Bramalea Secondary School (nicknamed BSS) is a high school located in Brampton, Ontario. The current principal is Ms. Topping. It operates under the Peel District School Board. Nickname: Location in the Region of Peel, in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Province Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village)   1873 (town)   1974 (city) Government  - Mayor Susan Fennell  - Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members)  - MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi  - MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... A Canadian postal code is a string of six characters that forms part of a postal address in Canada. ... Peel District School Board is the public board in Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario serving: Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon, Ontario. ... For other uses, see High school (disambiguation). ... Education in Canada is provided, funded and overseen by federal, provincial, and local governments. ... Canadian English (CanE) is the variety of North American English used in Canada. ... Nickname: Location in the Region of Peel, in the Province of Ontario Coordinates: , Country Province Region Peel Incorporation 1853 (village)   1873 (town)   1974 (city) Government  - Mayor Susan Fennell  - Governing Body Brampton City Council (click for members)  - MPs Navdeep Bains, Colleen Beaumier, Ruby Dhalla, Gurbax Malhi  - MPPs Vic Dhillon, Linda Jeffrey... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... Peel District School Board is the public board in Peel Regional Municipality, Ontario serving: Mississauga, Brampton, and Caledon, Ontario. ...

As of September 2005, the school consisted of 487 first year students, 467 in their second year, 489 in their third, 308 in their fourth, and 8 in their fifth. Of that, 290 students were in Extended French and 20 took the bus.

Programs

• The school offers alot of programs for students: French Immersion, English as a Second Language, English Literacy Development and Environmental Systems.
• Over 30 athletic teams, 200 student clubs, a repertoire music program and an extracurricular program that boasts a dynamic outdoor education club.
• Counting On You program, a remediation program designed to help students improve literacy and numeracy skills.
• Construction, Automotive, Communications and Design Technology options

The Shooting

On Friday, December 10, 2004, B.S.S. lost one of its E.S.L. teachers, Aysegul Candir. A fatal shooting occurred in the parking lot just after 11am. Her estranged husband tracked her down and shot her while she was walking towards the school. The school was in lockdown mode for nearly 4 hours while Peel Regional Police S.W.A.T. teams searched the school for the shooter. However, the shooter had never entered the school and was caught in his home later that day.^{[citation needed]}

On April 2, 2007, Erhun Candir, the deceased's estranged husband, was convicted of the shooting and received life in jail for the murder of Mrs. Candir. He cannot seek parole for 25 years or until he is 88, although under Canada's 'faint hope clause', he may be eligible for parole after 15 years. His lawyer, Michael A. Moon, has commenced an appeal of the case Source: http://www.thestar.com/article/198405 Born near Plymouth, England, Michael A. Moon is a prominent Canadian defence attorney, most notable for representing alleged terrorist Steven Vikash Chand as part of the on-going Toronto terrorism case. ...

External links

• Bramalea Secondary School website
• Bramalea Guitar Orchestra website
• GSX Records Hip-Hop Group/Production Group in Bramalea
• "Know More Math Club" - BSS

Coordinates: 43.715302° N 79.707693° W Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...