Glenforest Secondary School
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Glenforest Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Mississauga
, Ontario
, Canada
. It is also known as GFSS, the short-form. Established in 1969, Glenforest Secondary School is in Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario. It is operated by the Peel District School Board
and is also a member of the Glenforest family. Located at 3575 Fieldgate Drive, Glenforest offers education to many students in the area, Enhanced
and IB students all over Peel. Currently, it has 1431 students in total. The school mascot is the mythological creature the Gryphon
, it is also nicknamed as Griffy. Glenforest Gryphons are the official sports team of the school.
The International Bacalaureate Organization (IBO) aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
, volleyball
, basketball
and cricket
. There are many other sports available to the students as well. The school participated in the non-profit fundraiser known as The Inside Ride to help raise money for cancer
research. This included riding indoor bicycles for a total of an hour inside the school gym
.
Glenforest Secondary is famous for its swimming pool. The pool is available for the residents of Mississauga for recreational purposes as it has been owned and operated by the city for 25 years. It is a 25 meter-long, 6 lane, rectangular shaped pool located inside the school. Some activities facilitated are Scuba diving
and swimming.
Additionally, the Glenforest Swim Team conducts frequent swimming practices in the pool on weekdays.
Mississauga, Ontario
Mississauga is a city in Southern Ontario located in the Regional Municipality of Peel, and in the western part of the Greater Toronto Area. With an estimated population of 734,000, it is Canada's sixth-most populous municipality, and has almost doubled in population in each of the last two decades...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. It is also known as GFSS, the short-form. Established in 1969, Glenforest Secondary School is in Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario. It is operated by the Peel District School Board
Peel District School Board
Peel District School Board is a Canadian public board of education for the Peel Regional Municipality, headquartered in the HJA Brown Education Centre in Mississauga...
and is also a member of the Glenforest family. Located at 3575 Fieldgate Drive, Glenforest offers education to many students in the area, Enhanced
Regional Enhanced Program
The Regional Enhanced Program is a Canadian gifted education program operated by the Peel District School Board.The Peel District School Board defines gifted students as "children that have an unusually advanced degree of general intellectual ability that requires differentiated learning...
and IB students all over Peel. Currently, it has 1431 students in total. The school mascot is the mythological creature the Gryphon
Gryphon
-Businesses:* Gryphon Airlines, an American-owned airline based in Vienna, Virginia* Gryphon Audio Designs, a Danish maker of audio components* Golden Gryphon Press, an American independent publishing company...
, it is also nicknamed as Griffy. Glenforest Gryphons are the official sports team of the school.
International Baccalaureate
Glenforest is recognized for its IB program. It has been an International Baccalaureate World School since November 2004. It offers the IB program from grades 9-12 with a vast range of subjects included. However, the IB program is sub-divided into two stages: Pre-IB and IB. Pre-IB is the initialization and preparation for the students entering the official IB program in grade 11.The IB Mission Statement
The International Bacalaureate Organization (IBO) aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
Clubs and Activities
Glenforest offers numerous clubs and activities to its students. The major ones are:- Student Activity Council
- Talon Times (newspaper)
- Animal Rights Club
- DECA (organization)DECA (organization)DECA, also known as Collegiate DECA on the college level) is an international association of students and teachers of marketing, management and entrepreneurship in business, finance, hospitality, and marketing sales and service . DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing,...
- Youth For Global Action
- Robotics Club
- Go Club
- Chinese Chess Club
- Mahjong Club
- Poetry Club
- Table Tennis Club
- Green Team
- Debate Team
- Stand Against Stigma
Glenforest Sports
The Gryphons are the official sports team. The school has teams active in many sports and recreational activities such as badmintonBadminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, volleyball
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.The complete rules are extensive...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
and cricket
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
. There are many other sports available to the students as well. The school participated in the non-profit fundraiser known as The Inside Ride to help raise money for cancer
Cancer
Cancer , known medically as a malignant neoplasm, is a large group of different diseases, all involving unregulated cell growth. In cancer, cells divide and grow uncontrollably, forming malignant tumors, and invade nearby parts of the body. The cancer may also spread to more distant parts of the...
research. This included riding indoor bicycles for a total of an hour inside the school gym
Gym
The word γυμνάσιον was used in Ancient Greece, that mean a locality for both physical and intellectual education of young men...
.
The Glenforest Pool
Glenforest Secondary is famous for its swimming pool. The pool is available for the residents of Mississauga for recreational purposes as it has been owned and operated by the city for 25 years. It is a 25 meter-long, 6 lane, rectangular shaped pool located inside the school. Some activities facilitated are Scuba diving
Scuba diving
Scuba diving is a form of underwater diving in which a diver uses a scuba set to breathe underwater....
and swimming.
Additionally, the Glenforest Swim Team conducts frequent swimming practices in the pool on weekdays.