Gloucester High School (Ottawa)

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Gloucester High School

Address
2060 Ogilvie Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, K1J 7N8, Canada
Information
School board	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Religious affiliation	None
Superintendent	Larry Archibald
Principal	Lynn Thompson
Vice principal	Brett Reynolds, Ann Taillon
Homepage	http://www.gloucesterhs.ocdsb.ca/

Gloucester High School is a high school in the Beacon Hill, Ottawa, Canada neighbourhood of Gloucester, in the city of Ottawa. Their mascot is the Gator, and the school has approximately 1200 students.

The school was founded in 1965 by the former Carleton Board of Education. Since the amalgamation of the Ottawa area English public school boards in 1998, it has operated under the jurisdiction of the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.

Gloucester High School provides education to grade 9 through 12 through a semestered curriculum as established by the Ontario Ministry of Education.

Gloucester boasts a very diverse student body and a wide array of clubs, organisations and groups. These include Gators for Ghana, ICU/AREE, Junior and Senior Band, Peer Action, Peer Mediation, an annual student-led Leadership Camp, Reach for the Top, GHS Radio, Fashion Club, school newspaper (the "Gator Gazette"), and the Gator Athletic Society.

Gloucester's has many successful sports teams. Their cheerleading squad has won many awards, both the men's and women's senior soccer teams have participated at OFSAA in recent years and the Nordic Ski and Cross Country Running teams send many members to OFSAA annually. Other athletic teams include basketball,wrestling football, basketball, rugby, wrestling, track and field, field hockey, volleyball, golf, and regular intra-mural sports during lunch.

The 06/07 season was the first for the wrestling team in several years. The team had two wrestlers who qualified for OFSSA and nine players that made it to the city finals. The team participated in many other tournaments, all which they performed exceedingly well.

On October.25/06, the Gloucester mens football team won their first regular match game in two years.

[edit] Gator Gazette

The school has recently begun its own paper, which is seemingly distributed at random (for 25 cents.) It contains works of literature by the English club, as well as contributed articles by students and staff. It also features a comic, draw by an (unknown) student.

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Ottawa-Carleton District School Board schools

Secondary schools	A. Y. Jackson Secondary School · Adult High School · Bell High School · Brookfield High School · Cairine Wilson Secondary School · Canterbury High School · Colonel By Secondary School · Earl of March Secondary School · Glebe Collegiate Institute · Gloucester High School · Hillcrest High School · John McCrae Secondary School · Lisgar Collegiate Institute · Merivale High School · Nepean High School · Osgoode Township High School · Ottawa Technical Learning Centre · Rideau High School · Ridgemont High School · Sir Guy Carleton Secondary School · Sir Robert Borden High School · Sir Wilfrid Laurier Secondary School · South Carleton High School · West Carleton Secondary School · Woodroffe High School
Middle or junior high schools	J.H. Putman Public School
Primary or elementary schools	Alta Vista Public School

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