Bayside Secondary School is a

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in Quinte West,

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. It is one of the largest high schools by area in North America. Bayside offers grades 7-12 and is the Hastings & Prince Edward District School Board site for secondary

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. Other specialty programs include International Studies and Communication Technology. The campus which includes a quarry, a woods and a bayshore area, provides an ideal setting for

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programs, outdoor physical education activities and geographical studies. A full range of extra curricular activities is offered such as male and female interschool sports, improv team and intramurals. The school has seven computer labs and specialized programs including

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, Musical Theater and NET Solutions (a three credit course offering opportunities in computer programming and engineering). Bayside is known for the wide array of events that is held throughout the year that include the Reindeer Hunt, the Holiday Extravaganza, the annual spring Talent Show and the year-end Barbecue.

Athletics

Clubs and teams

Bayside is renowned across the Bay of Quinte area for their athletic programs, boasting some of the best Soccer, Tennis, Rugby, and Swimming programs in the province. The teams compete in the Bay of Quinte Division, of the Central Ontario Secondary Schools Association (COSSA); one of the 18 Associations governed by

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. Bayside is a "AA" sports school. Their mascot is the Red Devil, and their sport teams carry the same name; the women colloquially use "She-Devils" for their team names. The following is a list of the sports clubs and teams offered at the school: Fall * Boys

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

(Junior and Senior) *Boys

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

(Junior and Senior) * Girls

Rugby Union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

(Junior and Senior) * Co-ed Cross Country Running (Midget, Junior, and Senior) * Girls Basketball (Junior and Senior) * Boys

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. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

(Junior and Senior) Winter * Boys & Girls

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(Varsity) * Boys Basketball (Junior and Senior) * Boys & Girls

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

(Varsity) * Girls

Gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shou ...

(Junior and Senior) * Co-ed Swimming (Junior & Senior) *Boys & Girls Curling *Boys & Girls Badminton Spring * Girls

(Junior and Senior) - known as "Bayside FC" * Boys

(Junior and Senior) * Co-ed

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(Midget, Junior, and Senior)

Athletic Council

In 2012, the Athletic Council was reestablished, representing the views of athletes to staff, organizing sporting events and planning trips for the students.

References

External links

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