Notable Alumni and Staff
PDHS has produced both nationally and internationally recognizable alumni. This includes:
- Syl Apps - Former Olympian, Toronto Maple Leafs player and Member of Provincial Parliament
- Walter Gretzky - Heart and Stroke Foundation spokesperson and father of Wayne Gretzky
- Ted Reader, celebrity chef
- Linda Schuyler, television producer of the Degrassi franchise
- Barry Silverthorn, documentary producer of The End of Suburbia
- D.A. Smith, an author, was the principal of PDHS for several years during the 1950s.
Read more about this topic: Paris District High School
Famous quotes containing the words notable and/or staff:
“In one notable instance, where the United States Army and a hundred years of persuasion failed, a highway has succeeded. The Seminole Indians surrendered to the Tamiami Trail. From the Everglades the remnants of this race emerged, soon after the trail was built, to set up their palm-thatched villages along the road and to hoist tribal flags as a lure to passing motorists.”
—For the State of Florida, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
—Bible: Hebrew Psalms, 23:4.