Medway High School (Arva, Ontario)

Medway High School
Address
14405 Medway Road
Arva, Ontario, N0M 1C0
Canada
Information
School type Public, High school
Founded 1949
School board Thames Valley District School Board
Principal Jim Copeland
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1008[1] (31 October 2008)
Language English
Colour(s) Scarlet & White         
Team name Cowboys
Website www.tvdsb.ca/MedwayHighSchool.cfm

Medway High School is a high school in the town of Arva in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, approximately one kilometre north of London, Ontario, Canada city limits.

History

Medway was built in 1949. Its original name was East Middlesex High School, but it was known locally as the Arva School. The name was changed to Medway to reflect the Medway Creek which winds through the area.

Medway was part of the Middlesex County Board of Education. Today it is part of the Thames Valley District School Board, which is Ontario's third largest board.

Medway's Music Program

A large program involving over 250 students.

In 1996, Ken Fleet conducted London Pro Musica, the Medway Senior Concert Choir, and the Medway Girls Choir in recording seventy-two songs for Nancy Telfer’s Choral Audio Library. The five CDs have been played on national radio in Italy, Israel, Australia, and Argentina and used extensively at major national and international music conferences.

The Medway Choir also won the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation choral competition for the best youth choir in Canada in 1980.

Medway's Chess Team

In the 2009 - 2010 school year, Medway High School's chess team became the first to win all five local tournaments held in Thames Valley District School Board. In the nearly 20-year history of these tournaments, this feat has never before been accomplished. The same chess team was the first to win every game played (20-0-0) in a single tournament.

Sports

  • Jr Football
  • Sr Football
  • Field Hockey
  • Jr Girls Basketball
  • Sr Girls Basketball
  • Jr Boys Volleyball
  • Sr Boys Volleyball
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Girls Hockey
  • Boys Hockey
  • Sr Girls Volleyball
  • Jr Girls Volleyball
  • Sr Boys Basketball
  • Jr Boys Basketball
  • Swimming
  • Badminton
  • Curling
  • Boys Rugby
  • Girls Rugby
  • Track and Field
  • Boys Soccer
  • Girls Soccer
  • Archery
  • Special Olympics
  • Chess
  • Wrestling

Notable alumni

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Secondary School Student Enrolment" (PDF). Thames Valley District School Board. 2008-10-31. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  2. ↑ "Legendary keyboardists entering hall". The London Free Press.
  3. ↑ Virtue, Tessa; Moir, Scott (20 December 2011). "Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold". House of Anansi – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ Matt Read
  5. ↑ "Being in the right place". The London Free Press.
  6. ↑ "Talented to the Max". The London Free Press.
  7. ↑ http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/porn-star-august-ames-revealed-depression-struggles-death-article-1.3683371. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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