Chatham Kent Secondary School is located in Chatham-Kent , Ontario , Canada. With a student population of about 1250, it is the largest public secondary school in Chatham-Kent operating at 90% capacity. The school recently underwent multi-million dollar renovations. The student population is projected to increase with further school consolidations, and the potential closure of John McGregor Secondary School.
6-616: The CKSS Golden Hawks have won 15 OFSAA volleyball titles, ten by boys teams and five by the girls - more provincial titles than any other high school in the province's history In 2015, the 1989-1990 boys team was enshrined in the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame. In March, 2020, the boys hockey team won the AAA SWOSSAA Championship, by visiting and defeating defending champs Villanova in Windsor, Ontario. Runner Emma Pegg has won
12-534: A number of awards and set records both during and after her time at CKSS - ranking in the top 250 in the world in the 800m, and the top 750 in the 1500m. As a member of the Golden Hawks team, Pegg was the runner-up for the 2018 Chatham-Kent Female Athlete of the Year award, which she won in 2019. In 2019 she was also selected as a member of Team Canada. In 2021, CKSS Golden Hawks Logan Smith and Emma Pegg were co-winners of
18-481: Is The CKSS Gazette (previously published occasionally as The CK Gazette). Alumni of CKSS include: Over Victoria Day weekend in 2013, the school and the city of Chatham hosted multiple events in celebration of the school's 50th anniversary, culminating in an anniversary show featuring many of the school's prominent graduates and produced by former teacher Bruce Nelson, as well as a dance. OFSAA The Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations (OFSAA)
24-636: Is an organization of student-athletes, teacher-coaches, student-coaches, teachers, principals, and sport administrators in Ontario , Canada. OFSAA is the second largest high school athletic association in North America, second only to the California Interscholastic Federation . Approximately 270,000 students and 16,000 teacher-coaches participate in school sport in Ontario. Every individual who
30-412: Is involved in school sport is a member of OFSAA. The group's primary responsibility is to work with volunteer teacher-coaches to provide provincial championships for Ontario's student-athletes, and also deal with issues that affect students, coaches, schools and communities, such as drug-free sport, equity, fair play, and safe schools. Unlike other of Canada's provincial high school athletics associations,
36-601: The Dr. Jack Parry Award. CKSS has won numerous awards and accolades in the annual Sears Drama Festival . The Competitive Dance Team has also won dozens of awards at the Ontario Secondary School DanceFest and other private dance competitions since its founding by Melanie Rich (nÊe Randall) in 2002. The CKSS Dance Team is renowned for its clean technique, signature storytelling, and legacy of highly successful and innovative student choreographers. The school newspaper
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