Ridgemont High School (Ottawa)
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Ridgemont High School
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2597 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa, Ontario, K1V 7T3 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°22′34″N 75°39′35″W / 45.376035°N 75.659773°WCoordinates: 45°22′34″N 75°39′35″W / 45.376035°N 75.659773°W |
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| Motto | Knowledge is Power |
| Founded | 1958 |
| School board | Ottawa Carleton District School Board |
| Superintendent | Nadia Towaij |
| Area trustee | Chris Ellis |
| Administrator | Ginette Roche |
| Principal | Richard King |
| Staff | 91 (2005) |
| Grades | 9 to 12 |
| Enrollment | 850 (2005) |
| Language | English and French |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Area | Ottawa South |
| Colour(s) | Green, White, Grey |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Team name | Ridgemont Spartans |
| Feeder schools | Roberta Bondar Public School, Alta Vista Public School, Featherston Public School, Elizabeth Park Public School, Blossom Park Public School |
| Website | ridgemonths |
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.
Work began on Ridgemont in 1957 when Prime Minister John Diefenbaker laid the cornerstone. Under Principal J. B. Speers, 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. Ridgemont opened a year earlier than the other two.
The project generated some controversy as the Collegiate Board presented a plan that included an auditorium, double gym, and a cafeteria. The Ottawa Property Owners association objected to these as expensive and unneeded luxuries, and the mayor Charlotte Whitton agreed. The dispute delayed the construction of the school for some time.
In 1972, Ridgemont High School concert and stage bands produced an album.
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).
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