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4 unusual facts about Port Perry High School


Port Perry High School

Science and Technology students have, along with main corporate sponsor General Motors Canada Engineering sponsored the FIRST Robotics team known as Fast Eddie Robotics, or Team 1006.

Mrs. Farndale has been the recipient of many awards: the Ontario Crafts Council John Mather award for Lifetime Achievement; a 10-year volunteer service award winner from the Ontario Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Communications; the Paul Harris Fellow Award winner from the Rotary International Club of Port Perry; a 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal and an International Year of the Volunteer Certificate of Honour recipient from Lakeridge Health Corporation.

Team 1006 has been invited on four occasions to travel to the FIRST World Championships, participating on three occasions in these competitions at the Georgia Dome in Atlanta.

Mrs. Farndale is well known for her fundraising efforts for Lakeridge Health Corporation-Port Perry (the local hospital) and the gallery that bears her name at the Scugog Memorial Public Library.



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