Earl of March Secondary School

Earl of March Secondary School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Earl of March Secondary School, one of the province's top rated public schools,^[1] is located in suburban Kanata in the Beaverbrook neighbourhood. The school also serves the neighbourhoods of Kanata Lakes and Katimavik-Hazeldean.

History

Earl of March opened on December 6, 1971 and was the first secondary school built in the area that would eight years later become the City of Kanata (later to be amalgamated within the City of Ottawa). The school took its name from Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond and Earl of March, who served as Governor General of British North America in the early 19th century. When it opened, Earl of March's catchment area was a large part of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa–Carleton, encompassing March, Huntley, Torbolton, and Fitzroy townships and part of Goulbourn Township. As such, Earl of March served for many years as the sole high school for Ottawa's then-nascent northwestern suburbs outside the Greenbelt.

Charles Lennox, 4th Duke of Richmond

Academics

The school was one of the first in the Ottawa area to offer French immersion instruction at the secondary level.

Auditorium

Earl of March features a 700 seat auditorium. Four sections of the auditorium can be partitioned off into lecture theaters that can be used as class rooms. During the 1970s and 1980s the auditorium was used as a theater.

Athletics

Earl of March sports teams go by the nickname of the Lions.

Advanced Placement Program

Earl of March currently offers one of the most extensive Advanced Placement Program (AP) courses in Ontario. AP is a program that offers high school students the opportunity to receive university credit for their work during high school.

Notable alumni

• Roger Hardy, founder & CEO of Coastal.com and Owner of Clearly Contacts (Class of 1988)
• Jenn Hanna, curler (Class of 1999)
• Trevor Matthews, founder & CEO, Brookstreet Pictures (Class of 2002)
• Darroll Powe of the Minnesota Wild (Class of 2003)
• Gavin McInnes, cofounder of Vice Magazine

See also

• List of high schools in Ontario

References

External links

• Earl of March School Website
• OCDSB Website
• 2006–2007 OCDSB School Profile
• 2005–2006 OCDSB School Profile
• 2004–2005 OCDSB School Profile

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Coordinates: 45°19′24″N 75°53′42″W / 45.3232°N 75.8951°W / 45.3232; -75.8951