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the school in King City, California

King City Secondary School, or KCSS, is a secondary education facility in King City, Ontario, Canada. It is a secular public school administered by the York Region District School Board. The school is located at 2001 King Road, and the current principal is Helga Curry. The school day runs from 08:20 to 14:30. A French immersion program was established at the school beginning in September 2019.

KCSS is located on a campus of about 18 acres across the street from the King City branch of King Township Public Library. Twelve acres of the property were owned by James Gillies as early as 1917, and sold by Ralph and Alma Gillies on 3 March 1960 to the Aurora District High School Board for The six acres on the eastern part of the campus were purchased from the Albon family of Clearwater, Florida for on 28 August 1962. Designs for the building were created by the company Boigon and Associates, and the Toronto based company Cullen Construction Company undertook construction of the main building, which began in 1960 and was completed for the September 1961 opening of the King City Composite School. Before it opened, students resident in King attended Aurora High School, which was renamed Dr. G. W. Williams Secondary School the year KCSS opened. The school was not officially opened until a ceremony on 6 April 1962 at which M. A. Cullen presented the school's vice principal John Turchin with an engraved key and school board representative Marvin Hunter donated a bible to the school. Major renovations to the building were implemented that year, funded with a grant from the Government of Canada and from the Government of Ontario. This resulted in the addition of a teacher's cafeteria in 1962 and a technical studies area in 1963, often referred to as the Tech Wing, on the southwestern part of the school. In 1966, a third gymnasium and a library were added as an eastern wing to the main building. In 1983, the school's heating system was converted to use natural gas instead of oil, partly spurred by concerns of the expected cost of heating the large structure after the 1970s energy crisis. In 1991, a new library facility was constructed adjacent to the Tech Wing, which also resulted in the creation of an inner courtyard. The north courtyard was converted to a student memorial. In 2007, construction of a new science department was completed. The school has an outdoor 400 m track, which encircles a Canadian football field, on the western part of its campus, and a soccer pitch on the eastern part of its campus. Both fields serve multiple functions, including lacrosse, track and field, rugby union and field hockey. During the summer, they are used by youth sports leagues in King City. From the summer of 2011 to the end of the 2011 2012 school year, the west field was redeveloped. New grass was added, the track was repaved, a fence installed around it, and multi use goal posts suitable for football, soccer, and field hockey were installed.

King City Secondary School had an annual Marine Biology Science Trip to the Florida Keys. Established in 1990, the goal of the field trip is to demonstrate to students the relationship between ecosystems and human activity. The trip is part of the Independent Studies Program (ISP) for some senior science students, and every student is required to take daily tests and complete assignments throughout the trip. The school has installed solar panels which connect with the school's primary power distribution system as part of a grade 10 project. This project was conducted as part of the University of Toronto Sustainable Toronto program, in conjunction with Ontario Power Generation. The solar panels also operate a pump connected to a man made pond on the school grounds. King City has an active drama program. In November of each year the school holds the Arthur B. Toast festival, a student directed one act play, often referred to as "Toast". Between 8 and 15 modern plays are performed, from comedy to drama to a little bizarre, involving around 70 students. Some of the plays are written by students. In the spring, a more traditional play is performed to offer students the experience. Again, a large number of students are involved as actors, tech crew, stage crew, set design, makeup and costuming, and publicists. Matinees are held for the local feeder schools. Both of these are open to the public and members of the community are encouraged to come and support a group of incredible kids. Information about these events is available by calling the school and performances are covered by 'The King Weekly'. Performances can be arranged at other settings such as retirement homes, shelters and other community homes.

The 1995 movie To Die For had a number of scenes shot at King City Secondary School. KCSS appeared as Little Hope High School in the movie. One scene featured what is now a French classroom (southeast corner of 2nd floor) as the set for the Nicole Kidman classroom scene in the movie. Joaquin Phoenix also starred in the movie and played a student who was attending classes at the school. A lottery was held for $2 per ticket to determine which attending students would be cast as extras in the scenes filmed at the school. Walt Disney's Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, which debuted in 2004, also had some scenes filmed during a three day period in July 2003 at King City Secondary School. The revenue generated from the filming rights of this movie assured sufficient capital for the construction of a new music room.