Medway High School is a high school in Arva in

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, approximately one kilometre north of

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, Canada city limits.

History

Medway was built in 1949. Its original name was East Middlesex High School, but it was known locally as the Arva School. The name was changed to Medway to reflect the Medway Creek which winds through the area. Medway was part of the Middlesex County Board of Education. Today it is part of the Thames Valley District School Board, which is Ontario's third largest board.

Music Program

The Medway Choir won the

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choral competition for the best youth choir in Canada in 1980. In 1996, Ken Fleet conducted London Pro Musica, the Medway Senior Concert Choir, and the Medway Girls Choir in recording seventy-two songs for Nancy Telfer’s Choral Audio Library. The five

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have been played on national radio in Italy, Israel, Australia, and Argentina and used extensively at major national and international music conferences.

Chess Team

In the 2009–2010 school year, Medway High School's chess team became the first to win all five local tournaments held in Thames Valley District School Board. In the nearly 20-year history of these tournaments, this feat has never before been accomplished. The same chess team was the first to win every game played (20-0-0) in a single tournament.

Sports

* Archery * Badminton * Boys Hockey * Boys Rugby * Boys Soccer * Chess * Cross Country * Curling * Field Hockey * Girls Hockey * Girls Rugby * Girls Soccer * Golf * Junior Boys Basketball * Junior Boys Volleyball * Junior Football * Junior Girls Basketball * Junior Girls Volleyball * Special Olympics * Senior Boys Basketball * Senior Boys Volleyball * Senior Football * Senior Girls Basketball * Senior Girls Volleyball * Swimming * Track and Field * Varsity Baseball * Wrestling

Notable alumni

* Jonny Gray – actor *

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inductee for the Canadian-American rock group

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* Lindsay Mathyssen – member of Parliament *

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– figure skater, three-time World champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing * Jacob Ruby – CFL football player,

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personality * Kimberly Tuck – curler

References

External links

Medway High School
{{Authority control High schools in Middlesex County, Ontario Educational institutions established in 1949 1949 establishments in Ontario