Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School (YCMHS) is a
secondary school
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located in
Yarmouth
Yarmouth may refer to:
Places Canada
*Yarmouth County, Nova Scotia
**Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
**Municipality of the District of Yarmouth
**Yarmouth (provincial electoral district)
**Yarmouth (electoral district)
* Yarmouth Township, Ontario
*New ...
,
Nova Scotia,
Canada. It is part of the
Tri-County Regional School Board and is the only high school in the town of Yarmouth. The high school serves the town of Yarmouth as well as the rest of
Yarmouth County
Yarmouth County is a rural county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. It has both traditional Anglo- Scottish and Acadian French culture as well as significant inland wilderness areas, including over 365 lakes and several major rivers. It c ...
.
History
At a public meeting held in the evening of July 26, 1898, the building was purchased for $8000 by the School Commission to be used as the Yarmouth County Academy. It is a memorial school dedicated to the war dead of Yarmouth Town and County during the First and Second World Wars. On February 20, 1949, the academy was totally destroyed by fire. As the news spread, many students, new and old, gathered in horror to watch it burn to the ground. The fire lead way for a new high school which was built in 1951.
[http://ycmhsawards.com/Alumni/HistoryPages/SchoolHistory1.html Yarmouth High School History] In September 2012, the new high school on Forest Street opened to replace the aging 1951 building.
Notable alumni
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Brian Borcherdt
Brian Borcherdt (born August 31, 1976) is a Canadian musician who has been both a solo artist and a member of Burnt Black, Trephines, Hot Carl, By Divine Right, Holy Fuck, Lids, and Dusted.
As a teenager growing up in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, ...
,
alternative country
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artist
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Ryan Cook,
country music artist
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Jocelyne Couture-Nowak
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, victim of the
Virginia Tech Massacre
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David Morse
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, politician
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Jody Shelley, National Hockey League Player
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Zach Churchill, MLA for Yarmouth, NS Minister of Education
References
External links
Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High SchoolTri-County Regional School Board
High schools in Nova Scotia
Schools in Yarmouth County
Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
International Baccalaureate schools in Nova Scotia
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