Espanola High School is located in the town of
Espanola,
Ontario
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, approximately 70 km from downtown
Greater Sudbury. Espanola High School shares a building with A.B. Ellis Public School, Contact North, and the One Tot Stop Daycare.
The school is overseen by the
Rainbow District School Board
Rainbow District School Board (known as English-language Public District School Board No. 3 prior to 1999) covers a geographic area of more than in the heart of the Rainbow Country and is the largest public school board in Northern Ontario. The ...
.
Notable achievements
Ringette
In the early 1960s, the Espanola Parks and Recreation director,
Mirl Arthur "Red" McCarthy, experimented with and developed the first official set of rules for the sport of
ringette
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upon the request of
Sam Jacks
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, the President of the
Society of Directors of Municipal Recreation of Ontario (SDMRO), using girls
ice hockey players
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from Espanola High School. The games were played at the
Espanola Arena.
Jazz
Espanola's various jazz bands did very well at the
MusicFest Canada
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2006 Festival, specifically in the Instrumental Jazz Division Competition.
Notable alumni
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Terrence Young, former CEO of the largest law firm in the world,
Dentons
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.
See also
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List of high schools in Ontario
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References
High schools in Ontario
Espanola, Ontario
Schools in Sudbury District
Educational institutions in Canada with year of establishment missing
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