Medway High School (Arva, Ontario)
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.
| Medway High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
14405 Medway Road Arva , , Canada | |
| Information | |
| School type | Public, High school |
| Founded | 1949 |
| School board | Thames Valley District School Board |
| Principal | Gregory Howard |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1261[1] (Oct. 2018) |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Scarlet & White |
| Team name | Cowboys |
| Website | medway |
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
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
- Varsity Baseball
- 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
- Garth Hudson – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee for the Canadian-American rock group The Band[2]
- Scott Moir – Figure skater, three-time World champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing[3]
- Matt Read – NHL hockey player, Philadelphia Flyers[4]
- Mike Tompkins – YouTube personality[5]
- Jacob Ruby – CFL football player, Edmonton Eskimos[6]
- Jonny Gray (actor) – Actor[7]
See also
References
- "TVDSB Secondary Enrollment by Grade (2018–19)" (PDF).
- "Legendary keyboardists entering hall". The London Free Press.
- Virtue, Tessa; Moir, Scott (20 December 2011). Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold. House of Anansi. p. 60 – via Internet Archive.
Scott Moir medway arva.
- Matt Read
- "Being in the right place". The London Free Press.
- ""Jacob Ruby Bio."". RichmondSpiders.com.
- "Talented to the Max". The London Free Press.