Holy Trinity Catholic High School (Kanata)

Infobox Education in Canada
name= Holy Trinity Catholic High School


motto=
streetaddress= 180 Katimavik Road
city= Kanata
province= Ontario
postalcode= K2L 4A7
areacode= 613
phone= 591-9955
fax= 592-4839
email= [e-mail]
url= http://www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/trh/
schoolnumber=
schoolboard= Ottawa Catholic School Board
superintendent=
trustee= Romeo Bellai (Zone 2)
affiliation= Catholic
principal= Peter Atkinson
viceprincipal= Lisa Carroll, Sean Kelly, and Kevin Power
schooltype= Separate high school
grades= 7-12
language= English
founded= 1990
enrollment= 1...:)
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Holy Trinity Catholic High School is a secondary school located in Kanata, Ontario. It serves students from grades 7 through 12. It is the first of its architectural design in Ottawa, opened in 1990. It was followed by 5 identical schools in the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board.

History

The school was initially constructed to relieve overcrowding at St. Paul's located a few kilometers to the east. Because of a construction strike, the school was not ready to open on time, and students had to share the building at St. Paul's for the first two months. Student from St Paul's attended classes in the morning, starting an hour earlier than usual and going until noon. Students that would have been attending Holy Trinity attended classes in the afternoon. By the beginning of November 1990, all work on the new school was complete, and students moved in to their new location.

ports teams

The name of the various school athletic teams is the "Tornadoes". The teams include swimming, soccer, rugby, track and field, lacrosse, basketball, hockey, handball and ultimate frisbee.Fact|date=April 2007

The Holy Trinity varsity boys' hockey team has gone to the OFSAA Championships after winning the city title for the past three years. The team accomplished a Bronze Medal in the 2003/2004 season. In 2007 they will be hosting OFSAA at the Bell Sensplex.

The 2000 Junior Boys Soccer team were NCSSAA (City of Ottawa) Champs thanks to an undefeated regular season and playoff run. The highlight of which was a shootout victory against arch-rival St. Pius X in the Western Conference Finals.

The 2007 Varsity Boys Football Team won the City Championship against rival school Immaculata. (Tier 2)

In March 2007 the Varsity Girls Volleyball Team won the City Championship, and completed a "perfect" season finishing with an undefeated record of 13-0. (tier 2)

Band

*The Holy Trinity Rhythm & Blues Band who play a variety of 60s' and 70s' tunes, has won the National Capital Cappie award for best orchestra in Ottawa. Competing against 25 other schools, they still managed to surpass the arts based school, Canterbury.

Alumni

*Pat Woodcock, CFL Wide Receiver

External links

* [http://www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/trh/ Official school website]