Thousand Islands Secondary School

Thousand Islands Secondary School (TISS) is a public high school in the city of Brockville, Ontario and the most populous high school managed by the Upper Canada District School Board. Perhaps most famous for the success of their athletic program and the exploits of Canadian Olympian basketball player/WNBA all-star/TISS alumna Stacey Dales, the school has been a part of the Brockville community for 50 years.

TISS has an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students and offers a wide range of programs. The school offers a full complement of academic, technical and arts courses in addition to skill/ trades programs. The school also has many other unique programs such as Advanced Placement, Integrated Math and Science, and the International Studies Program which allows students each year to travel to locations such as Nicaragua, Germany, Greece, and Italy.

Teachers

The school has over 80 teachers, some of whom have won prestigious awards and accolades. Notable staff include international novelist Mr. Brent Leo Robillard of the English Department, French language expert Mme. Caroline Bergeron of the English Department, Governor-General Award winning history teacher Mr. Gary Simons, and prized artist Mr. David Sheridan. The school is also part of a unique partnership with Queen's University as an associate school and trains dozens of teacher candidates every year.

The school also has several clubs that operate annually, a band, cheerleading squad, a school store, fully operational cafeteria, amphitheatre, 3 gyms, and new 8-lane Mondo track and field complex.

Athletics program

The athletics program at TISS is arguably the best in Eastern Ontario and one of the best in the country. The school has captured an incredible 110 EOSSAA championships and over a dozen OFSAA championship banners, 7 in the last 3 years alone. Several past TISS Pirates have represented Canada in track and field, basketball, football, and cross country.

TISS held the 2012 OFSAA track and field event at their facility.

Track and field/cross country

The track and field/cross country program at the school is one of the most known facets of Brockville and is known across Canada. The team has won 11 OFSAA team titles since 2002, captured over 50 individual OFSAA medals, and seen over 20 of their athletes to NCAA schools on full athletic scholarships. In 2004 the school sent a record setting 6 track stars to the U.S. on NCAA track scholarships. The scholarships totaled over $275,000 (USD) combined. It saw the athletes to schools in New York, Tennessee, Louisiana, and North Carolina. To this day no other school in Ontario has produced more scholarships in one year than the Pirates. Thousand Islands Secondary School hosted the OFSAA track and field meet in June of 2012, it is one of the biggest track and field meets in North America.

Girls basketball

The girls basketball program has captured three OFSAA championships, and has won the EOSSAA title 7 of the past 12 years. Stacey Dales (WNBA, Canadian Women's Olympic Basketball Team), and Kendra Walker-Roche (Fresno State, NCAA) are just 2 of the many post-secondary players who developed their skills at TISS. . The football and soccer programs have also achieved great success with several alumni suiting up for professional teams (Burke Dales of the Pittsburgh Steelers and Calgary Stampeders and Troy Cunningham of the B.C. Lions) and has created a reputation throughout Ontario and Canada as one of the best high school sports programs.

The school finished construction of a $1,500,000 track and field and athletic complex with funding from the Friends of TISS Committee. Many prominent Brockville families contributed to the project.

See also

• List of high schools in Ontario