Espanola High School is located in the town of
Espanola,
Ontario
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, approximately 70 km from downtown
Greater Sudbury
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. Espanola High School shares a building with A.B. Ellis Public School, Contact North, and the One Tot Stop Daycare.
The school is overseen by the
Rainbow District School Board.
Notable achievements
Ringette
In the early 1960s, the Espanola Parks and Recreation director,
Mirl Arthur "Red" McCarthy, experimented with and developed the first official set of rules for the sport of
ringette
Ringette is a winter team sport played on an ice rink using ice hockey skates, straight sticks with drag-tips, and a blue, rubber, pneumatic ring designed for use on ice surfaces. While the sport was originally created exclusively for female c ...
upon the request of
Sam Jacks
Samuel Perry Jacks (April 23, 1915 – May 14, 1975) more commonly known as, "Sam Jacks," was a Canadian soldier in World War II, inventor, military and civic recreation director, sports coach, creator of the Canadian sport of ringette for girls a ...
, the President of the Society of Directors of Municipal Recreation of Ontario (SDMRO), using girls
ice hockey players from Espanola High School. The games were played at the Espanola Arena.
Jazz
Espanola's various jazz bands did very well at the
MusicFest Canada
MusicFest Canada, originally established as the Canadian Stage Band Festival (CSBF), is a national educational music festival in Canada. It was founded in 1972 by Robert Richmond (the founding president), Gary Wadsworth, and Paul Miner. The CSB ...
2006 Festival, specifically in the Instrumental Jazz Division Competition.
See also
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Education in Ontario
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List of secondary schools in Ontario
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References
High schools in Ontario
Espanola, Ontario
Schools in Sudbury District
Educational institutions in Canada with year of establishment missing
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