Gloucester High School (Ottawa)

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Gloucester High School
Address
2060 Ogilvie Rd. Ottawa, Ontario, K1J 7N8, Canada
Coordinates	45°26′20″N 75°36′00″W / 45.439, -75.600Coordinates: 45°26′20″N 75°36′00″W / 45.439, -75.600
Information
School board	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Superintendent	Barrie Hammond
Principal	Lynn Thompson
Vice principal	Rick Haggar, Ann Taillon, Phillipe Garamond
Grades	9-12
Language	English
Campus	Suburban
Mascot	Gator
Team name	Gators
Colours	Royal Red, Pitch Black, Dove White
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 Gator Football,Gator Rugby, basketball, basketball, 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] Notable Alumni

Aaron Ward - NHL Player for the Boston Bruins
James Duthie - TSN Anchor
Mark Hatfield- Miami Dolphins, Houston Oilers, BC Lions football player

[edit] External links

v • d • e 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

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Secondary alternative program sites	Elizabeth Wyn Wood Secondary Alternative Program Site · Frederick Banting Secondary Alternative Program Site · Norman Johnston Secondary Alternative Program Site · Richard Pfaff Secondary Alternative Program Site

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