Crichton Street Public School was an elementary school in the
New Edinburgh
New Edinburgh is a neighbourhood in Rideau-Rockcliffe Ward, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the northeast of the downtown core. It is bordered on the west by the Rideau River, to the north by the Ottawa River, to the south by Bee ...
neighbourhood of
Ottawa
Ottawa (, ; Canadian French: ) is the capital city of Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Ottawa River and the Rideau River in the southern portion of the province of Ontario. Ottawa borders Gatineau, Quebec, and forms the core ...
, Ontario, Canada until 1999. In 2000,
The School of Dance purchased 200 Crichton.
History
The first school in the village of New Edinburgh opened in 1838. The school moved to Crichton Street around 1875. In 1887, when New Edinburgh was annexed to Ottawa, this two-room school house became part of the Ottawa school board. The original structure was demolished in 1919, and a new structure designed by W.B. Garwick was erected.
Over time enrollment fell, and the school was frequently threatened with closure. In the 1980s it became one of a number of Ottawa area
alternative school
An alternative school is an educational establishment with a curriculum and methods that are nontraditional. Such schools offer a wide range of philosophies and teaching methods; some have strong political, scholarly, or philosophical orientati ...
s focused on independent and unstructured learning. In 1991, the City of Ottawa awarded the building heritage status, ensuring that the exterior structure could not be demolished as had been done with Churchill and Lady Evelyn schools when the city rebuilt and thus modernized both schools in the early 1990s. It was eventually shuttered in 1999.
In 2000,
The School of Dance purchased 200 Crichton Street.
Community
In 1991, the Grade 6 students at Crichton School met with then city mayor
Jacquelin Holzman
Jacquelin Holzman (born 1935) is a Canadian politician who served as the 55th mayor of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, from 1991 to 1997. Before that, she was an Ottawa city councillor from 1982 to 1991.
Early life and advocacy
Holzman was born in Ott ...
to protest the city's planned consideration for the expansion of the Vanier Parkway through New Edinburgh over to Hull, Quebec.
In 1998, the Grade 6 students at Crichton School participated in the 25th Anniversary celebrations for the
Lester B. Pearson Building, used by
Foreign Affairs Canada
Global Affairs Canada (GAC; french: Affaires mondiales Canada; AMC)''Global Affairs Canada'' is the applied title under the Federal Identity Program; the legal title is Department of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development (). is the department ...
.
The school had many students whose parents either worked for Foreign Affairs or were foreign diplomats serving in Ottawa.
References
*Keith, Janet. ''The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa: A Short History, 1843-1969.'' Ottawa: Kent, 1969.
External links
The School of DanceThe School of Dance Artist-In-Residence
The Celia Franca FoundationDragonFly®, The School of Dance Programme for Learners with Down SyndromeGallery 200, a curated public gallery
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Defunct schools in Ottawa
Contemporary dance
Educational institutions disestablished in 1999
Educational institutions established in 1838
1838 establishments in Upper Canada
1999 disestablishments in Ontario