St. Pius X High School | |
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Address | |
1481 Fisher Avenue , , Canada | |
Coordinates | 45°21′55″N75°42′44″W / 45.36528°N 75.71222°W |
Information | |
School type | Separate high school |
Motto | To establish all things in Christ |
Religious affiliation(s) | Catholic |
Founded | 1958 |
School board | Ottawa Catholic School Board |
Superintendent | Shelly Montgomery [1] |
Area trustee | Luka Luketic-Buyers [1] |
Administrator | Tammy James [1] |
Principal | Carrie Bowie [1] |
Grades | 9 –- 12 |
Enrollment | 833 (March 2020) |
Language | English, French |
Colour(s) | |
Mascot | Captain Pius |
Team name | X-Men |
Website | pih |
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.
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]
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