What's Happening at Sydenham High School
May has flown by and June proves to be just as busy with all the year end activities. We are excited for the upcoming events, and celebrating our graduates. Take a look below for highlights from May and upcoming dates for June.
SHS Spring Play
Our SHS spring play, The Day the Internet Died was a huge hit with the audience. The show was engaging, fun, and provided lots of laughs! A huge thank you to our staff, Ms. Keene, Mr. Elliott, Ms. Dion, and Mr. MacDougall. We can't wait to see what the future holds for our next production.
Relay for Life
On May 27th, 2026, our school participated in Relay for Life to support cancer research. We are so proud of our Relay for Life committee for their efforts in putting together a great event! Thank you to our students for fundraising and to our community for your generosity! We raised over $32000 for Cancer Research!!
SHS OFSAA
Congratulations to all of our athletes who competed today at East Regionals. We couldn’t be more proud ❤️💛❤️ Now, A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR OUR OFSAA QUALIFYING ATHLETES
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Brian Black: Distance Hurdles, Sprint Hurdles
Causton Wood: High Jump, Long Jump
Jacob Vickers: Distance Hurdles
Tommy Hasselaar: 800m
Rhea Hollingsworth: 800m
Sedona Reade: Distance Hurdles
Iain McShane: Triple Jump
Kaia Dafnas: High Jump
Girls 4x400 Relay (Kayl Vankoughnett, Sedona Reade, Claire Wang, Rhea Hollingsworth, alternate Maya Banhidi)
Girl's Rugby
Our Girls Sr team made it to EOSSAA on home turf after a great season. They played a competitive game against a strong LSS team and lost by 2 points. Our Jr Girls team played in the KASSAA final, earning a silver medal!! Congrats to our girls on successful seasons and thank you to our coaches!
Syd"s Cafe
Our tradition of Syd's Cafe continued this spring with a show to highlight our SHS students. The audience was entertained listening to amazing performances with a Canadian theme! Thank you to Mr. McDougall and Mr. Hammer for organizing and playing!
Yearbooks
SHS 2025-2026 Yearbooks are now on sale! Yearbooks are $40. You can order online through school day https://www.school-day.com/ Order deadline is June 25th, 2026.
The yearbooks will be distributed in September 2026.
Upcoming Dates
June
- June 1 - School Council - 7 PM
- June 9 - Athletic Banquet
- June 11 - Grad Breakfast
- June 16, 17 - Grade 12 Exams
- June 18 - 24 - Grade 9 - 12 Exams
- June 25 - GRADUATION 2 PM
- June 26 - PA DAY
LDSB Post Secondary Planning Sessions
Monday, June 8th 6pm to 7pm - In person/Virtually - Future Ready: Managing Your Money After Secondary - 220 Portsmouth Ave - Future Ready: Managing Your Money After Secondary School 6pm - Register Here
Tuesday, June 9th 6pm to 7pm - In person/Virtually - Skilled Trades & Apprenticeships- 220 Portsmouth Ave - Skilled Trades & Apprenticeships 6pm - Register Here
EXAM Schedule
Summer School Information 2026
Click on the link above to check out summer school information. Any questions should be directed to our guidance team.
Looking ahead... 2026-2027 School Year
Pd 1 | Break | Pd 2 | Lunch (50 mins) | Pd 3 | Break | Pd 4 | End of day |
8:20 | 9:35 | 9:45 | 11:00 | 11:50 | 13:05 | 13:15 | 14:30 |
Next year, our daily schedule will be changing to the following balanced day with two classes in the morning, a lunch break, and two classes in the afternoon. Our afternoon classes will still rotate every other week (Week A: 1234 and Week B: 1243).
Also, the new school year calendar was released for next year and we will be starting back at school on Sept. 2, 2026. See full calendar below.
Concussion Protocol
SHS is committed to student safety, injury prevention, and well-being, and supports concussion awareness, prevention, identification, management, tracking, and training. Our point of contact is Ms. Ash Ward, Vice Principal.
Our LDSB Concussion Policy/Concussion Code of Conduct is here as well to ensure we work together to support our students if a concussion is suspected or diagnosed.
