Glebe Collegiate Institute

In Alta Tende
Strive for the Heights
Address
212 Glebe Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario, K1S-2C9
Canada
Coordinates 45°24′06″N 75°41′49″W / 45.40169°N 75.69687°W / 45.40169; -75.69687Coordinates: 45°24′06″N 75°41′49″W / 45.40169°N 75.69687°W / 45.40169; -75.69687
Information
Founded 1929
School board Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Superintendent Walter Piovesan
Area trustee Rob Campbell (Zone 9)
Administrator Pamela Wilson
Principal France Thibault
Grades 9-12
Language Multi
Campus Urban
Area Glebe
Colour(s) Yellow and blue         
Mascot The Gryphon
Team name Gryphons
Public transit access OC Transpo
Website www.glebe.ocdsb.ca

Glebe Collegiate Institute is a high school in the Glebe neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Administered by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, Glebe Collegiate Institute has approximately 1,700 students. Glebe is the district's largest school.

Students and sports teams are referred to as "Gryphons". The Gryphons' performance has led to Glebe Collegiate Institute being consistently ranked one of the premier athletics schools in Canada. The Gryphons' impressive record includes OFSAA championships in ice hockey, track and field, XC running, tennis, alpine skiing, soccer, volleyball, Nordic skiing and rowing.

Glebe Collegiate was selected as one of Canada's best schools in the 23 August 2004 edition of Maclean's news magazine.[1]

The school offers specialized programs, such as French immersion, English as a second language, bilingual gifted, and a special education learning centre.

It has an excellent academic standing and one of the best music programs in the city, including a unique, five-time gold award-winning, unconventional percussion group called Offbeat. Glebe's excellence in the arts has also been demonstrated in improvisation, and Glebe has placed twice at the Canadian National Final.[2] Glebe's robotics program participates in US FIRST international robotics competition and won the SKILLS Canada STEM and Controls competition in 2015.

In 2008 and 2010, a group of four teachers (Andrew Cumberland, Dan Lajoie, Colin Harris, and Masato Kachi) from Glebe placed second in Canada in the Discovery Channel's Iron Science Competition.[3]

Notable alumni include NHL hockey players, including Hall of Famer Syd Howe, singer Alanis Morissette and CBC news icon Peter Mansbridge.

History

The historic Glebe Collegiate Institute building, located in the affluent Glebe neighbourhood of Ottawa centre
Glebe Collegiate Institute

The school was founded not as an independent entity but as an expansion of the Ottawa Collegiate Institute. In 1919 the Adolescent School Attendance Act had made attending school compulsory until age 16, leading to a dramatic rise in secondary school enrolment. The OCI had outgrown its existing facility (now Lisgar Collegiate Institute) and constructed a new facility on what was then the outskirts of the city. The construction of "Ottawa Collegiate Institute, Glebe Building" was a slow process, and classes began in 1922 before it was complete, causing some inconveniences for students. Symbols of the OCI continue to adorn the entrance to the school. The building was officially opened in 1923.

The rivalry between Glebe and Lisgar Collegiates commenced soon after the division of the OCI. In one incident, a banquet was held at the Glebe building that included student clubs from both schools. In the middle of the meal, a food fight erupted between the two groups and only an enraged principal could persuade students to stop.

In 1974, Glebe Collegiate Institute concert and stage bands produced an album, Something gold... Something blue, and in 1978 (January 30) produced a second album, Glebe Stage Band, on which a third album is suggested, all under the direction of music teachers Stan Clark Sr. and John Nichols.

As of 2012, Glebe's population was 1,700 students and 150 teachers.

Glebe Collegiate Institute was used in the filming of the 2008 Canadian-American drama film The Perfect Assistant.

In the 2012-2013 school year, $9,000 was raised for cancer research, more than $17,000 for the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario as well as the largest food donation ever to the Centre Town Emergency Food bank.

Facility

Constructed in the early 20th century, the school has an old-fashioned architectural style that has been kept consistent despite additions to the building. The school has recently gone through extensive renovations in its science department to make the labs the most modern in the school district. Notable features of the building include an underground swimming pool, auditorium with balcony seating, and a small greenhouse on the roof. The school is a Wi-Fi hotspot, and all students and teachers have access to the internet via wireless devices and computers.

Notable alumni and students

Glebe Collegiate hockey team, 1938, including later member of National Hockey League Hall of Fame, Syd Howe

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://archive.macleans.ca/issue/20040823
  2. ↑ http://www.glebeci.ca/publications/april_quarterly.pdf
  3. ↑ http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/26941/title/Iron-Science/
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