Welcome to Oakridge Secondary School and the 2024-2025 academic year.

Dear Oakridge Parent(s), Guardian(s), and Students,

School Daily Schedule and Breaks

The daily schedule remains the same as last year. Morning classes will start promptly at 8:15 AM following the national anthem. The lunch period is scheduled from 10:50 AM to 11:55 AM with afternoon classes starting promptly at 11:55 AM and ending at 2:30 PM.

Before School Drop Off and After School Pick Up

 At Oakridge Secondary School we want to be great neighbours by respecting the wishes of our neighbours who do not appreciate cars parking, stopping, or idling on streets before and after school.

 As such, please drop-off or pick-up your student(s) on Oakridge Secondary School property, near the front of the school. Please do not drop-off or pick-up students on or near Luxton Dr., Quinton Rd., or Guildwood Blvd. If you want to pick-up or drop-off your student(s) in the community please do so a bit further from the school, where students are safe to exit/enter your vehicle and walk the rest of the way to school. A five-minute walk to and from school can be helpful for students health and well-being.

Please schedule your travel time knowing that the front parking lot is busy just before and after school. However, the front vehicle loop can be quite calm during drop-off times before 8:05 AM and pick-up times after 2:45 PM.

Access to the School

 All school entrances will be open for students to access the building at 7:00 AM. Please do not arrive to school prior to this time unless attending an extracurricular event. To be safer, all TVDSB schools have installed a card access and buzzer system. As a result, after 8:30 AM all doors, except the door to the portable, will be locked. After 8:30 AM, late students and visitors will arrive to the front door and buzz the main office to gain entrance. The front doors and doors from the student parking lot will be open from 11:40 AM – 12:00 PM to allow students access when returning from lunch.

Tracking and Reporting Student Attendance

 Please setup an account with SchoolMessenger at www.tvdsb.ca/schoolmessenger and/or download the SchoolMessenger App to a smartphone so you can efficiently report a student’s absence. As well, you can access the system by calling 1-844-305-3756 to report a student’s absence.

Visitors to School

Please call the main office to arrange appointments, pick-ups, or drop-offs. Visitors will need to come the front door and buzz-in to gain entrance.

Code of Conduct

The Oakridge code of conduct is published on our school website and in the grade 9 student planner. We strongly encourage all parents and students to review the school code of conduct each year. Code of Conduct - Oakridge Secondary School (tvdsb.ca)

If you would like to contact teachers via email, teachers’ email addresses can be found here:

http://oakridge.tvdsb.ca/Modules/contact/search.aspx?s=ue8Z9j0ckIhJXJ2SCL2QfQeQuAleQuAl

Oakridge Daily Announcements

Announcements are regularly updated on this webpage:

https://sites.google.com/gotvdsb.ca/oaksannouncements2/home

Students receive an email each morning with a link to the announcements webpage where they can read about all the amazing things happening at Oakridge. Teachers will start to update this webpage in September.

Student Fees

An optional $20 student fee is in place this year. The money from this fee goes to the following groups and events,

• Student Parliament budget to organize events for all students.
• Extracurricular clubs so they have a starting budget to run activities.
• Large scale, school events with many students involved and supervised by teaching staff.

Preferred method of payment is SchoolCash Online, but Office Staff can also collect cash and issue a receipt.

School Year Calendar

Please see the secondary school year calendar at this webpage:

 https://www.tvdsb.ca/en/schools/school-year-and-religious-holiday-calendars.aspx

 Please know that students might have school commitments during the Assessment Days, therefore family trips/holidays should not conflict with students’ academic commitments.

Week at a Glance (WAAG)

Each Friday, we email students and parents/guardians the Week at a Glance (“The WAAG”). This weekly bulletin provides families with upcoming information.

We create a caring, equitable community that engages and develops globally competent students who demonstrate excellence in learning, achievement, and well-being.