Merivale High School
| Merivale High School | |
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| Address | |
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1755 Merivale Road Ottawa, Ontario, K2G 1E2 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°20′37″N 75°43′40″W / 45.34361°N 75.72778°WCoordinates: 45°20′37″N 75°43′40″W / 45.34361°N 75.72778°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | Moniti Meliora |
| Founded | 1964 |
| School board | Ottawa Carleton District School Board |
| School district | Knoxdale-Merivale |
| Superintendent | Peter Gamwell |
| Administrator | Barb Dettmar |
| Principal | Barb Gage (vice) Shannon Adams (vice) Jon Capello |
| Grades | 9 to 12 (Grades 7 and 8 being added for the 2016/2017 school year). |
| Enrollment | 640 (Sept. 2016) |
| Language | English and French |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Area | Nepean, Ontario |
| Colour(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Mascot | N/A |
| Team name | Marauders |
| Feeder schools | Sir Winston Churchill Public School, Steve Maclean Public School |
| Public transit access | OC Transpo routes 86C, 111, 116, 156, 176 |
| Website | www |
Merivale High School (abbreviated as MHS, or 'Merivale' to students) is a secondary school, located at the intersection of Merivale Road and Viewmount Drive in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (former city of Nepean, Ontario). The school is known for its gifted student program, but also runs French Immersion programs and visual art, music, and co-operative education programs.
Despite being designed for over two thousand students, Merivale High School's population has fallen to an all-time low of 650 students for the 2013-14 school year. This is attributed to changing neighborhood demographics, as well as new schools in the subdivision of Barrhaven. It was announced in October 2016 that Merivale High School will be adding both grades 7 and 8 to increase student enrollment for the 2016/2017 school year.
The school's sports moniker is the Marauders, and the school's colours are maroon and gold.
On March 12, 1963, then Board Chairman John Dawson announced that plans were being prepared by architects McLean and MacPhadyen for the new $1,800,000 Merivale High School and should be handed in for tender call by April 15. Mr. Dawson stated that although the school was slated to open in 1964, it could be possible to open one of its wings for the upcoming school year should there be a shortage of space in other schools. The new high school will ultimately serve 1,400 students with 900 expected to attend in 1964. It was planned to have thirteen classrooms, nine laboratories, four shops a library, a gymnasium, combined cafeteria-auditorium and administration rooms.
The school was first built in 1964. According to aerial photos taken in these time periods and old yearbook photos, the school opened with the "A" Wing and "B" Wing (the main front building), "E" Wing and "T" wing constructed. The school then received an expansion of an added "D" Wing and "L" Wing by 1965. The buildings were completed by December and were to include the English, Geography, History, and commercial classes which were at the time held in the Gym, Cafeteria and basement. By 1968 all the current buildings were complete. In 1970 the Library, in between the two "D" and "E" wings, would be added on.
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