Bell High School (Ottawa)

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Bell High School
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Bell High School (Ottawa)
40 Cassidy Road

Ottawa
,
Ontario
,
K2H 6K1

Canada
Coordinates 45°19′33″N75°48′35″W / 45.32583°N 75.80972°W / 45.32583; -75.80972
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MottoVitam Impendere Vero
(Seek truth in life)
Founded1962
School board Ottawa Carleton District School Board
PrincipalJon Harris
Staff~80
Grades 7-12
Enrollment707 (2022)
LanguageEnglish, French
Campus type Suburban
Colour(s)Red, black and white    
Team name Bruins
NewspaperThe Bell Roar
Communities served Bells Corners, Nepean, Bayshore, Crystal Beach, Kanata, Barrhaven
Public transit access OC Transpo: 88, 97, 152, 256, 658, 660, 661, 665, 669, 675, 681
Website bellhs.ocdsb.ca

Bell High School is a high school located in the Bells Corners neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

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The school was established by the Carleton Board of Education in 1962 as a public high school for grades 9-13. In 2018, Bell High School became a 7-12 school after the nearby D. Aubrey Moodie Intermediate School closed down.

Facilities and infrastructure

Bell High School is located on a 10 hectare (25 acre) campus. The school building itself is in the shape of the letter "E" and divided into several wings. Each wing contains a different educational discipline, one each for science, mathematics, English, and social studies. The school also has a cafeteria, a library, two music rooms, an art studio, a drama studio, a dance studio, a drafting studio, two full-sized gyms, a greenhouse, an automotive garage, two construction workshops, a soccer/football field with a 400-meter gravel track, and indoor weight training and exercise facilities. In 2021, the building was expanded to accommodate the newly-integrated intermediate students from the former D. A. Moodie Intermediate School. The school is adjacent to two baseball diamonds, a soccer/football field, an indoor ice rink (Bell Centennial Arena), and a forested section of the Greenbelt.

OC Transpo routes buses serving Bayshore, Crystal Beach, Kanata, and Barrhaven to the school. [1]

Student activities

Bell High School offers programs in gifted education, advanced placement, enrichment studies, student exchange, French immersion, and an ESL in addition to the normal academic program. [2] Approximately 50% of the school's student population are transfers from other districts who attend Bell High School for these specialized programs.

Bell High School engages extensively in fundraising efforts. Through these efforts, Bell has contributed significantly to the local community and even managed to construct a sister school in Kenya [3] which it maintains as an ongoing humanitarian project. Other than its fundraisers and humanitarian projects, Bell High School also hosts a plethora of events to actively promote arts and culture, though performances, banquets, and shows.

The school also has a large roster of sports teams which in many sports under the Bell Bruins name. The teams offered by Bell High School include: tennis, soccer, football, basketball, volleyball, badminton, field hockey, rugby, cross country running, Nordic skiing, Alpine skiing, hockey, track and field, curling, baseball, wrestling, and swimming.

Incidents

In 2022, a disciplinary panel with the Ontario College of Teachers found a former Bell High School teacher, Peter Des Brisay, guilty of professional misconduct after sexually abusing a student in the late 1990s. [4]

Notable alumni

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "OC Tranpso - High Schools and Middle Schools". OC Transpo.com. OC Transpo. Retrieved 20 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bell High School - School Profile". Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  3. ↑ "Bell Raises money for school in Kenya" . Retrieved 26 December 2009.
  4. ↑ Ireton, Julie (27 May 2022). "Retired Ottawa teacher sanctioned for sexual abuse of student in 1990s". CBC News. Retrieved 26 July 2022.
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