Cairine Wilson Secondary School

Cairine Wilson Secondary School
Cairine Wilson Secondary School
Address
	975 Orleans Boulevard; Ottawa, Ontario, K1C 2Z5
Information
Motto	Carpe Diem; (Seize the Day)
Founded	1975
School board	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Superintendent	Barrie Hammond
Area trustee	John Shea
Principal	Constance McLeese
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	600 students
Campus	Suburban
Colour(s)	Blue, Orange
Mascot	Willy the Wildcat
Team name	Wildcats
Feeder schools	Terry Fox ES, Henry Larsen ES, Emily Carr MS, Heritage ES, Trillium ES
Website	http://cairinewilsonss.ocdsb.ca/

Cairine Wilson Secondary School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in Ottawa, Canada. It is the main English language school in the eastern suburb of Orleans. It is located on 975 Orleans Boulevard in the northern edge of the suburb, near the Ottawa River. The school opened in 1975. It was named after Cairine Wilson, Canada's first female Senator. The school is currently home to some 750 students. Its sports teams are known as the Wildcats.

Cairine Wilson has had its share of famous students over the years. Notable students have included actor Tom Green, current Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Robert Esche, Ottawa Bluesfest director of operations Michael Rouleau, Ottawa Sun sports reporter Bruce Garrioch, CTV news anchor Kymothy Walker and former CFRA news anchor and reporter Ted Yeomans as well as well known Chef in Toronto Semaj Yerfdog.

Cairine Wilson SS is known for its strong academic success with roughly 94% of students graduating to higher education (53% being Ontario Scholars). It offers many enriched and Advanced Placement (AP) courses for those looking to get ahead. AP is a program that offers high school students the opportunity to receive university credit for their work during high school.

Cairine Wilson SS is also well known for its excellent athletics program with over 10 sports teams that are regular top contenders in the National Capital Secondary Schools Athletic Association. Most of all, Cairine Wilson's once had a nationally renowned leadership program, SOLE (Students On the Leading Edge) attracts students from all over the east end. Other notable programs are French Immersion Outdood Education Transportation Technology Foods and Nutrition Comparative World Religions and Philosophy Law and Business Fine Arts including Visual Arts, Drama, Integrated theatrical production course, Instrumental music Physical Education, Family studies Cooperative Education Computer Technology, Media studies, Yearbook Integrated cross curricular Character Education program

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