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Canterbury High School (Ottawa)
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Canterbury High School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
high school in the Elmvale Acres
neighbourhood of Ottawa
, Ontario
, Canada
.
It is an arts magnet school
, and located at 900 Canterbury Ave. It serves 1304 students.
While offering both an arts program and a general program, Canterbury is known primarily for the arts.
The Arts Canterbury program began in 1983.
It was recently rated by Maclean's
Magazine as the top high school for the arts in Canada.
The school opened in 1969 as a comprehensive high school. It was the last in a series of ten high schools built by the Collegiate Board to deal with the baby boom
. At the time of its opening it was considered an extremely modern school, employing all the latest ideas in education. Most notably many of its walls were moveable, allowing for an easy reorganization of space. It also had one of the largest libraries of any secondary school. From 1969 to 1976, Canterbury offered a technical programme based on Aerospace Technology. The shops offered Airframe, and other aviation based technical studies. The school did operate a 1969 Cessna 190J (CF-CHS) and our Schweitzer 2-33 glider(CF-ABE). The Ottawa Board of Education withdrew support of the concept based on liability issues.
The two aircraft owned by Canterbury high School were:
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Schweizer 2-33A two place glider.
Canada Registration Mark : CF-ABE
Aircraft Make : Schweizer
Aircraft Model : SGS 2-33A
Aircraft Manufacturer : Schweizer Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft Serial Number : 155
Aircraft Year : 1969
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Cessna 150J two place, piston powered propeller driven,tricycle gear, light single.
Canada Registration Mark : CF-CHS
Aircraft Make : Cessna
Aircraft Model : 150J
Aircraft Manufacturer : Cessna Aircraft Company
Aircraft Serial Number : 15071042
Aircraft Year : 1969
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1969 ~ 1974: The airframe shop was rebuilding a storm damaged Aeronca Citabria. The Aerospace Technology shop also was building a VW engine powered hovercraft, and we built a hover-platform. This was a 3' diameter test bed using a single 28V 400 Hz electric lift-fan. Fibreglas molding produced several canoes, as the method is the same as producing wing tips.
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The school later, as a result of a specialized schools program became an arts magnet school. As an arts magnet school it has since enjoyed great support from the local and arts communities as well as its former alumni, as best illustrated when the band Arcade Fire played a special show on January 19, 2007 in the cafeteria in support of the arts programs.
In spite of the focus on the arts, the school still maintains a strong athletics program which includes rowing, swimming, volleyball, baseball, basketball, soccer, football, water polo, curling, ice hockey, rugby and track and field. It has one of the broadest ranges of sports teams in the OCDSB.
The school is on the Greenboro
route (651/652) of the OC Transpo
system, in the Alta Vista
neighbourhood. Furthermore, the 148X (Special) goes from Hurdman station to Canterbury for the students. They may also take the 148 or 149 from Hurdman station. Some yellow school buses are provided.
Under the title "Arts Smarts", Maclean's said: "Almost everything that goes into the vibrant life of Ottawa's Canterbury High School and its well-known arts program is positive and mutually reinforcing... Highly motivated students inspire a dedicated staff to put in extra hours... Kids from any of the five arts divisions support their peers in the other groups, stopping to offer applause for a band's hall concert, or incorporating poems within wall murals... But even more impressive is the whole atmosphere of the place, where hallways and classrooms are crowded with students who radiate loads of enthusiasm."
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
The Ottawa-Carleton District School Board refers to both the institution responsible for the operation of all English public schools in the city of Ottawa, Ontario and its governing body. Like most school boards, the OCDSB is administered by a group of elected trustees and one director selected...
high school in the Elmvale Acres
Elmvale Acres
Elmvale Acres is a neighbourhood in Alta Vista . It was built in the late 1950s by the contractor and property developer, Robert Campeau....
neighbourhood of Ottawa
Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
, Canada
Canada
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.
It is an arts magnet school
Magnet school
In education in the United States, magnet schools are public schools with specialized courses or curricula. "Magnet" refers to how the schools draw students from across the normal boundaries defined by authorities as school zones that feed into certain schools.There are magnet schools at the...
, and located at 900 Canterbury Ave. It serves 1304 students.
While offering both an arts program and a general program, Canterbury is known primarily for the arts.
The Arts Canterbury program began in 1983.
It was recently rated by Maclean's
Maclean's
Maclean's is a Canadian weekly news magazine, reporting on Canadian issues such as politics, pop culture, and current events.-History:Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist/entrepreneur Lt.-Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house...
Magazine as the top high school for the arts in Canada.
The school opened in 1969 as a comprehensive high school. It was the last in a series of ten high schools built by the Collegiate Board to deal with the baby boom
Baby boom
A baby boom is any period marked by a greatly increased birth rate. This demographic phenomenon is usually ascribed within certain geographical bounds and when the number of annual births exceeds 2 per 100 women...
. At the time of its opening it was considered an extremely modern school, employing all the latest ideas in education. Most notably many of its walls were moveable, allowing for an easy reorganization of space. It also had one of the largest libraries of any secondary school. From 1969 to 1976, Canterbury offered a technical programme based on Aerospace Technology. The shops offered Airframe, and other aviation based technical studies. The school did operate a 1969 Cessna 190J (CF-CHS) and our Schweitzer 2-33 glider(CF-ABE). The Ottawa Board of Education withdrew support of the concept based on liability issues.
The two aircraft owned by Canterbury high School were:
______________________________________________________
Schweizer 2-33A two place glider.
Canada Registration Mark : CF-ABE
Aircraft Make : Schweizer
Aircraft Model : SGS 2-33A
Aircraft Manufacturer : Schweizer Aircraft Corp.
Aircraft Serial Number : 155
Aircraft Year : 1969
____________________________________________________
Cessna 150J two place, piston powered propeller driven,tricycle gear, light single.
Canada Registration Mark : CF-CHS
Aircraft Make : Cessna
Aircraft Model : 150J
Aircraft Manufacturer : Cessna Aircraft Company
Aircraft Serial Number : 15071042
Aircraft Year : 1969
_____________________________________________________
1969 ~ 1974: The airframe shop was rebuilding a storm damaged Aeronca Citabria. The Aerospace Technology shop also was building a VW engine powered hovercraft, and we built a hover-platform. This was a 3' diameter test bed using a single 28V 400 Hz electric lift-fan. Fibreglas molding produced several canoes, as the method is the same as producing wing tips.
______________________________________________________
The school later, as a result of a specialized schools program became an arts magnet school. As an arts magnet school it has since enjoyed great support from the local and arts communities as well as its former alumni, as best illustrated when the band Arcade Fire played a special show on January 19, 2007 in the cafeteria in support of the arts programs.
In spite of the focus on the arts, the school still maintains a strong athletics program which includes rowing, swimming, volleyball, baseball, basketball, soccer, football, water polo, curling, ice hockey, rugby and track and field. It has one of the broadest ranges of sports teams in the OCDSB.
The school is on the Greenboro
Greenboro Station (OC Transpo)
Greenboro Station in Ottawa, Ontario is a stop on the transitway, and is the current southern terminus of the O-Train. It was expected to extend towards the south by 2009 , and the proposed East-West Line would have intersected at this station...
route (651/652) of the OC Transpo
OC Transpo
OC Transpo is the urban transit service of the City of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. An integrated hub-and-spoke system of services is available consisting of: regular buses travelling on fixed routes in mixed traffic, typical of most urban transit systems; a bus rapid transit system — a high...
system, in the Alta Vista
Alta Vista (Ottawa)
Alta Vista is a neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Its boundaries can be broadly described as: Smyth Road in the north, St. Laurent Boulevard in the east, Walkley Road and Heron Road in the south, and Bank Street and Riverside Drive in the west...
neighbourhood. Furthermore, the 148X (Special) goes from Hurdman station to Canterbury for the students. They may also take the 148 or 149 from Hurdman station. Some yellow school buses are provided.
Maclean's Magazine ranking
The August 23rd, 2004 edition of Maclean's magazine rated Canada's best high schools. Canterbury is featured prominently as the best high school for the arts in the country. The article highlighted 40 top high schools that counter the image of lackluster, under-performing public education in Canada. While not a ranking of Canada's 16,000 high schools, the story's intent is to "shine some light on those that have found innovative and effective ways to engage kids and steer them toward success."Under the title "Arts Smarts", Maclean's said: "Almost everything that goes into the vibrant life of Ottawa's Canterbury High School and its well-known arts program is positive and mutually reinforcing... Highly motivated students inspire a dedicated staff to put in extra hours... Kids from any of the five arts divisions support their peers in the other groups, stopping to offer applause for a band's hall concert, or incorporating poems within wall murals... But even more impressive is the whole atmosphere of the place, where hallways and classrooms are crowded with students who radiate loads of enthusiasm."
Notable alumni
- Jenny GaltJenny GaltJenny Galt is a Canadian singer/songwriter best known as one of the finalists on the television show Rockstar: Supernova.Born in 1976 in Montreal, and educated in Ottawa , Galt has been based in Vancouver for the past decade, where her group Cherrybomb played to favourable reviews , with tours of...
, musician - Peter EmsliePeter EmsliePeter Emslie is a professional illustrator, who lives in Mississauga, Ontario. Aside from being an illustrator, Emslie also teaches character design in Sheridan College. He has illustrated well over 50 books for Disney licensees, including Random House...
, former animator, Disney. - Mark Bell, hockey
- Raoul BhanejaRaoul BhanejaRaoul Bhaneja is a Canadian actor. He was one of the stars on the short lived TV series Train 48 on Global...
, actor - Nick BoyntonNick BoyntonNicholas Carl Boynton is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who is currently an unrestricted free agent.-Playing career:...
, hockey - Brian CampbellBrian CampbellBrian Wesley Campbell is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman, an alternate captain for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League...
, hockey - Penelope CorrinPenelope CorrinPenelope Anne Corrin is a Canadian actress and writer.She is seen nationally on CBC Television's Royal Canadian Air Farce comedy broadcasts as a replacement cast member while Jessica Holmes was on maternity leave during the first two months of 2007...
, actress/comedian - Shean DonovanShean DonovanShean Donovan is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey Forward. A veteran of the National Hockey League, he played in 951 games spanning over seven clubs.-Playing career:...
, hockey - Matthew EdisonMatthew EdisonMatthew Edison is a Canadian actor born in 1975.A great, great, great grand-nephew of Thomas Edison, he has appeared in the television series At The Hotel and A Nero Wolfe Mystery, and in various television movies....
, actor/playwright - Martin GeroMartin GeroMartin Gero is a Canadian screenwriter and co-executive producer for Stargate Atlantis.Born in Switzerland, Gero spent much of his childhood in Ottawa, Ontario. He attended Canterbury High School for the Arts and Ryerson University in Toronto...
, writer/producer - Bridget Hall (actor)Bridget Hall (actor)Bridget Hall is a Canadian actress, best known for appearing in TVOKids series Spellz, with magician Jay Sankey.Hall is bilingual and a resident of Ottawa. She has also done voice acting for the Canadian Museum of Civilization, called "Canadian Settlement". On Spellz, Hall plays "Bridget, the...
, actress - Jessica HolmesJessica HolmesJessica Holmes is a Canadian comedian and actress. She is best known for her work with the Royal Canadian Air Farce, which she joined in 2003. She is married to actor Scott Yaphe....
, actress/comedian - Peter Hume, politician
- Hannah MoscovitchHannah MoscovitchHannah Moscovitch is a Canadian playwright. She is best known for her plays East of Berlin, Essay, and The Russian Play.-Life and career:...
, playwright - Alyn McCauleyAlyn McCauleyAlyn Daniel McCauley is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for ten years with the Toronto Maple Leafs, San Jose Sharks, and the Los Angeles Kings...
, hockey - Moira J. MooreMoira J. Moore-Biography:Moore was raised near Gloucester, Ontario. She began writing in earnest while at Emily Carr Middle School. Her interest in the fantasy genre began to blossom after studying Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea novels in grade 7, and she would escape school grounds during lunch hours to play...
, author - Richard ParryRichard Parry (musician)Richard Reed Parry is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist, composer and member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire, where he plays double bass, celesta, keyboards, drums, guitar, and accordion. He is also a member of the Bell Orchestre, in which he primarily plays double bass and is the de facto...
, musician/Arcade Fire - Michael PecaMichael PecaMichael Anthony "Mike" Peca is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward in the National Hockey League . He most recently played for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the NHL. He has also played for the Vancouver Canucks, Buffalo Sabres, New York Islanders, Edmonton Oilers and Toronto Maple...
, hockey - Gary Roberts, hockey
- Emma Taylor-IsherwoodEmma Taylor-IsherwoodEmma-Rose Taylor-Isherwood is a Canadian actress.-Private life:Emma Taylor-Isherwood had an interesting start in acting. When she was around eight years old, she asked her parents if she could have acting lessons. She was in the habit of starting a lesson and then quickly giving it up...
, actress - Vik SahayVik SahayVikram "Vik" Sahay is a Canadian actor best known for playing Lester Patel, a member of the Nerd Herd in the NBC television series Chuck on which he became a series regular from the second season, and Rama in the Roxy Hunter Saga.-Life and career:...
, actor - K Jay, radio host for The New Hot 89.9
Canterbury Arts
Canterbury has five different arts programs that students must audition and interview for to be accepted into. The five arts are:- Literary ArtsLiteratureLiterature is the art of written works, and is not bound to published sources...
- Dramatic Arts
- Visual ArtsVisual artsThe visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
- MusicMusicMusic is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
- WindsWind instrumentA wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator , in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. The pitch of the vibration is determined by the length of the tube and by manual modifications of...
and PercussionPercussion instrumentA percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound when hit with an implement or when it is shaken, rubbed, scraped, or otherwise acted upon in a way that sets the object into vibration... - StringsString instrumentA string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones...
- VocalVocal musicVocal music is a genre of music performed by one or more singers, with or without instrumental accompaniment, in which singing provides the main focus of the piece. Music which employs singing but does not feature it prominently is generally considered instrumental music Vocal music is a genre of...
- Winds
- DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....