College Avenue Secondary School is one of three public

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s in

Woodstock, Ontario Woodstock is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada. The city has a population of 40,902 according to the 2016 Canadian census. Woodstock is the seat of Oxford County, at the head of the non-navigable Thames River, approximately 128 km from ...

under the

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and is named after the street on which it is located. It is built on the site of the former Woodstock College, which closed in 1926. It offers full courses for students in grade 9 through 12. The school has a

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program and a number of

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courses, most notably its recently introduced Hospitality program. The technological programs include; baking, cooking, horticulture, auto mechanics, welding and woodshop. The school also has a football team, as well as

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, track and

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teams called the CASS Knights. They offer a large variety of clubs, most notably the Band as well as Magic Club. Actress

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, comedian Greg Morton, and rapper Owen Vermeersch attended this institution.

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