Glendale Secondary School
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Glendale Secondary School is located at 145 Rainbow Drive in Hamilton, Ontario
. The school was founded in 1959 and is a part of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
. The school is located close to the Hamilton suburb of Stoney Creek, Ontario
and services students from there as well as the East Hamilton Region. There are roughly 1100 students enrolled at Glendale from dozens of language and cultural groups.
Glendale Secondary School has enjoyed a strong enrollment in its music program for several decades. The band has travelled to various locations to perform, including, but not limited to: Walt Disney World, Florida
(8 times), Disneyland (4 times), New Orleans (3 times), New York City
, Washington D.C., Boston
, Atlanta, San Diego, Bermuda
, Japan
, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg, VA. More recently, the conductor's baton has been taken up by Glendale band alumnus.
starring Dolph Lundgren
was shot at Glendale during the summer of 2002. The film portrayed the school as an inner-city school located in the north-eastern United States, and focused on its position as a central location involved in the distribution of hard drugs.
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
. The school was founded in 1959 and is a part of the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board
Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board is the public school board in the city of Hamilton, Ontario, which was formed January 1, 1997 via the amalgamation of the Hamilton and Wentworth County school boards. HWDSB teaches approximately 50,000 students in its 114 neighbourhood schools...
. The school is located close to the Hamilton suburb of Stoney Creek, Ontario
Stoney Creek, Ontario
Stoney Creek is a community in Ontario, Canada.Note: This article will only deal with matters up to its amalgamation with Hamilton.-Geography and population:...
and services students from there as well as the East Hamilton Region. There are roughly 1100 students enrolled at Glendale from dozens of language and cultural groups.
Curriculum
Students at Glendale undergo a typical Ontario High School curriculum and are offered courses in departments including Business,Technology (Wood shop, Automotive, Computer Science), The Arts (Music, Drama, Visual), Math, Sciences (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) Languages (French)English, History, Physical Education, and Geography.Program Highlights and Student Support Programs
- On and off campus Alternative Education programs
- Complete-a-credit/Credit Recovery programsExperiential Learning program
- At-risk coop program
- Caring Adult Program
- Transition Support
- Sheltered Instruction
- AWE
- Learning Resource
- ESL Resource
- After school literacy
- Math Lab
- Full range of academic and optional courses, including OSSLC
- Full range ELL program, including Sheltered Instruction
- Pathways programs leading to apprenticeships, articulation with Mohawk College or certification
- Full range Co-operative education/ Experiential Learning program
- Interdisciplinary Studies courses
School clubs
- Chess Team
- Science Club
- Newspaper Club
- N.E.A.T (Eco-Heads)
- Homework Club
- Student Activity Council (SAC)
- Leaders Today
- Current Affairs
- BaseballBaseballBaseball 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...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball 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...
- CricketCricketCricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
- Cross countryCross country runningCross 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...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- Soccer
- Track and fieldTrack and fieldTrack 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...
- TennisTennisTennis 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...
Glendale Secondary School has enjoyed a strong enrollment in its music program for several decades. The band has travelled to various locations to perform, including, but not limited to: Walt Disney World, Florida
Walt Disney World Resort
Walt Disney World Resort , is the world's most-visited entertaimental resort. Located in Lake Buena Vista, Florida ; approximately southwest of Orlando, Florida, United States, the resort covers an area of and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels Walt...
(8 times), Disneyland (4 times), New Orleans (3 times), New York City
New York City
New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...
, Washington D.C., Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, Atlanta, San Diego, Bermuda
Bermuda
Bermuda is a British overseas territory in the North Atlantic Ocean. Located off the east coast of the United States, its nearest landmass is Cape Hatteras, North Carolina, about to the west-northwest. It is about south of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and northeast of Miami, Florida...
, Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, Virginia Beach, and Williamsburg, VA. More recently, the conductor's baton has been taken up by Glendale band alumnus.
In the theater
The movie DetentionDetention (2003 film)
Detention is a 2003 action film directed by Sidney J. Furie. It stars Dolph Lundgren as a soon to be retired high school teacher Sam Decker who has one last detention to proctor and Alex Karzis as Chester Lamb. Unfortunately, drug runners have chosen to attack the school...
starring Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren
Dolph Lundgren is a Swedish actor, director, and martial artist. He belongs to a generation of film actors who epitomise the movie action hero stereotype including Sylvester Stallone, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bruce Willis, Chuck Norris, Steven Seagal and Jean-Claude Van Damme.A graduate in chemical...
was shot at Glendale during the summer of 2002. The film portrayed the school as an inner-city school located in the north-eastern United States, and focused on its position as a central location involved in the distribution of hard drugs.