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Orangeville District Secondary School
Orangeville District Secondary School is located at 22 Faulkner Street in Orangeville, Ontario, Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, and is the oldest secondary school in the town. It was built in its current state after the old high school (originally built in 1884) burned down in 1948. Currently, grades 9 through 12 are housed at O.D.S.S. There are 1,500 students that attend this school. The principal is Patrick Hamilton and the vice principal is Steve Wynen. Famous graduates include AEW stars Adam Copeland and Jason Reso, better known as Edge (wrestler), Edge and Christian Cage, Christian, Alex and Chris van den Hoef of DVBBS, NBA player Ignas Brazdeikis and ''Degrassi: The Next Generation'' actor Ryan Cooley. ODSS also provides the academic instruction for the Athlete Institute, an elite basketball prep school, which has recently featured 2016 NBA draft first-round picks Jamal Murray and Thon Maker, with Maker coming directly out of high school. Film director Richard Boddington ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orangeville, Ontario
Orangeville (Canada 2016 Census 28,900) is a town in south-central Ontario, Canada, and the seat of Dufferin County. History The first patent of land was issued to Ezekiel Benson, a land surveyor, on August 7, 1820. That was followed by land issued to Alan Robinet in 1822. In 1863, Orangeville was named after Orange Lawrence, a businessman born in Connecticut in 1796 who owned several mills in the village. As a young man, he moved to Canada and settled in Halton County. During Upper Canada Rebellion, Mackenzie's rebellion in 1837, he was a captain in the militia. Lawrence purchased the land that became Orangeville from Robert Hughson. He settled in the area in 1844 and established a mille. The post office dates from 1851. Orange Lawrence committed suicide December 15, 1861. In 1873, the Act of Incorporation was passed and Orangeville was given town status on January 1, 1874. The public library, located at Broadway and Mill Street, was completed in 1908. Andrew Carnegie, well- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
