Lakeside Academy () is a public secondary school in the borough of Lachine of

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, Canada. Part of the

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, the school was created in 2001 when two former high schools, Lachine High School and Bishop Whelan High School, were amalgamated. Lakeside has offered the

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(IBMYP or IB)since 2001 to the Enriched students and to all its students since 2010, and it served as the set for the 2009 film ''

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''. The communities that have the majority of students include the Montreal boroughs of Lachine, LaSalle, and

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; and the municipalities of

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, and

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. It offers many extra curricular sports - volleyball, soccer, touch football, flag football, rugby, basketball, indoor soccer, badminton, track and field and swimming. Every year the school puts on a play, a variety show and a music concert. It also has

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team and a

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team, In 2016 the school incorporated robotics into its Sec 1 curriculum. In 2012, the school hosted a fundraiser with The Montreal Jubilation Gospel Choir. The school was slated with closure on the 30 June 2016. However, community groups joined together to convince Lester B Pearson school board to change this decision. On the 26 January 2016 the school won a reprieve to stay open for an extra 12 months. In June 2016 the decision was completely overturned and in September 2016 the school started the school year knowing it was safe from closure. Lakeside (under the informal name "Lachine High") was featured in a humorous anecdote by Matt Kowalewski of the Best Friends Zaibatsu during a

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. In the anecdote, Kowalewski asks his classmates if they "are ready" for an unspecified event.

References

External links

Lakeside Home Page

LBPSB Info Page
* https://web.archive.org/web/20131016124035/http://westislandgazette.com/news/story/2012/10/23/lakeside-academy-students-to-perform-with-montreal-jubilation-gospel-choir/ {{Montreal Secondary Schools English-language schools in Quebec Lester B. Pearson School Board High schools in Montreal Lachine, Quebec