Heart Lake Secondary School
Template:Infobox school Heart Lake Secondary School, commonly known as HLSS or Heart Lake, is a public secondary school in Brampton, Ontario, Canada.<ref name="sw" /> It is located along Conestoga Drive to the north of Wexford Road, and is named after the Heart Lake neighborhood of Brampton it resides in (which is named after the namesake lake located in nearby Heart Lake Conservation Area). The school was founded in 1988 and is a part of the Peel District School Board. The school has 1150 students enrolled as of September 2019. The school
Heart Lake has two SHSM programs: Arts & Culture and Information & Communication technology,.
Murder of Eric Levack
In 2003, grade nine student Eric Levack, 14, was murdered in the wooded area behind the school during lunch break. The perpetrator was classmate Justin Morton, also 14.<ref name="star">Template:Cite news</ref> Morton pleaded guilty to first degree murder and in 2004 was sentenced as an adult to life in prison,<ref name="star2">Template:Cite news</ref> with no eligibility of parole for seven years.<ref name="star"/><ref name="canada"/> Morton was the first person in Canada charged with first degree murder under the newly enacted Youth Criminal Justice Act, which came into force on April 1, 2003, the day of the murder.<ref name="star"/><ref name="canada">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="sun"/> Morton anonymously appeared in the 2007 documentary film In the Shadow of Feeling, which focused on psychopathic personalities, and spoke about the murder.<ref name="shadow">In the Shadow of Feeling. KITG Productions. 2007.</ref> A lilac tree, planted in memory of Levack, stands on the lawn in front of Heart Lake Secondary School.<ref name="sun">Template:Cite news</ref>
Notable alumni
- Michael Bailey, CFL lineman and tackle
- Michael Cera, actor<ref>Thompson, Bob. "Michael Cera, Valedictorian Template:Webarchive." National Post. Retrieved on November 19, 2008.</ref><ref name="Strauss">Template:Cite news</ref>
- Khamica Bingham