St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School

St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School or St. FX is a high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, in the Ottawa Catholic School Board. The school serves grades 7-12 and opened in 2009. It is located in Gloucester and mainly serves the communities of Riverside South and Gloucester.

This article is about the school in Ottawa. For other schools with similar names, see List of schools named after Francis Xavier.
St. Francis Xavier Catholic High School
Address
3740 Spratt Road

Gloucester
,
Ontario
,
K1V 2M1

Canada
Coordinates45°17′26.2″N 75°40′08.7″W
Information
School typeCatholic High School
Established2009
School boardOttawa Catholic School Board
PrincipalMr. Kelly
ChaplainTony Adams
Grades7-12
Enrollment1800
LanguageEnglish, French
Colour(s)Garnet, Gold         
MascotWile E. Coyote
Team nameCoyotes
Websitehttp://fxh.ocsb.ca/

History

St. Francis Xavier opened in 2009, the first high school built in an area of growing population; it drew students from local public high schools as well as from St. Patrick's High School, St. Mark Catholic High School, and St. Pius X High School.[1][2]

The first class graduated in June 2011; valedictorian was Joseph McGuire.

Athletics

The school's teams are the Coyotes. It joined the National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association for its first season, 2009–10, when it planned to compete in basketball and soccer (senior and junior boys and girls), volleyball (senior girls and junior boys), football (junior boys), golf, hockey (boys and girls), cross-country running, track and field, curling, wrestling, cross-country and Alpine skiing, snowboarding, badminton, and field lacrosse.[2]

Notable people

Joseph McGuire, class of 2011, professional soccer player for Dynamo de Quebec Daniel McInnis, class of 2015, patented a hockey helmet and a 3D scanner for bone transplants and prosthetics fabrication and won science fair awards and a scholarship to the University of Toronto.[3][4][5]

See also
  • List of Ottawa, Ontario schools

References
  1. Jacquie Miller, "Ottawa's three smaller school boards don't plan to close any schools as their enrolment increases", Ottawa Citizen, updated February 27, 2017.
  2. "National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association accepts St. Francis Xavier, Longfields-Davidson Heights, Venta Preparatory, Ottawa Islamic for 2009-10", Ottawa Citizen, 2009, updated August 27, 2014.
  3. Chris Hofley, "Ottawa teen gets Dragon's Den grant to continue with new helmet technology", Ottawa Sun, January 15, 2014, updated January 16, 2014.
  4. Adam Feibel, "Whiz-kid Daniel McInnis heads to university with two inventions, international accolades", Ottawa Citizen, June 24, 2015.
  5. Xarissa Thompson, "Two first-year engineering students win Schulich Leader Scholarships", University of Toronto Engineering News, September 21, 2015.
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