St. Pius X High School (Ottawa)

This article is about the school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. For other uses, see St. Pius X (disambiguation).

St. Pius X High School
Location
1481 Fisher Avenue Ottawa , Ontario , K2C 1X4 Canada
Coordinates	45°21′55″N75°42′44″W / 45.36528°N 75.71222°W / 45.36528; -75.71222
Information
School type	Separate high school
Motto	To establish all things in Christ
Religious affiliation(s)	Catholic
Founded	1958;67 years ago (1958)
School board	Ottawa Catholic School Board
Superintendent	Nicola Benton
Area trustee	Luka Luketic-Buyers [1]
Principal	Philip Capobianco
Grades	9 – 12
Enrollment	833 (March 2020)
Language	English, French
Colour(s)
Mascot	Captain Pius
Team name	X-Men
Website	pih.ocsb.ca

St. Pius X High School is a secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1958, the school, operated by the publicly funded Ottawa Catholic School Board, teaches grades 9-12. As of March, enrollment stood at around 833 students. ^[2]

In 1975, the school became a scene of a school shooting perpetrated by a senior student that killed 3 (including himself) and injured 5 others.

School shooting

Main article: St. Pius X High School shooting

St. Pius X High School was the scene of Canada's second school shooting on October 27, 1975. The gunman, Robert Poulin, an 18-year-old St. Pius student, opened fire on his classmates with a 12 gauge shotgun, killing one and wounding five before killing himself. ^{[3] [4]} Poulin had raped and stabbed 17-year-old Kim Rabot to death prior to the incident. He also attempted to burn down the house after he killed Rabot. A book entitled Rape of a Normal Mind was written about the incident. ^[5]

Screwdriver fight

On October 16, 2017, a brawl between students belonging mainly to the Syrian and Italo-Canadian cultural groups occurred at Steve MacLean Park. One student attempted to use a screwdriver as a weapon, but was unsuccessful in causing injury. 47 students were sent home for the day, while 8 faced longer term suspensions. ^[6]

Notable alumni

• Dan Aykroyd - actor ^[7]
• Brendan Bell - National Hockey League player
• Walter Douglas Boyd - cardiac surgeon; performed world's first robot-assisted closed chest coronary artery bypass surgery
• Rick Chiarelli - Ottawa City Councillor
• Keith Egli - Ottawa City Councillor
• Jim Foley - Canadian Football League player ^[8]
• Vincent Lam - writer, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures ; winner of the 2006 Giller Prize
• Jesse Palmer - retired National Football League player, ^[9] host of The Bachelor , ESPN football analyst
• Mark Sutcliffe - 59th mayor of Ottawa. ^[10]
• Chris Therien - retired National Hockey League player (non-graduate)
• Jason York - retired National Hockey League player (non-graduate), Team 1200 (Ottawa) radio host

See also

• Education in Ontario
• List of secondary schools in Ontario

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2012-09-01.
2. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_L8aU5o7e10btIjyUsjDl7d3NhEOP3ly/view?ts=5d138e8a OCSB Budget 2019-2020. Retrieved 04 July 2020.
3. The Star
4. The Free Library
5. Cobb, Christopher and Avery, Bob. (1977). Rape of a Normal Mind. Toronto: Paperjacks. ISBN   0-7701-0025-2
6. ctvnews.ca St. Pius students suspended after violent brawl near high school October 17, 2017. Retrieved 02 June 2024.
7. "Dan Aykroyd remembers his roots" Scope, Volume 3, No. 4, Winter 1996
8. "School Histories: St. Pius X Catholic High School" (PDF). Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
9. Jesse Palmer at NetGlimpse
10. "Mark Sutcliffe running a different kind of race". CBC Ottawa. 12 October 2022.

External links

• Official school site