J. L. Ilsley High School
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J.L. Ilsley High School is a Canadian
high school located in Spryfield
in the western part of Nova Scotia
's Halifax Regional Municipality
. The school is named after James Lorimer Ilsley
, a former federal cabinet minister who served in Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King
's World War II
government and was later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The school opened in 1971.
J.L. Ilsley is home to the Judges sports teams. They have teams in many sports, including; hockey
, softball
, volleyball
, cross country running
, track and field
, volleyball
, soccer, American football
, mathematics
, and badminton
.
The school is known for an unofficial holiday called Precalentines Day developed in 2004 by a Pre-Calculus class. It takes place on December 14 of every year, and is a holiday for people to celebrate their love of mathematics. The holiday's influence is slowly growing and being recognized in schools around the Halifax, Nova Scotia
and in universities across Canada
.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
high school located in Spryfield
Spryfield, Nova Scotia
Spryfield is a community in Mainland Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was founded about 1770, by Captain William Spry, who purchased land there and established the settlement with the aid of stationed soldiers from the nearby Halifax garrison...
in the western part of Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
's Halifax Regional Municipality
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Regional Municipality had a 2006 census population of 372,679, while the metropolitan area had a 2010 estimated population of 403,188, and the urban area of Halifax had a population of 282,924...
. The school is named after James Lorimer Ilsley
James Lorimer Ilsley
James Lorimer Ilsley, PC, KC was a Canadian politician and jurist.He was born in Somerset, Nova Scotia, the son of Randel Ilsley and Catherine Caldwell. Ilsley was educated at Acadia University and Dalhousie University and was admitted to the Nova Scotia bar in 1916. In 1919, he married Evelyn Smith...
, a former federal cabinet minister who served in Prime Minister William Lyon MacKenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King
William Lyon Mackenzie King, PC, OM, CMG was the dominant Canadian political leader from the 1920s through the 1940s. He served as the tenth Prime Minister of Canada from December 29, 1921 to June 28, 1926; from September 25, 1926 to August 7, 1930; and from October 23, 1935 to November 15, 1948...
's World War II
World War II
World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...
government and was later Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. The school opened in 1971.
J.L. Ilsley is home to the Judges sports teams. They have teams in many sports, including; hockey
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, 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 running
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...
, 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...
, soccer, American football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
, and 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...
.
The school is known for an unofficial holiday called Precalentines Day developed in 2004 by a Pre-Calculus class. It takes place on December 14 of every year, and is a holiday for people to celebrate their love of mathematics. The holiday's influence is slowly growing and being recognized in schools around the Halifax, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
and in universities across Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
.
Students' Council
J.L. Ilsley's Students' Council has a different structure from that of most other high schools in the area. Each Students' Council consists of seven Executive Council members and approximately twenty-five other members from grades 10 to 12. The Executive Council is elected in the April preceding their term in office and is made up of two Co-Presidents and five Vice Presidents.Notable alumni
- Stephen Adams – HRM City Councillor, District 18
- Linda Mosher – HRM City Councillor, District 17
- Joey ComeauJoey ComeauJoey Comeau is a Canadian writer from Halifax, Nova Scotia. He is best known for writing the text of the webcomic A Softer World and for his novels Lockpick Pornography and Overqualified. His work is difficult to classify by genre...
– Writer; creator of A Softer WorldA Softer WorldA Softer World is a thrice weekly webcomic by Canadians Joey Comeau and Emily Horne. It first came online on February 7, 2003. Early comics had been published, intermittently, in zine form. With the launch of the website, the comic has gained wider recognition, most notably when Warren Ellis...
, a popular web comic. - Matt RobinsonMatt Robinson (poet)Matt Robinson is a Canadian poet born in Halifax, Nova Scotia.His first collection, A Ruckus of Awkward Stacking , was published by Toronto's Insomniac Press, and was a finalist for both the Gerald Lampert Award and the ReLit Award for Poetry...
– Poet - Peter NorthPeter North (porn actor)Peter North is a Canadian pornographic actor, director, and producer.-Early life:North is originally from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, and attended J. L. Ilsley High School. He relocated to California in 1982, where he resides in Newport Coast.-Career:North states that he "entered the adult...
– Pornographic performer and producer - Jeffrey "MaximusBlack" Johnston and Adam "Novawar" Morehouse – Electronic sportsElectronic sportsElectronic sports comprises the competitive play of video games. Other terms include competitive gaming, professional gaming and cybersports...
shoutcasting team Life's A Glitch TV, commentating for StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty.