St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School or St. FX is a high school in
Ottawa, Ontario
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, Canada, in the
Ottawa Catholic School Board
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It e ...
. The school serves grades 7-12 and opened in 2009. It is located in
Gloucester
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and mainly serves the communities of
Riverside South and Gloucester.
History
St. Francis Xavier opened in 2009, the first high school built in an area with a growing population; it drew students from local public high schools as well as from
St. Patrick's High School,
St. Mark Catholic High School, and
St. Pius X High School.
[Jacquie Miller]
"Ottawa's three smaller school boards don't plan to close any schools as their enrolment increases"
''Ottawa Citizen'', updated February 27, 2017.["National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association accepts St. Francis Xavier, Longfields-Davidson Heights, Venta Preparatory, Ottawa Islamic for 2009-10"]
''Ottawa Citizen'', 2009, updated August 27, 2014.
The first class graduated in June 2011;
valedictorian
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was Joseph McGuire.
Athletics
The school's teams are the Coyotes. It joined the
National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association
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for its first season, 2009–10, when it planned to compete in basketball and soccer (senior and junior boys and girls), volleyball (senior girls and junior boys), football (junior boys), golf, hockey (boys and girls), cross-country running, track and field, curling, wrestling, cross-country and Alpine skiing, snowboarding, badminton, and field lacrosse.
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Notable people
Daniel McInnis, class of 2015, patented a hockey helmet and a 3D scanner for bone transplants and prosthetics fabrication and won science fair awards and a scholarship to the University of Toronto
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.[Xarissa Thompson]
"Two first-year engineering students win Schulich Leader Scholarships"
University of Toronto Engineering News, September 21, 2015.
See also
* List of Ottawa, Ontario schools
List of schools in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Colleges and universities
Public colleges and universities
*Algonquin College
*Carleton University
**Dominican University College
*La Cité collégiale
*University of Ottawa
**Saint Paul Universit ...
References
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High schools in Ottawa
Catholic secondary schools in Ontario
Educational institutions established in 2009
2009 establishments in Ontario
Middle schools in Ottawa