Hillcrest High School (Ottawa)

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name=Hillcrest High School


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streetaddress=1900 Dauphin Road
city=Ottawa
province=Ontario
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homepage=http://www1.ocdsb.edu.on.ca/hillweb/home%20v2006.htm
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schoolboard= Ottawa Carleton District School Board
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principal=Robert Armstrong
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viceprincipal= Mrs. Buffett-Riddell,
Jennifer Chmiel
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staff=73 (2007)
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campus=Suburban
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colours=Blue, red, yellow
founded= 1961
enrollment=1160
enrollment_as_of=2007

Hillcrest High School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in the Elmvale Acres neighbourhood in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The school was opened in 1961, and has over 1100 students. Its sports teams are nicknamed "The Hawks". Hillcrest High School is a very ethnically diverse school with large groups mirroring the surrounding community. The majority of the students are caucasian, however there are significant numbers of Blacks, Arabs and South Asians. Hillcrest has students from over 100 countries. Hillcrest has a long history of excellence in sports. In the, Hillcrest has won numerous Boys Rugby, Basketball and Baseball Championships. Many players on the Ottawa 67's attend Hillcrest during the season as well. Hillcrest has a university Advanced Placement program, which is a method of extending class room learning through activities and travel, a co-curricular program, and a computer technology program in information management. Hillcrest is also involved in the community; students raise money for cancer research, and participate at the nearby Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario. Hillcrest raised over $46,000 for cancer research during their most recent Cancer Drive. Hillcrest is in School Zone 6, and its trustee is Bronwyn Funiciello.

tudent life

There are numerous opportunities for a student to get involved. Activities range from Breakfast Club and the Math Club to sports teams and the school play. The opportunities are endless and the school's Senior Council provides many fun activities during the lunch time. The school recently had a concert courtesy of SCHOOL ROCKS CANADA where a band called Afternoon Zero performed. The 2007-2008 year Head Boy is Andrew Dawdy and Jillian Gedeon as the Head Girl.Hillcrest has its annual Cancer Drive coming up in April. Last year they raised over 45,000$ for cancer research! This year Hillcrest is aiming to reach a goal of $50,000 which would put the total money raised throughout the years to over $300,000. Go Hillcrest Hawks!

ports Teams

Hillcrest which is well known for its exceptional sports teams has won a huge amounts of trophies and banners all won by no other than the students. While the basketball teams are said to be strong, Hillcrest also represents itself boldly in other sports such as their swimming and volleyball. Students have won more OFSAA titles and made OFSAA finals in track and field, and cross-country then any other sport making these two sports the most prestigious and backing sports at Hillcrest. Rugby is also popular, with the most colourful symbol of the school being its blue, red and yellow rugby jersey. Hillcrest won the Ottawa regional rugby championship for two years in a row in 2000 and 2001 against Bell High School, representing Hillcrest Rugby at OFSAA for the first time. In 2006 the Junior Boys Rugby Team finished at a perfect record of 13-0 and winning the N.C.S.S.A.A Championship The team was invited to compete at the Barbarian cup in Toronto, but because of an error the team could not go.The same Junior team from the year before with an addition of a few senior players would go on a UK Tour where they played some of the best rugby any Canadian side would see, coming short in all 4 games played, but more was learned in this experience.In the season to come the Hawks once again make it to the AAA/AAAA finals only this time to come short by one penalty kick and to a loss of 28-27 against the St. Peters Knights.Fresh off of a successful BC tour in April 2008 where they went 2-1 they are focused and ready on avenging there heartbreaking, and controversial loss, in last years Sr. Boys AAA/AAAA finals. Any of this could not have happened or been done without the great coaching of Jeremy Nibogie, Kurt Dingwall and Jim Nordin. An "Ottawa Citizen" special section on July 11, 2006 rated Hillcrest's sports as the second best in the city (behind Nepean High School) and having the best boy's program in the city. Hillcrest also has a notable history with Ultimate Frisbee. Hawks ultimate has been recognized as one of the best teams in the city consistently. This includes high place finishes at tournaments every year. Hillcrest High School also has a cheer leading squad although they don't cheer at any games, they participate in regional tournaments. Dylan awards.

Notable alumni

*Jason Scott Alexander (Class of '91), music industry executive and broadcast and entertainment industry journalist (www.remixmag.com)
*Andrew Cassels - NHL hockey player
*Al Charron - Rugby Player
*Logan Couture - Ice hockey player - San Jose Sharks(NHL)
* Michael Cram - Actor - Flashpoint (Characters_of_Flashpoint)
*Chris Labelle - "Canadian Idol" contestant
*Mark Mancari - Ice hockey player - Buffalo Sabres(NHL), Rochester Americans(AHL)
*Massari - hip hop singer
*Stephen Maynard - NDP candidate
*Terry McGurrin - Comedian/Actor/Writer "Comedy Inc - Canadian TV series", "6teen", "Wayside", Just for Laughs, the only Canadian actor to be nominated for Canadian Comedy Awards in 3 separate categories (stand up, writing, directing)
*Corey Locke - Ice hockey player - Montreal Canadiens(NHL), Hamilton Bulldogs(AHL)
*Peter Tsimikalis - Ice hockey player
*Jason Shreyer - Federal NDP Candidate 1993 - Manitoba, Selkirk - Red River
*Keith Patterson - Canadian Junior Hardball Squash Champion - 1986
*Denis Langlois (class of '85) - 3 Time Gemini-Nominated Investigative News Editor
*Deanna Saracino - Semi-Professional Soccer player - Vice President of soccer training company in Northern Virginia (www.goldenbootsoccer.com)
*Adrian Dudzicki - National squash player
*Philip Taylor - Senior managing partner of Invesco (North America)
*Gordon Cumming CHRP - SVP Independent Health Williamsville, NY
*Louise Reny - pop singer, songwriter, most notably front-woman to internationally successful Ottawa bands One 2 One, Sal's Birdland, Artificial Joy Club, and also an early mentor/songwriting partner with Alanis Morissette.

External links

* [http://www.hillcresthawks.com School Website]
* [http://www.ocdsb.ca/ OCDSB Website]
* [http://www.ocdsb.ca/profiles/2006_2007/HILL.pdf 2006-2007 OCDSB School Profile]
* [http://www.ocdsb.ca/profiles/2005_2006/HILL.pdf 2005-2006 OCDSB School Profile]
* [http://www.ocdsb.ca/profiles/2004_2005/HILL.pdf 2004-2005 OCDSB School Profile]

ee also

*List of Ottawa schools