Rockcliffe Park Public School

Rockcliffe Park Public School
Address
350 Buena Vista Road Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates	45°27′01″N 75°40′41″W / 45.450281°N 75.678077°W / 45.450281; -75.678077Coordinates: 45°27′01″N 75°40′41″W / 45.450281°N 75.678077°W / 45.450281; -75.678077
Information
Founded	1922
School board	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Principal	Shari Brodie
Staff	22 teachers
Grades	JK-6
Language	English, French
Campus	urban
Colour(s)	Blue and White
Mascot	Dragon
Team name	Dragons
Communities served	Rockcliffe Park, New Edinburgh, Lower Town Byward Market and Sandy Hill
Feeder schools	Queen Elizabeth Public School, Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Elmwood School (private), Ashbury College (private)
Website	www.rockcliffeparkps.ocdsb.ca

Rockcliffe Park Public School (RPPS) is a public elementary school in the Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

History

The school was founded in 1922. Located in the centre of Ottawa's wealthiest neighbourhood, it has long educated the children of politicians and ambassadors. Near the school are Ottawa's two most prominent private schools, Elmwood School and Ashbury College, to which many students move after Rockcliffe. Parents also have the option of continuing their child's education in either early or middle French immersion at Queen Elizabeth Public School.

Perhaps the most prominent former students are Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, who attended the school while the Dutch Royal Family was in exile during the Second World War. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's daughter attends the school, as did his son, the three sons of Pierre Trudeau, including the current Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the children of John Turner. Actor Matthew Perry also attended the school.

Programs

As well as Rockcliffe and neighbouring New Edinburgh, the school also draws students from the Lower Town and Sandy Hill areas of Ottawa, for its French immersion program, in which the majority of students are enrolled. The school is also well known for its annual Book Fair, a used book sale that has acted as a fundraiser for the school for 51 years. Rockcliffe is twinned with Mokoena Primary School in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho. This twinning is helped by the organization Help Lesotho. Rockcliffe Park is the first school in Canada to twin with another school in Lesotho.

Since the school has a major relationship to the Dutch Royal Family, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ottawa is partnered with the school.

Further reading

• Hughes, Graham. "This School is a True Slice of Society." The Ottawa Citizen. Friday, January 27, 2006. pg. F3

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Rockcliffe Park Public School.

• Official site
• Rockcliffe Book Fair

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