Glebe Collegiate Institute
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212 Glebe Avenue Ottawa, Ontario, K1S-2C9 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°24′06″N 75°41′49″W / 45.40169°N 75.69687°WCoordinates: 45°24′06″N 75°41′49″W / 45.40169°N 75.69687°W |
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| 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 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.
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. 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.
Notable alumni include NHL hockey players, including Hall of Famer Syd Howe, singer Alanis Morissette and CBC news icon Peter Mansbridge.
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.
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