Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary School

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School type Public, high school Principal Mr. J. Taylor Enrollment ~950 Mascot Spirit Bear Funding type State school		School number 7171054 Grades 8-12 Phone +1 250-334-2428 Staff 50
Language English and French Immersion with Spanish taught. Address 1551 Lerwick Rd, Courtenay, BC V9N 9B5, Canada District School District 71 Comox Valley School board School District 71 Comox Valley Similar Highland Secondary, GP Vanier Secondary, LAKE TRAIL MIDDLE, School District No 71 ‑ Com

Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary is a public high school in Courtenay, British Columbia part of School District 71 Comox Valley. The school was named for Canadian Forces Master Corporal Mark Robert Isfeld (1962–1994). Master Corporal Isfeld gained recognition for distributing small knitted dolls to children during three tours of peacekeeping duties in the former Yugoslavia. The 'Izzy' dolls were made by his mother, Carol Isfeld, who lived in Courtenay. MCpl Isfeld, a Canadian Sapper, was killed while conducting demining operations near Kakma, Croatia on June 21, 1994.

Legacy

"Mark R. Isfeld presenting small knitted dolls to Bosnian children" (2003) is commemorated in a small bas-relief by André Gauthier (sculptor) erected in the Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary School in Courtenay BC.

"Mark R. Isfeld presenting small knitted dolls to Bosnian children" (2003) by André Gauthier (sculptor) was erected at Peacekeeper Park in Calgary.

The High School was also the center of a Controversy involving the 2008 White aimed racial assault "holiday" dubbed "Kick a Ginger day", which was invented by a grade 8 student in the school.

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Mark R. Isfeld Senior Secondary School Wikipedia

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