Charlottetown Rural High School

Last updated
Charlottetown Rural High School
Charlottetown Rural High School logo.gif
Address
Charlottetown Rural High School
100 Raiders Road

Charlottetown
,
Prince Edward Island
,
C1E 1K6

Canada
Coordinates 46°15′31″N63°9′0″W / 46.25861°N 63.15000°W / 46.25861; -63.15000
Information
School type Public high school
Founded1966;57 years ago (1966)
School board Public Schools Branch
PrincipalKelly Minnis
LanguageEnglish and French
Colour(s)
   
   
Red and White
MascotA Red Osprey
Team nameRural Raiders
Website therural.edu.pe.ca

Charlottetown Rural High School (CRHS), known colloquially as "The Rural", is a Canadian secondary school in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. Students who attend the school come from the north and east parts of Queens County, including the City of Charlottetown and the town of Stratford.

Contents

The school is administratively part of the Public Schools Branch on Prince Edward Island. Its official colors are red and white and the mascot is an osprey, also referred to as a Raider. The sports teams are called the Rural Raiders.

History and characteristics

Front gate of Charlottetown Rural High School. Charlottetown Rural High School in Prince Edward Island (November 2023).jpg
Front gate of Charlottetown Rural High School.

In 1966, Charlottetown Rural High School was built in the growing suburban community of West Royalty, north of the municipal limits of the city of Charlottetown.

In 1994, the school was completely renovated to its present configuration, adding a new cafeteria and specialist instruction space. The renovations saw the building's exterior and interior remodeled using a modern design of unusual angles and curves that symbolize the waves which surround Prince Edward Island.

The school is currently the largest in the province in terms of student enrollment and second largest in terms of area.

The school offers both French and English language and the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.

Extracurricular activities

School sports

Charlottetown Rural in Summerside playing against TOSH Charlottetown Rural in Summerside.jpg
Charlottetown Rural in Summerside playing against TOSH

Sports offered at Charlottetown Rural include:

The Confederation City Classic is an annual basketball tournament hosted in early January by Charlottetown Rural. It draws 24 teams competing from across the Maritime Provinces and sometimes further afield. 2008 was the 25th year of the tournament.

Controversies

October 2021 student walk-outs

On October 19, 2021, a walkout of approximately 200 students was organized using social media in regards to the dress code that applies to female students. Students, both male and female, from Charlottetown Rural and Colonel Gray High School attended the protest. [1]

On October 22, a similar protest was organized by the parents of students at the school. [2] The protests were also brought up in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island by MLAs Lynne Lund and Peter Bevan-Baker.

Charity projects

Every year the students and staff of CRHS take part in various fundraisers for charities.

Adopt a Family takes place each December. Homeroom classes are assigned a family, and given a list of what each member wants for Christmas. The students donate their own money and/or set up activities to raise money, then purchase the items. Each year dozens of families in PEI are able to have Christmas presents and dinners because of this.

Charities sponsored by the student council include:

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">University of Prince Edward Island</span> University in Prince Edward Island, Canada

The University of Prince Edward Island (UPEI) is a public university in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and the only university in the province. Founded in 1969, the enabling legislation is the University Act, R.S.P.E.I 2000.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Wayne Easter</span> Canadian politician

Wayne Easter is a former Canadian politician who represented the riding of Malpeque, Prince Edward Island from 1993 to 2021.

The New Democratic Party of Prince Edward Island is a social-democratic political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island, and a branch of the federal New Democratic Party (NDP).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Robert Ghiz</span> Canadian politician

Robert Watson Joseph Ghiz is a Canadian politician who served as the 31st premier of Prince Edward Island from 2007 to 2015. He is the son of the 27th premier, Joe Ghiz. On November 13, 2014 Ghiz announced he would be resigning as Premier in early 2015 as soon as the Liberal Party elected a new leader.

James Matthew Lee was a Canadian politician who was the 26th premier of Prince Edward Island from 1981 to 1986. He was the leader of the PEI Progressive Conservative Party from 1981 to 1987.

Alan Gilmore Buchanan is a Canadian university administrator and former politician from Prince Edward Island.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Doug Currie</span> Canadian politician

Douglas W. Currie is a Canadian politician who represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Parkdale in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a member of the Liberal Party from 2007 until his resignation in 2017.

Richard Earle Brown is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Victoria Park as a member of the Liberal Party.

Robert Mitchell is a Canadian politician. Mitchell was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2007 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Winsloe as a member of the Liberal Party until 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Three Oaks Senior High School</span> Public high school in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Three Oaks Senior High School is a Canadian secondary school located in Summerside, Prince Edward Island for students from the eastern part of Prince County, including the City of Summerside.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Bluefield High School (Prince Edward Island)</span> Public high school in Hampshire, Prince Edward Island, Canada

Bluefield High School (BHS) is a Canadian secondary school in Hampshire, Prince Edward Island for students from the Mid-part of Queens County, including the town of Cornwall.

The Prince Edward Island Liberal Party, a political party in the Canadian province of Prince Edward Island chooses its leadership by an open vote of party members at a convention called by the party executive when there is a vacancy in the leadership. The first convention was held when Alex W. Matheson sought reelection as leader in 1961.

Allen Roach is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2011 provincial election. He represented the district of Montague-Kilmuir as a member of the Prince Edward Island Liberal Party until his resignation after deciding not to run in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election.

Jordan Kent Macdonald Brown is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election. He represented the electoral district of Charlottetown-Brighton as a member of the Liberal Party until his defeat in the 2019 Prince Edward Island general election.

Heath MacDonald is a Canadian politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Malpeque. He was previously elected to the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island in the 2015 provincial election, representing the electoral district of Cornwall-Meadowbank as a member of the Liberal Party until he resigned on 18 August 2021 in order to run in the 2021 Canadian federal election.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Prince Edward Island general election</span> Canadian provincial election

The 2019 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 66th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island. The vote in 26 of the 27 districts was held on 23 April 2019, while the vote for the member from Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park was deferred to 15 July due to the death of the Green Party's candidate. However, Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park still voted in a referendum on electoral reform. Natalie Jameson won the deferred election in the district.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Prince Edward Island general election</span> Canadian provincial election

The 2023 Prince Edward Island general election was held to elect the members of the 67th General Assembly of Prince Edward Island on 3 April 2023. The election normally required by 2 October under Prince Edward Island's fixed election date legislation was called early by Premier Dennis King at his nomination meeting on 6 March.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Natalie Jameson</span> Canadian politician

Natalie Jameson is a Canadian politician, who serves as Minister of Education and Lifelong Learning in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island. She represents the district of Charlottetown-Hillsborough Park as a member of the Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island.

The COVID-19 pandemic in Prince Edward Island is part of an ongoing global pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), an infectious disease caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). Up until January 14, 2022, Prince Edward Island was the only province/territory that did not have any deaths due to COVID-19.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 Cornwall-Meadowbank provincial by-election</span> Provincial by-elections in Prince Edward Island

The 2021 Cornwall-Meadowbank provincial by-election was held on November 15, 2021, to elect a Member of the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island for the district of Cornwall-Meadowbank. The seat became vacant upon the resignation of Liberal MLA Heath MacDonald on August 18, 2021. MacDonald had held the seat since 2015 but resigned to run for Member of Parliament in the 2021 Canadian federal election in Malpeque, which he was successful.

References

  1. ↑ Chang, Arturo (October 20, 2021). "Government challenged to take action after P.E.I. high school student protest". CBC . Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  2. ↑ Chang, Arturo (October 22, 2021). "Parents come out to support P.E.I. students protesting treatment of girls in schools". CBC . Archived from the original on November 20, 2021. Retrieved November 19, 2021.
  3. ↑ "Meet Wayne". wayne-easter.liberal.ca. Liberal Party of Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. He attended Charlottetown Rural High School [...]
  4. ↑ "CPA (Commonwealth parliamentary association) activities: the Canadian scene". Canadian Parliamentary Review . June 2000. Retrieved 2007-11-22.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.