Ridgemont High School . It is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board secondary school in Ottawa, Canada. The school is located at 2597 Alta Vista Drive in the Alta Vista neighbourhood of Ottawa. It is next door to St. Patrick's High School, a Roman Catholic high school, and Charles Hulse Elementary School, also in the OCDSB.
History
Work began on Ridgemont in 1957 when Prime Minister John Diefenbaker laid the cornerstone. The school opened the next year, one of a series of composite schools built by the Ottawa Collegiate Board during the 1950s and 1960s to deal with the baby boom and increasing school attendance. Ridgemont was planned and designed at the same time as Rideau High School and Laurentian High School. Rideau opened a year earlier than the other two. Laurentian High School closed at the end of the 2005-2006 school year, due to lack of enrollment. The land on which the school stands has been sold off by the OCDSB.
Ridgemont is a semestered school offering many programs, such as French immersion, English as a Second Language, ECL (Everyday Community Living), and international languages (Somali, Arabic, Spanish).
Ridgemont derives the basis of its population from the surrounding neighbourhoods of Ottawa South. The Alta Vista, Ledbury, and South Keys areas of Ottawa South all feed into the school. Ridgemont is known for its high ethnic diversity: there are over 40 different languages spoken by the 850 students at the school.
Ridgemont is twinned with Bokoro High School, Butha-Buthe, Lesotho. This twinning is helped by the organization Help Lesotho and aims to promote literacy.
Ridgemont's 50th Anniversary was celebrated on October 5 & 6, 2007, with a reunion of school alumni.
Spartans' Camp
Main article: Spartans' CampRidgemont High school is developing a renouned reputation for their bi-annual leadership camp which is developed and run by the student body. Intorduced in early 2007 to Ridgemont High by guidance councilor/teacher Mr. David Chambers (formally of South Carleton High School), this unique camp program allows younger leaders to gain valuable experience in leadership. The camp program includes a variety of interactive activities that will involve networking opportunities, motivational sessions, leadership development, and recreational challenges.
Notable Alumni
- Ian Affleck (1971), Professor, Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia
- Ken Anderson (1971), Writer and Senior Public Relations Counsel
- Anne Balcer (1971), later Commonwealth Scholar, Doctorate in Economics, Cambridge University; later executive with JP Morgan
- Ian Beckstead (1977), CFL centre for Ottawa Rough Riders and Toronto Argonauts
- Philip Victor Bova; musician, engineer and record producer; did not graduate.
- Christopher Hargadon, Costume Designer (e.g. Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium, The Pacifier; also 2006 Emmy Award nominee)
- Thomas A. Houston (1972), Lawyer and Managing Partner, Ottawa Office, Fraser Milner Casgrain
- Colleen Peterson (1950-1996), member of 3's a Crowd, later notable solo Canadian singer-songwriter and member of Quartette; did not graduate.
- Holly Small (1971), Choreographer and Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts, York University
- Tim Wynne-Jones (1967), multi award-winning author of children's literature.
See also
- List of schools in Ottawa
References
- Keith, Janet. The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa: A Short History, 1843-1969. Ottawa: Kent, 1969.
External links
- School Website
- OCDSB Website
Coordinates: 45°22′34″N 75°39′35″W / 45.376035°N 75.659773°W / 45.376035;
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