St. Pius X High School (Ottawa)
| St. Pius X High School | |
| Address | |
| 1481 Fisher Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario, K2C 1X4, Canada |
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| Coordinates | 45°21′55″N 75°42′44″W / 45.36528°N 75.71222°WCoordinates: 45°21′55″N 75°42′44″W / 45.36528°N 75.71222°W |
| Information | |
| School board | Ottawa Catholic School Board |
| Religious affiliation | Catholic |
| Principal | Jennifer Oake |
| Vice principal | John O'Connor[1] |
| School type | Separate high school |
| Grades | 9 - 12 |
| Language | English, French |
| Motto | To establish all things in Christ |
| Colours | |
| Founded | 1958 |
| Enrolment | 1135 (June 2008) |
| Homepage | www.ottawacatholicschools.ca/pih |
St. Pius X High School is a Canadian secondary school founded in 1958 in Ottawa, Ontario. The school, operated by the publicly funded Ottawa Catholic School Board, teaches grades 9-12. Enrollment currently[when?] stands at around 1,100 students.
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[edit] School shooting
St. Pius X High School was the scene of one of North America's first school shootings on October 27, 1975. The gunman, Robert Poulin, an 18-year-old St. Pius student, opened fire on his classmates with a shotgun, killing one and wounding five before killing himself.[2][3] Poulin had raped and stabbed 17-year old Kim Rabot to death prior to the incident. A book entitled Rape of a Normal Mind was written about the incident.[4]
Robert came from a military family and had military aspirations of his own. These were largely thwarted by his physical condition and psychological immaturity, resulting in his being rejected from the officer training program he applied to. His physical problems included poor eyesight and a chest deformity. He was obsessed with sex and pornography, and had written about wanting to have sex before he died. He had been suicidal at least three years prior to his attack.[5]
[edit] Notable alumni
- Dan Aykroyd - actor[6]
- Brendan Bell - National Hockey League player
- Rick Chiarelli - Ottawa City Councillor
- Keith Egli - Ottawa City Councillor
- Jim Foley - Canadian Football League player[7]
- Vincent Lam - writer, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures, winner of the 2006 Giller Prize
- Jesse Palmer - retired National Football League player[8], once played title role in The Bachelor, ESPN football analyst
- Jason York - retired National Hockey League player (non-graduate), Team 1200 (Ottawa) radio host
- Chris Therien - retired National Hockey League player (non-graduate)
- Kelly Egan - newspaper columnist, Ottawa Citizen
- Douglas Boyd - Cardiac surgeon - performed worlds first robot- assisted closed chest coronary artery bypass surgery
[edit] References
- ^ http://www2.occdsb.on.ca/pih/content.php?doc=4383
- ^ The Star
- ^ The Free Library
- ^ Cobb, Christopher and Avery, Bob. (1977). Rape of a Normal Mind. Toronto: Paperjacks. ISBN 0-7701-0025-2
- ^ Langman, Peter F. "Expanding the Sample: Five School Shooters.". pp. 1–2. http://www.schoolshooters.info/expanding-the-sample.pdf. Retrieved 2010-04-18.
- ^ "Dan Aykroyd remembers his roots" Scope, Volume 3, No. 4, Winter 1996
- ^ (pdf) School Histories: St. Piux X Catholic High School. Ottawa-Carleton Catholic School Board. http://www2.ottawacatholicschools.ca/pih/media.php?mid=21941.
- ^ Jesse Palmer at NetGlimpse
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Douglas_Boyd http://www.ucdmc.ucdavis.edu/ucdmcfaculty/bio.do?bioid=1440&fromsearchlist=&searchtype=
