Hillcrest High School (Ottawa)

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Hillcrest High School

Principal	Robert Armstrong
Vice principals	Mark Lafleur, Jennifer Chmiel
School type	Public
Religious affiliation	None
Founded	1961
Location	Ottawa, Ontario
Enrollment	1100 (2004)
Faculty	64 (2004)
Campus surroundings	Suburban
Mascot	Hawk
School colour(s)	Blue, red, yellow

Hillcrest High School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in the Elmvale Acres neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school was opened in 1961, and has over 1100 students. Its sports teams are nicknamed "the Hawks". Hillcrest High School is a very ethnically diverse school with large groups mirroring the surrounding community. The majority of the students are white, however there are significant numbers of Blacks, Arabs and South Asians. Hillcrest has students from over 100 countries. Hillcrest has a long history of excellence in sports. Hillcrest is especially good at basketball winning the national capital boy's championship on many occasions. Many players on the Ottawa 67's attend Hillcrest during the season as well. Hillcrest has a university Advanced Placement program, which is a method of extending class room learning through activities and travel, a co-curricular program, and a computer technology program in information management. Hillcrest is also involved in the community; students raise money for cancer research, and participate at the near by Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Hillcrest is in School Zone 6, and its trustee is Bronwyn Funiciello.

Sports Teams

Hillcrest which is well known for it's exceptional sports team has won a huge amounts of trophies and banners all won by no other than the students. While the basketball teams are said to be the most exceptional team of the school, Hillcrest also represents itself boldly in other sports such as their swimming, track and field, cross-country, and volleyball teams. Rugby is also popular, with the most prestigious symbol of the school being its blue red and yellow rugby jersey. In 2006 the Junior Boys Rugby team went undefeated for the entire season and won the local city wide NCSSAA Championship. They also recieved an invitation to the Barbarian Cup, but due to an administrative error, were not able to attend. An Ottawa Citizen special section on July 11, 2006 rated Hillcrest's sports as the second best in the city (behind Nepean High School) and having the best boy's program in the city.

Notable alumni

• Jason Scott Alexander (Class of '91), music industry executive
• Andrew Cassels - Ice hockey player
• Al Charron - Rugby Player
• Chris Labelle - Canadian Idol contestant
• Mark Mancari - Ice hockey player
• Massari - hip hop singer
• Peter Tsimikalis - Ice hockey player
• Mike Woods - Track athlete

External link

• [Official Site]

See also

• List of Ottawa schools

 

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