M.M. Robinson High School
Encyclopedia
M.M. Robinson High School is a high school
located in northern Burlington, Ontario
, Canada
, administered by the Halton District School Board
. Founded in 1963, the school is named after the founder of the British Empire Games, Melville Marks Robinson
, who was subsequently a Board member.
The school, with over 1,200 students enrolled from local communities, is one of the larger secondary schools in Halton Region.
The school has a notable French immersion program and Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP).
and gold.
The school has a successful baseball
program and two students, Mark McDonald and Paul McDonald were drafted in 2001 for the Toronto Blue Jays
.
The Boys Baseball team won the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association Championship in 2007 and 2008.
The Senior Men's basketball team won the Halton Championships in 1991.
The Senior Men's hockey team won the Silver medal at OFSAA in 1987.
team was founded June, 2006 by students Jason Patel and Matthew Gardner. The team participates in the Waterloo Regional and the Greater Toronto Regional events. Some of the teams notable accomplishments are:
broke the karaoke
marathon record at the school in January 2007.
Stephen Lewis
, who gave a passionate speech about the crisis of the AIDS
pandemic
in Africa
at MMR on March 5, 2007, was presented with a cheque for over $15,000. The money was raised by MMR students through activities in school and in the community at large. By March 2007 students had raised $25,000 for charity, including $15,185.50 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation's fund to assist African women raising grandchildren orphaned by AIDS.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
located in northern Burlington, Ontario
Burlington, Ontario
Burlington , is a city located in Halton Region at the western end of Lake Ontario. Burlington is part of the Greater Toronto Area, and is also included in the Hamilton Census Metropolitan Area. Physically, Burlington lies between the north shore of Lake Ontario and the Niagara Escarpment...
, 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...
, administered by the Halton District School Board
Halton District School Board
The Halton District School Board serves public school students throughout Halton Region, including the municipalities of Burlington, Halton Hills, Milton and Oakville. Its administration area is to the southwest of the city of Toronto. In 2006-2007, it served almost 50,000 students, excluding...
. Founded in 1963, the school is named after the founder of the British Empire Games, Melville Marks Robinson
Melville Marks Robinson
Melville Marks Robinson founded the British Empire Games, now known as the Commonwealth Games. Bobby Robinson was a sports reporter for the Hamilton Spectator...
, who was subsequently a Board member.
The school, with over 1,200 students enrolled from local communities, is one of the larger secondary schools in Halton Region.
Academics
Students opt for a variety of pathways, with approximately 80% traditionally going to university , 15% going to college, and the remaining 5% going to the workplace.The school has a notable French immersion program and Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program (OYAP).
Athletics
The mascot of the school teams is a ram, and school colours are maroonMaroon (color)
Maroon is a dark red color.-Etymology:Maroon is derived from French marron .The first recorded use of maroon as a color name in English was in 1789.-Maroon :...
and gold.
The school has a successful baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
program and two students, Mark McDonald and Paul McDonald were drafted in 2001 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Toronto Blue Jays
The Toronto Blue Jays are a professional baseball team located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Blue Jays are a member of the Eastern Division of Major League Baseball 's American League ....
.
The Boys Baseball team won the Halton Secondary School Athletic Association Championship in 2007 and 2008.
The Senior Men's basketball team won the Halton Championships in 1991.
The Senior Men's hockey team won the Silver medal at OFSAA in 1987.
MMRambotics
MM Robinson's FIRST RoboticsFIRST Robotics Competition
The FIRST Robotics Competition is an international high school robotics competition organized by FIRST. Each year, teams of high school students compete to build robots weighing up to , not including battery and bumpers, that can complete a task, which changes every year...
team was founded June, 2006 by students Jason Patel and Matthew Gardner. The team participates in the Waterloo Regional and the Greater Toronto Regional events. Some of the teams notable accomplishments are:
- Rookie Inspiration Award - 2007
- Silver Metal at Halton Skills Competition - 2007
- Silver Metal at Halton Skills Competition - 2008
- Semi-Finalist at Waterloo regional - 2008
- Judges Award at Waterloo regional - 2009
- Finalist at Waterloo regional - 2009
- Quarter-Finalist at Toronto regional - 2009
- Quarter-Finalist at Waterloo - 2010
Notable events
Suresh JoachimSuresh Joachim
Suresh Joachim Arulanantham is a Tamil Canadian film actor, producer, and multiple-Guinness World Record holder who has broken 60 world records set in several countries in attempts to benefit underprivileged children around the world.-World records:...
broke the karaoke
Karaoke
is a form of interactive entertainment or video game in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol,...
marathon record at the school in January 2007.
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Lewis
Stephen Henry Lewis, is a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of the those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party...
, who gave a passionate speech about the crisis of the AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
pandemic
Pandemic
A pandemic is an epidemic of infectious disease that is spreading through human populations across a large region; for instance multiple continents, or even worldwide. A widespread endemic disease that is stable in terms of how many people are getting sick from it is not a pandemic...
in Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
at MMR on March 5, 2007, was presented with a cheque for over $15,000. The money was raised by MMR students through activities in school and in the community at large. By March 2007 students had raised $25,000 for charity, including $15,185.50 for the Stephen Lewis Foundation's fund to assist African women raising grandchildren orphaned by AIDS.
Notable alumni
- Tad CrawfordTad CrawfordTad Crawford is a Canadian football safety for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. He was drafted in the third round of the 2007 CFL Draft by the BC Lions. He played college football at Columbia. He played for the BC Lions from 2007 until 2010...
- 2002 Graduate - A safety for the BC LionsBC LionsThe BC Lions are a professional Canadian football team competing in the West Division of Canadian Football League . Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the Lions play their home games at BC Place Stadium in Downtown Vancouver, having previously played at Empire Stadium in East Vancouver from 1954... - Oskar JohanssonOskar JohanssonOskar Johansson is a Canadian world class sailor from Toronto. He competed in Sailing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece and finished in 15th place...
- 1996 Graduate - Gold Medal - 1999 Pan Am Games, Olympian Athens 2004 (15th) and Beijing 2008, 2nd 2008 World Championships - Sailing - Leslie MahaffyLeslie MahaffyLeslie Erin Mahaffy was a teenaged female student, resident of Burlington, Ontario, Canada, who was murdered by serial killers Paul Bernardo and Karla Homolka. Mahaffy's kidnapping was one in a series of disappearances of Ontario schoolgirls in the early 1990s, including Kristen French, also a...
, murder victim of Paul BernardoPaul BernardoPaul Kenneth Bernardo, also known as Paul Jason Teale , is a Canadian serial killer and rapist, known for the sexual assaults and murders he committed with his wife Karla Homolka and the serial rapes he committed in Scarborough.-Early life:Bernardo's mother, Marilyn, was the adopted daughter of a...
and Karla HomolkaKarla HomolkaKarla Leanne Homolka, also known as Karla Leanne Teale , is a Canadian serial killer. She attracted worldwide media attention when she was convicted of manslaughter following a plea bargain in the 1991 and 1992 rape-murders of two Ontario teenage girls, Leslie Mahaffy and Kristen French, as well as... - Dave RidgwayDave RidgwayDavid "Dave" Ridgway was a placekicker for the Saskatchewan Roughriders of the Canadian Football League. His CFL career began in 1981 when he was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes. He did not make the squad that year and returned to the University of Toledo to complete his degree in Marketing...
, a placekicker for the Saskatchewan RoughridersSaskatchewan RoughridersThe Saskatchewan Roughriders are a Canadian Football League team based in Regina, Saskatchewan. They were founded in 1910. They play their home games at 2940 10th Avenue in Regina, which has been the team's home base for its entire history, even prior to the construction of Mosaic Stadium at Taylor...
and Hall of Famer - Matt Robichaud, a long snapper for the Hamilton Tiger-CatsHamilton Tiger-CatsThe Hamilton Tiger-Cats are a Canadian Football League team based in Hamilton, Ontario, founded in 1950 with the merger of the Hamilton Tigers and the Hamilton Wildcats. The Tiger-Cats play their home games at Ivor Wynne Stadium...