Cairine Wilson Secondary School

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Cairine Wilson Secondary School
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Address
Cairine Wilson Secondary School
975 Orleans Boulevard

Ottawa
,
Ontario
,
K1C 2Z5

Canada
Coordinates 45°28′57″N75°32′23″W / 45.48237°N 75.53985°W / 45.48237; -75.53985
Information
Motto"Carpe Diem"
(Seize the Day)
Founded1975
School board Ottawa Carleton District School Board
SuperintendentMary Jane Farrish [1]
Area trusteeKeith Penny
PrincipalAndrew Murphy [2]
Grades 9-12
Enrollment792 (2019)
Campus Suburban
Colour(s)Blue and Orange   
MascotWilly the Wildcat
Team nameWildcats
Feeder schoolsTerry Fox ES, Henry Larsen ES, Emily Carr MS, Heritage ES, Trillium ES
Public transit accessOC Transpo Route 138, Route 38, Route 237
Website cairinewilsonss.ocdsb.ca

Cairine Wilson Secondary School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It is the main English-language school in the eastern suburb of Orleans. It is located on 975 Orleans Boulevard in the northern edge of the suburb, near the Ottawa River. The school opened in 1975. It was named after Cairine Wilson, Canada's first female Senator.

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Courses offered

Sports

Cairine Wilson SS has an athletics program[ citation needed ] with over 11 sports teams that are regular top contenders in the National Capital Secondary Schools Athletic Association. They Offer Multiple different teams, such as Rugby, Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Hockey, Swimming, Touch Football, Field Hockey, and more.

Stabbing incident

On Thursday, April 20, 2000 a 15-year-old boy entered the school with a kitchen knife (steak knife) in his backpack, which he brought from home. [3] [4] The boy could not be named due to the Young Offenders Act after being charged with one count of attempted murder, five counts of assault with a weapon and one count of possessing a dangerous weapon. [3] [4]

The incident began with an argument during lunch hour, outside the library on the second floor. [3] [4] The boy threatened a fellow student before finally stabbing him with a knife. [3] [4] The boy then ran through the school and stabbed another student, while a third student was stabbed by the computer room and two more inside the room. [4] One of the victims was a technician who was stabbed in the back. The principal at the time, Michael Jordan, talked the teenaged boy down and convinced him to give up the knife, [3] [4] but not before attempting to inflict wounds on his own wrists. [3]

The boy was afterwards described as a "loner" and had often been bullied and teased about his appearance. [3] [4]

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Senior Team - Ottawa-Carleton District School Board" . Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  2. ↑ "Staff - Cairine Wilson SS" . Retrieved 2022-03-12.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 MacKinnon, Mark (21 April 2000). "Violence, fear hit Canada's schools". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Boy charged with Ontario school stabbing". www.cbc.ca. Retrieved 2016-02-24.
  5. ↑ Austen, Ian (2008-09-25). "At Canada Terror Trial, the Accused Take on a Less Sinister Cast". The New York Times.
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