Roland Michener Secondary School is an English and French Immersion public
high school
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in
South Porcupine, Ontario
The city of Timmins, Ontario, Canada contains many named neighbourhoods. Some former municipalities that were merged into Timmins continue to be treated as distinct postal and telephone exchanges from the city core.
According to Barnes, "With the ...
. The school was built in 1969 and named after
Daniel Roland Michener, the 20th
Governor General of Canada
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. Michener has visited the school many times before his death in 1991. In 2019, the
school
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celebrated their 50th
anniversary
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and a
reunion
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* Class reunion
* Family reunion
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was held for former
students
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In the United Kingdom and most commonwealth countries, a "student" attends a secondary school or higher (e.g., college or university); those in primary or elementary ...
.
See also
*
List of high schools in Ontario
The following is a list of secondary schools in Ontario. Secondary education policy in the Canadian province of Ontario is governed by the Ministry of Education. Secondary education in Ontario includes Grades 9 to 12. The following list include ...
External links
Board of Education websiteRoland Michener Secondary School website
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High schools in Timmins
Educational institutions in Canada with year of establishment missing