Fisher Park Public School

Fisher Park Public School is a public middle school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, offering English and French immersion education for grades seven and eight.

Fisher Park was originally built in 1949 as the city's fifth public high school, to serve Ottawa's west end, but was closed in 1987 in a controversial decision by the Ottawa school board. [http://www.fisherpark.net/history.htm] The school was reopened in September 1994 as a middle school, feeding students into Nepean High School and Glebe Collegiate Institute.

Between 1987 and 1994 the school was the site of Notre Dame High School which is part of the Ottawa Carleton Catholic School Board. Notre Dame relocated in 1994 to a site on Broadview Avenue.

Before Fisher Park opened Connaught Public School was the only school which taught classes in grade 7 and 8. In 1993 the former Connaught Public School building on Gladstone avenue was demolished and replaced with a state-of-the-art school. When the new building was constructed the school only offered grades 1 through 6 with Fisher Park taking on the role of a middle-school for grades 7 and 8. During the year of construction Connaught students attended school at a facility off Island Park Drive at the Ottawa River Parkway.

The school's sports team is known as the Fisher Phoenix. A name which represents the death and rebirth of Fisher Park.

The building is shared with the Summit Alternative School and the Fisher Park Community Centre.

Barbara Brockmann, a teacher at the school, was a recipient of the 2002 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= Six recipients selected for national honour. (The Society). (2002 Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History) |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-31074427_ITM |work=The Beaver: Exploring Canada's History |publisher= |date=October 2002 |accessdate=2008-06-12 ]

ee also

* Fisher Park High School - the high school that operated at the site until 1987.

References

*cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=Spaghetti dinner fundraiser to help family |url=http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/city/story.html?id=d29ebbe9-a18d-4daf-a8f9-421f6ae13a7f |work=The Ottawa Citizen |publisher= |date= Tuesday, May 20, 2008 |accessdate=2008-06-12

*cite news |first=David |last=Phair |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=`I didn't enjoy most subjects. In fact, I think I probably hated school.'. |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27027769_ITM|work= |publisher=South China Morning Post |date=16 November 2002 |accessdate=2008-06-12 Interview with Ken Chan Kai-tai, presenter of Who Wants to be a Millionaire on ATV Home, who attended the school.

External links

* [http://www.fisherparkps.ocdsb.ca/ Fisher Park Public School site]
* [http://www.fisherpark.net/ Fisher Park High School alumni site]