Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
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Ontario
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, Canada.
It is an arts
magnet school
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which draws in students from the Ottawa area to their specialized arts program. It is located at 900 Canterbury Ave, and serves over 1300 students.
While offering both an arts program and a general program, Canterbury is known primarily for the arts in both its local community and nationally.
History
The school opened in 1969 as a comprehensive high school. It was the last in a series of ten high schools built by the Collegiate Board to deal with
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. At the time of its opening, it was considered an extremely modern school, employing all the latest ideas in education. Most notably, many of its walls were movable (no longer a feature), allowing for an easy reorganization of space. It also had one of the largest libraries of any secondary school and today it is host to one of the largest secondary school auditoriums. From 1969 to 1976, Canterbury offered a technical program based on Aerospace Engineering. The shops offered Air-frame, and other aviation-based technical studies. Additionally, the school operated a 1969 Cessna 190J (CF-CHS) and a Schweitzer 2-33 glider( CF-ABE), providing unique opportunities to students. However, The
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eventually withdrew support of the concept due to liability issues.
The Arts Canterbury program began in 1983, making Canterbury High School an arts magnet school for the Ottawa-Gatineau region.
Canterbury Arts
Canterbury has five different arts programs that students must audition and interview for to be accepted into:
* Dance
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Dramatic Arts
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and
Percussion
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Visual Arts
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Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
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.
See also
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List of high schools in Ontario
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