Mutchmor Public School

Mutchmor Public School
Address
185 Fifth Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, K1S 2N1 Canada
Coordinates	45°24′03″N 75°41′26″W / 45.4009°N 75.6906°W / 45.4009; -75.6906Coordinates: 45°24′03″N 75°41′26″W / 45.4009°N 75.6906°W / 45.4009; -75.6906
Information
School type	English (core French), Middle French Immersion, Congregated Gifted
Founded	1895
School board	Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
Area trustee	Shawn Menard
Principal	Isabelle Flannigan
Grades	JK-6
Enrollment	532 students (December 2015)
Language	French Immersion

Mutchmor Public School is an elementary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located in The Glebe neighbourhood at the corner of Fifth Avenue and Lyon. It is run by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board

History

Mutchmor Street Public School, which was erected on December 23, 1895, is dedicated to John Mutchmor, military veteran of the War of 1812, an Upper Canada homesteader, and a farmer. Mutchmor Public School opened under the name Mutchmor Street Public School taking its name from the adjacent Mutchmor Street, which was later renamed Fifth Avenue.^[1]

The original portion of the school was built in 1895 making Mutchmor one of the oldest schools in Ottawa. Only two other schools built in Ottawa in the late nineteenth century remain, with nearby First Avenue Public School being one. Further additions were made to the school in 1911, 1920 and 2015. The building is officially designated as a heritage structure.

The school is home to over 500 students from junior kindergarten to grade six. Mutchmor is a French Immersion Centre. Students typically attend Glashan Public School for grades seven and eight.

In the 1990s Mutchmor was threatened with closure by the school board. Action by the local community ensured that Mutchmor stayed open, and enrollment is growing steadily. In 2005 Today's Parent magazine named Mutchmor one of the top 40 schools in Canada, highlighting how the school 'rose to the challenge'.

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mutchmor Public School.

• Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
• Home Page
• Canadian Register of Historic Places - Mutchmor Public School

Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
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