Canterbury High School (Ottawa)

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**Canterbury High School**

Principal	Frank Wiley
Vice principals	Steve Snell, Cheryl Black
Arts Coordinator	Jan Salmon
School type	Public
Religious affiliation	None
Founded	1961
Location	Ottawa, Ontario
Enrollment	1261 (2002)
Campus surroundings	Suburban
Mascot	Charger
School colours	Green, Blue, Gold

Canterbury High School

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 offerering 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 arts high school 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. The school later became an arts magnet school.

1 Maclean's Magazine
2 Notable alumni
3 Canterbury Arts
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Maclean's Magazine

The August 23rd, 2004 edition of Maclean's magazine rated Canada's best high schools. Canterbury is featured prominently as the best arts high school in the country. The article highlighted 40 top high schools that counter the image of lacklustre, 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."