School type Public high school Area trustee Dave Taves Vice Principal Peggy Bondy Phone +1 519-326-6191 Mascot Snoil the Lion | Superintendent Dina Salinitri Principal Kyle Berard Senior Secretary Mary Klassen Province Ontario Founded 1953 | |
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Address 125 Talbot St W, Leamington, ON N8H 1N2, Canada District Greater Essex County District School Board School board Greater Essex County District School Board Similar UMEI Christian High Sch, Belle River District High Sch, School Secondary Catholic, St Mary Catholic Elementa | ||
Leamington District Secondary School (LDSS) is a public high school in Leamington, Ontario. Home of the Lions, it has an enrollment of approximately 700 - 800 students. Its feeder schools are located throughout Leamington and neighbouring town Wheatley, Ontario. This includes: Queen Elizabeth Public School, Gore Hill Public School, Margaret D. Bennie Public School, Mill Street Public School, Wheatley Area Public School, Mt. Carmel Blytheswood Public School and East Mersea Public School.
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History
Opened in 1953 to replace obsolete 1923 high school. After expansions in 1958 and 1961 enrollment reached a peak of 1,500 students before declining with the opening of Cardinal Carter Catholic High School.
Facility
LDSS is located on Talbot Street in one of the town's oldest neighbourhoods. The school is minutes away from the downtown core, and the Leamington Kinsmen Recreation Complex (formerly the Sherk Centre). The school has two playing fields, a grandstand, tennis courts, a running track, and a greenhouse.
Athletics
LDSS competes in the Windsor & Essex County Secondary School Athletic Association (WECSSA) athletic division and offers a variety of sports opportunities including boys and girls volleyball, basketball, hockey, and soccer, boys baseball, and girls softball, as well as cross country, tennis, badminton, golf, and swimming. The school mascot is a lion named Snoil, who is often seen at school events. The school's most prominent rival is Leamington's second high school Cardinal Carter Catholic High School.
Construction of New School Site
The construction of a new Leamington District Secondary School was started on May 25, 2016, with a completion date of September 2017. The current location for LDSS will be closed upon completion of the new site.