North Park Secondary School is a public high school located at the major intersection of Williams Parkway and North Park Drive in Brampton, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1978, making it one of the oldest high schools in the area. North Park is best known for being one of three high schools in Brampton to offer the IBT program, a program using business and technology to enrich the learning of its students.

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It is also one of six schools to host the International Business and Technology Program. This school has also hosted the International Co-op Program in conjunction with AFS (American Field Services), which has sent a selected number of students for one semester to Paraguay, South America for volunteer work. The program has been hosted by North Park Secondary School since 1998 and has been a great success thanks to the work of Jon Ruhnke and principal Mr. Tunner. After nearly 30 years, the school portapack was demolished in 2008 to make way for a long-awaited extension. As of August 2015, there were 1,359 full-time students attending NPSS. As of last year, a new club was brought to North Park called HOSA. The club seeks to diversify the learnings of North Park and tries to deviate from the business programs. Students enthusiastic about the life sciences can join the club which divides students into different ''events''. Students in said events debate and learn about topics in their events that range from biomedical laboratory science to medical math. The culminating event is the Spring Conference hosted by HOSA Canada that pits students into competitions that test their abilities in tasks that relate to the event.

Clubs

North Park Secondary School offers several different clubs which accommodate a vast number of students. The following are most of the clubs present in North Park: *Abstract Singers (choir) *Anime Club *Art Council *Athletic Council *Book Club *Viking Hacks *Culture Club *Debate Club * DECA *Eco Club *GSA Club * HOSA *Improv Team *Link Crew *

Model United Nations Model United Nations, also known as Model UN or MUN, is an educational simulation in which students can learn about diplomacy, international relations, and the United Nations. At a MUN conference, students work as the representative of a count ...

*Photography Club *Reading Club *

Robotics Robotics is an interdisciplinary branch of computer science and engineering. Robotics involves design, construction, operation, and use of robots. The goal of robotics is to design machines that can help and assist humans. Robotics integrate ...

- 99000 *Running Club *Science Club *Sikh Students Association *Social Justice Club *Stage Crew *Student Activity Council (SAC) *Table Top Club *Video game Club *Zonta (Equality between men and women)

Sports/Teams

North Park Secondary School offers many different sports teams such as: *Cricket *Badminton *Cross Country *Lacrosse *Baseball *Ultimate Frisbee *Soccer *Volleyball *Basketball *Tennis *Rugby *Flag Football *Hockey *Kabbadi *Wrestling

SHSM (Special High Skills Major)

North Park Secondary School offers a program for business students, which is funded by the government; students enrolled in this program do not pay for any of the events associated with the program.

Notable alumni

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