Sandwich Secondary School
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Sandwich Secondary School is a school in LaSalle, Ontario
. It has about 1100 students, and teaches about half of the students in LaSalle, along with St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School. The current principal is Mr. Manny Novelletto and the vice principal is Mr. Ash. Sandwich Secondary School is part of the Greater Essex County District School Board
, or GECDSB. It was named after the former town of Sandwich
, which used to encompass the western shores of Windsor, as well as LaSalle.
Prior to the opening of the school building in 1975, high school students in LaSalle were bused to General Amherst High School.
Sandwich Secondary has one of the best track and field complexes in southwestern Ontario
. Officially named the Robert C. Carrick Memorial Track, it opened in 1993 at a cost of $1.70 million dollars and includes an 8-lane rubberized all weather track, field house, grandstand, football and soccer field, baseball diamond, track and field event area (shot-put, a discus circle, all weather javelin approach, all weather runways for long jump, triple jump, pole vault), and a concession stand. The complex was named after a police officer who was killed in the line of duty in 1968.
Its feeder schools, or family of elementary schools, are Sandwich West Public School, LaSalle Public School, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School, Prince Andrew Public School and École Bellewood.
LaSalle, Ontario
LaSalle is a town in Essex County, Ontario, Canada, on the Detroit River. It is a bedroom community of the City of Windsor and part of the Windsor Census Metropolitan Area, and is located south of that city. LaSalle, along with Windsor, is the oldest French settlement area in Southwestern Ontario,...
. It has about 1100 students, and teaches about half of the students in LaSalle, along with St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic Secondary School. The current principal is Mr. Manny Novelletto and the vice principal is Mr. Ash. Sandwich Secondary School is part of the Greater Essex County District School Board
Greater Essex County District School Board
The Greater Essex County District School Board was created on January 1, 1998 with the amalgamation of the Windsor Board Of Education and the Essex County Board of Education...
, or GECDSB. It was named after the former town of Sandwich
Old Sandwich Town
Old Sandwich Town is located along the Canadian border of the Detroit River, and was established in 1797. It is considered one of the oldest, most historically significant settlements in Ontario and has been the site of several historically significant events in Ontario's history...
, which used to encompass the western shores of Windsor, as well as LaSalle.
Prior to the opening of the school building in 1975, high school students in LaSalle were bused to General Amherst High School.
Southwestern Ontario
Southwestern Ontario is a subregion of Southern Ontario in the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. It extends north to south from the Bruce Peninsula on Lake Huron to the Lake Erie shoreline, and east to south-west roughly from Guelph to Windsor. The region had a population...
. Officially named the Robert C. Carrick Memorial Track, it opened in 1993 at a cost of $1.70 million dollars and includes an 8-lane rubberized all weather track, field house, grandstand, football and soccer field, baseball diamond, track and field event area (shot-put, a discus circle, all weather javelin approach, all weather runways for long jump, triple jump, pole vault), and a concession stand. The complex was named after a police officer who was killed in the line of duty in 1968.
Its feeder schools, or family of elementary schools, are Sandwich West Public School, LaSalle Public School, Sacred Heart Roman Catholic School, Prince Andrew Public School and École Bellewood.
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