St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School or St. FX is a high school in

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, Canada, in the

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. The school serves grades 7-12 and opened in 2009. It is located in

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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;

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was Joseph McGuire.

Athletics

The school's teams are the Coyotes. It joined the

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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.

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

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.Xarissa Thompson
"Two first-year engineering students win Schulich Leader Scholarships"
University of Toronto Engineering News, September 21, 2015.

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History

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