Colonel By Secondary School

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Colonel By Secondary School
Quod Incepimus Conficiemus What We Have Begun, We Shall Finish.
Address
2381 Ogilvie Road Ottawa, Ontario, K1J 7N4, Canada
Information
School number	902586
School board	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Superintendent	Larry Archibald
Area trustee	David Moen
Principal	Kevin Gilmore
Vice principal	Alan Johnson Sheilaeagh MacDonald
Chief custodian	Daryl McCorkell
School type	High school
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Mascot	Cougar
Colours	Blue,Green
Founded	1972
Enrollment	1087
Homepage	http://www.colonelby.com/

Colonel By Secondary School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in the Beacon Hill neighborhood of Gloucester in the city of Ottawa, Canada. It is a non-semestered school, and is the only public school in Ottawa that offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) program. It was named for Colonel John By. In 2005, Maclean's Magazine named Colonel By Secondary School the #3 academic high school in the country.^{[citation needed]} Colonel By also has one of the most diverse athletic programs in Ottawa, with many sports teams that compete not only in Ottawa, but also at the provincial level.

Contents 1 Features 2 Notable alumni 3 See also 4 Athletics 5 Notes 6 External links

[edit] Features

• Cougar Vision, First Digital High-School TV Station^{[citation needed]}
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Program

[edit] Notable alumni

• Tom Cruise, Actor, IMDB trivia page states he attended the same high school as Brian Adams.^[1]
• Bryan Adams, a singer-songwriter^[2]
• Ajay Fry, comedian, current host of CRUNCH on YTV
• Tom Green, comedian and talk show host^[3]

[edit] See also

• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

[edit] Athletics

The 2005/2006 track season proved to be very fruitful for Colonel By; by sending several athletes to the East OFSAA and OFSAA track and field meet, they have achieved provincial fame. Another notable achievement came from the 2002/2003 senior boys soccer team who became the first Colonel By boys soccer team to compete at OFSAA in more than a decade.^{[citation needed]}

Senior girls basketball is also a very notable team at Colonel By, along with senior girls soccer.

However, Colonel By is most widely known in the city and province for its strong volleyball program.^{[citation needed]}

Colonel By has, as well, competed at OFSAA for various ski and snowboarding events in the 2006/2007 season.

[edit] Notes

[edit] External links

• Colonel By's School Website
• Cougar Vision
• Novell iChain Login
• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• International Baccalaureate Organization
• OFSAA Results
• East OFSAA Results
• OCDSB Website
• 2005-2006 OCDSB School Profile
• 2004-2005 OCDSB School Profile

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