Cole Harbour District High School
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2 Chameau Crescent Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia, B2W 4X4 Canada |
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| School type | High school |
| Founded | 1979 (Founded in 1982 after Cole Harbour High amalgamated with Gorden Bell High) |
| School board | Halifax Regional School Board |
| School number | HRSB ID 142 |
| Principal | Kenneth Fells |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| Enrollment | 873 (September 2016) |
| Language | English, French immersion |
| Colour(s) | Red, White and Blue |
| Mascot | Captain Cavalier |
| Team name | Cole Harbour Cavaliers |
| Feeder schools | Eastern Passage Education Centre, Sir Robert Borden Junior High School, Ross Road School |
| Website | www |
| Last updated: April 13, 2016 | |
Cole Harbour District High School is a Canadian public school in the Cole Harbour area just east of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is operated by the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB), and is an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school, offering the Diploma program.
Cole Harbour District High School was founded in 1982 by the amalgamation of Cole Harbour High School, founded in 1979, and Gordon Bell High School. The newer building for Cole Harbour High was used as the new location for Cole Harbour District High, and Gordon Bell High was repurposed as the Gordon Bell Building, a general-purpose adult education centre, which was also used as a temporary location for the students of Halifax West High School during the 2001-2002 school year, when its own building was unusable due to health concerns. As of January 2015 the Gorden Bell building has been demolished.
Cole Harbour District High is seen in the hit series Trailer Park Boys. It is used as the location to film the scenes that take place in the fictional Dartmouth Regional Vocational School (DRVS). CHDHS's unofficial rival school is Auburn Drive High School, with whom they play a football game against every Thanksgiving weekend called the Turkey Bowl. In the 2014-2015 school year, renovations were completed on the school adding a new gym and a skilled trades centre while converting the old gymnasium into a cafetorium. The skilled trades centre also includes a yoga studio and a student council office.
Cole Harbour District High School appeared on national news in the 1990s after a number of riots broke out at the school, alleged to be race-based. The school was temporarily shut down due to these events.
The school was in the news again in March 2008, when brawls broke out in the school prompting a lockdown. Two students were arrested, another two sent to hospital. Though the cause is not completely clear, many think that it was race-based and resulted in 24 suspensions. Though the brawls only lasted one afternoon, some of the concerns that students and parents had in the 1990s were brought up again. These concerns were again brought up in April, 2009, when another brawl took place after a fire alarm was pulled. One student was sent to the hospital for treatment and several suspensions were handed out. In the spring of 2013, Cole Harbour High reappeared on national news following the death of Rehtaeh Parsons, as this was a school that Parsons had previously attended, though she was enrolled at Prince Andrew High School at the time of her suicide. The incident raised questions about the school board's lack of action against bullying.
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