Chateauguay Valley Regional High School

Chateauguay Valley Regional High School
Address
1597 Rte 138A Ormstown, Quebec, J0S 1K0, Canada
Information
School board	New Frontiers School Board
School type	High School
Grades	7 to 11
Language	English
Area	Chateauguay Valley and Salaberry-de-Valleyfield
Mascot	Spartan
Team name	The Spartans
Colours	Blue and White
Founded	1967
Enrolment	approx. 799 (2008)

Chateauguay Valley Regional is an English language high school in Ormstown, Quebec, Canada serving the Chateauguay Valley and Valleyfield area. It is administered by the New Frontiers School Board. Enrolment is currently approximately 799 (est. 2008), but has ranged from 670 to 1500 during the school's history, in accordance with demographic trends.

CVR (as it is often referred) was opened in 1967. It was the first regional school in Quebec, built to consolidate the smaller high schools in the area into one central school, teaching grades 7 through 11. The school has a strong name in athletics, and their sports team logo is the Spartan.

Former students often affectionately refer to CVR as Chicken Valley Ranch.

It is also one of the only Quebec High Schools that have a semester school system.

Athletics

Athletics have always been a special aspect of CVR student life. CVR has fielded many competitive and championship teams, including several provincial champions (Women's Basketball (5), Women's Hockey (3), & Football (1)). Many former students have gone on to participate in post secondary athletics in Canadian and American Colleges and Universities, Professional sport clubs, Canadian National Teams, and Olympic games (Doug Vandor, 2008 Summer Olympian).

Performing Arts

The CVR Performing Arts department was started in 2005 and is headed by drama teacher Tina Bye and music teacher Lynn Harper. Starting with the 2005 production of the musical FAME, the department has gone on to produce subsequent shows including: Grease, Footloose, OZ, Guys and Dolls, Annie, Anything Goes and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Some of the students in these productions later went on to pursue higher education in the performing arts and are now graduates of or enrolled in theatre programs at Dawson College, John Abbott College and Vanier College as well as the National Theatre School of Canada.

See also

• New Frontiers School Board
• Wikimapia entry for CVR
• Pictures around the school
• Picture of the front of the school

Coordinates: 45°7′28″N 74°0′50″W / 45.12444°N 74.01389°W / 45.12444; -74.01389