. However, in communities such as Forest the development of High Schools did provide a rudimentary base for those wishing to continue their studies at Normal School or university. In 1890 Forest's first permanent high school was built for $6300 with Principal James H. Philip and four additional teachers serving approximately 160 students. (Prior to this Forest had been served by a Model School.) The school was gradually enlarged but suffered a catastrophic fire in 1940 at which point it was substantially rebuilt. Over the subsequent decades enrolments increased both due to the demographic increase of the "Baby Boom" and an increasing emphasis and desire for higher education. The last major addition to the school was completed in the early 1970s. With the creation of the Lambton County Board of Education in 1969 Forest District High School was rechristened North Lambton Secondary School. Plans for the expansion of the school were tentatively approved in the spring of 1969 which would see $1,000,000 spent on increasing student capacity from 750 to 1,200. Subsequent estimates indicated that $579,520 would be required to make these alterations.

Fine arts

North Lambton has a variety of courses including drama, vocals, visual art, concert band and jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...

 band. The drama department puts on at least one major production a year.

Varsity athletics

  • Cross Country
    Cross country running
    Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

  • Track and Field
    Track and field
    Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

  • Soccer
    Football (soccer)
    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

     Boys = SWOSSA Champs 2011, 8th OFSAA 2011, Girls = Qualified OFSAA 2011
  • Basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

     SWOSSA Finalist
  • Volleyball
    Volleyball
    Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

  • Golf
    Golf
    Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

  • Tennis
    Tennis
    Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

  • Badminton
    Badminton
    Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...

  • Curling
    Curling
    Curling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...

  • Tennis
    Tennis
    Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

     LSSAA Mixed Champs
  • Baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...


Junior Varsity athletics

  • Volleyball
    Volleyball
    Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

  • Cross Country
    Cross country running
    Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

  • Soccer
    Football (soccer)
    Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

     Boys = LSSAA Champs 2008, Finalist 2009, 2010, 2011
  • Basketball
    Basketball
    Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

  • Golf
    Golf
    Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

  • Track and Field
    Track and field
    Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

  • Baseball
    Baseball
    Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...


Notable People From NLSS

Ian Reid (Retired:2011)

Tom Hales (Retired: 2009)

Darren Tichenoff

Garnet Bell (Retired: 2008)

Eva Sippel

Brian Perry

Richard Hoornweg (Retired 2009)

and Lyngaard James Hansen (Yes that is his REAL NAME) (aka: Caf Nazi or Fun Nazi or BIG MOUTH)
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