Osgoode Township High School is an
Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in
Ottawa,
Ontario,
Canada. It is located in the town of
Metcalfe, which is located in the largely rural southern part of Ottawa.The school was opened in 1954. Originally part of the
Carleton Board of Education, it joined the new OCDSB in 1998.
Students come from the communities of
Greely,
Osgoode,
Metcalfe,
Carlsbad,
Vernon,
Edwards,
Kenmore, portions of
Manotick and the area connecting these communities.
The school has a notable music program, whose concert band won first place at the Staten Island music festival in New York in 2006-2007. The school has also had successful ventures in both boys and girls curling, girls basketball and hockey, jr. girl's touch football, rowing, track, girls rugby, and boys rugby, bringing several teams to
OFSAA in recent years. The school has also graduated one of the world's most famous hockey players/coach, Larry Robinson.
The school's primary sports teams are known as the "Panthers".
Fundraisers
There are many fundraisers through the year to support many important organizations. Some examples are: The annual Mini fair (just before the Metcalfe Fair, just across the road) raises money for the United Way. The Mini Fair was founded in 2006 by Student Council Co-Presidents Colleen Magee and Jenna James to complement the 150th Anniversary of the Metcalfe Fair as well as to fundraise for a good cause. The annual Band-a-Thon raises money for different...
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