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'''Fisher Park High School''' (1949–1987) is a closed [[High school (North America)|High School]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].
'''Fisher Park High School''' (1949–1987) is a former [[High school (North America)|High School]] in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]].


Located within a kilometre of Island Park Drive, at 250 Holland Ave., Fisher Park's student population included children of many of Ottawa's wealthier citizens and a large contingent of Ottawa's Portuguese and Italian communities. The area contains a number of embassies, and occasionally the children of ambassadors attended the school.
Located within a kilometre of Island Park Drive, at 250 Holland Ave., Fisher Park's student population included children of many of Ottawa's wealthier citizens and a large contingent of Ottawa's Portuguese and Italian communities.


== History ==
== History ==
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Nevertheless, Fisher Park High School opened with the first day of classes on September 6, 1949. Construction continued for the entire first year of the school. Fisher Park was officially opened by the Honourable [[Leslie Frost]] (Premier of Ontario 1949-61) on May 2, 1951. The school was named after a former Ottawa mayor and "distinguished Canadian", [[Harold Fisher (politician)|Harold Fisher]].
Nevertheless, Fisher Park High School opened with the first day of classes on September 6, 1949. Construction continued for the entire first year of the school. Fisher Park was officially opened by the Honourable [[Leslie Frost]] (Premier of Ontario 1949-61) on May 2, 1951. The school was named after a former Ottawa mayor and "distinguished Canadian", [[Harold Fisher (politician)|Harold Fisher]].


When [[Laurentian High School]] opened in September 1958, 600 students enrolled, which was twice the number that had been expected. The LHS students reduced overcrowding at [[Nepean High School (Ottawa)]] and Fisher Park High School. Fisher High's enrolment dropped from 1,900 to 1,439 students.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Journal Visits Ottawa Highschools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/41537318 |access-date=2016-07-25 |archive-date=2016-08-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827102437/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/41537318/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
In 1950, a contest was held to name the Fisher Park yearbook. Out of over 200 entries, a student named John Foulds won a cash prize for his suggestion: "Fi Pa Hi."


On November 28, 1966 the Auditorium of Fisher Park High School was the location of the Ottawa debut of [[Janet Baker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661128&id=Y6lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1552,2228413|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2015-06-18|archive-date=2016-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505202426/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661128&id=Y6lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1552,2228413|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661126&id=YqlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1528,2040548|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661128&id=Y6lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1066,2599111|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com|access-date=2015-06-18|archive-date=2016-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160505232911/https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661128&id=Y6lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1066,2599111|url-status=live}}</ref>
When [[Laurentian High School]] opened in September 1958, 600 students enrolled, which was twice the number that had been expected. The LHS students reduced overcrowding at [[Nepean High School (Ottawa)]] and Fisher Park High School. Fisher High's enrolment dropped from 1,900 to 1,439 students.<ref>{{cite web|title=The Journal Visits Ottawa Highschools |url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/41537318}}</ref>


Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Fisher Park's home rooms and intramural sports teams were subdivided into six coloured 'houses'. Upon arrival to the school, a student was assigned to a 'house' and remained in that house for their entire stay at Fisher Park. The six houses were Blue, Green, Orange, Red, White and Yellow.<ref name="FIPAHI87" /> Points were awarded for the results of all intramural sports and a winning house was named at the end of each academic year with an appropriately coloured banner raised in the large gymnasium to honour that house.
During the late 1960s and early '70s the Ottawa School Board experimented at Fisher Park with extended freedom for students, e.g., allowing optional attendance at class and exemption from exams if they maintained consistently high grades.

On November 28, 1966 the Auditorium of Fisher Park High School was the location of the Ottawa debut of [[Janet Baker]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661128&id=Y6lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1552,2228413|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661126&id=YqlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1528,2040548|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19661128&id=Y6lAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=uOwFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1066,2599111|title=Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search|website=news.google.com}}</ref>

In 1969, former Prime Minister [[Pierre Elliot Trudeau]] sent a letter of greetings to the students of the school for its 20th anniversary. The letter was published in the 68-69 Fi Pa Hi.

For 38 years, Fisher Park High was a proud, strong school described as "a student's dream come true," and claimed the distinction of being Ottawa's first composite vocational school, teaching academic subjects along with metalwork, woodwork, machine/auto shop, electricity, drama, arts, as well as finance and business. The first student body was 491 students in grades 9 and 10, and it peaked at 1,900 students in 1958, before the opening of Laurentian High which cut Fisher Park's population back to 1,439 in 1961. This number remained relatively stable for decades.

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Fisher Park's home rooms and intramural sports teams were subdivided into six coloured 'houses'. Upon arrival to the school, a student was assigned to a 'house' and remained in that house for their entire stay at Fisher Park. The six houses were Blue, Green, Orange, Red, White and Yellow. <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> Points were awarded for the results of all intramural sports and a winning house was named at the end of each academic year with an appropriately coloured banner raised in the large gymnasium to honour that house.

On October 25-26th, 1974, a 25th Reunion was held at Fisher Park. Hundreds of Fisher Park graduates returned to the school for festivities.

An excerpt from the yearbook entry about the 25th reunion:

"...All the students involved saw that hundreds of graduates were enthusiastically returning to Fisher Park to salute it. Their obvious pride in their old school, and the smiles of their faces as they recalled old memories at the Dinner Dance on Saturday night proved to be contagious. As one Fisher student remarked, "Nowhere have I seen so many people having such a really great time."

On July 16, 1986, the then trustees of the OBE voted (9-7) to close Fisher Park High School. Few FPHS students who were at the school in 1986 will forget an assembly at which Trustee [[Alex Cullen]] promised to help keep the school open, and then reneged and voted to close it.{{Citation needed|date=November 2007}} FPHS was thereby closed by the [[Ottawa Board of Education]], effective in 1987, due to declining attendance.


The school crest was designed by Mr. Robert Walker, then the art director of Fisher Park High School's vocational art course, in the summer of 1952. The crest represented all courses within Fisher Park. The open book on the crest is symbolic of the general course, the open book representing learning. The three smaller panels below represent the three other courses at Fisher, the technical course, the art course, and the commercial course. A T-square, flask, cogwheel and electrical spark represent the technical course, the ship of commerce represents the commercial course, and the art section represented by a palette, brushes, pen and ink. The motto "Esto<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fisherpark.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=70sdecade2&action=post&thread=52&page=6|title=Home - Fisher Park Reunion|website=fisherpark.proboards.com|access-date=2014-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112153411/http://fisherpark.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=70sdecade2&action=post&thread=52&page=6|archive-date=2014-01-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dignus", "Be Worthy", was given to Fisher Park by its first vice-principal, Mr. L. McCarthy." - ''69-70 Fi-Pa-Hi Yearbook''
The school crest was designed by Mr. Robert Walker, then the art director of Fisher Park High School's vocational art course, in the summer of 1952. The crest represented all courses within Fisher Park. The open book on the crest is symbolic of the general course, the open book representing learning. The three smaller panels below represent the three other courses at Fisher, the technical course, the art course, and the commercial course. A T-square, flask, cogwheel and electrical spark represent the technical course, the ship of commerce represents the commercial course, and the art section represented by a palette, brushes, pen and ink. The motto "Esto<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fisherpark.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=70sdecade2&action=post&thread=52&page=6|title=Home - Fisher Park Reunion|website=fisherpark.proboards.com|access-date=2014-01-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112153411/http://fisherpark.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=70sdecade2&action=post&thread=52&page=6|archive-date=2014-01-12|url-status=dead}}</ref> Dignus", "Be Worthy", was given to Fisher Park by its first vice-principal, Mr. L. McCarthy." - ''69-70 Fi-Pa-Hi Yearbook''


In 1994 the school reopened as [[Fisher Park Public School]], a middle-school for students in grades 7 and 8. The building is also shared with the [[Summit Alternative School]].
In 1994 the school reopened as [[Fisher Park Public School]], a middle-school for students in grades 7 and 8. The building is also shared with the [[Summit Alternative School]].

==School Song==

Fisher Park had a school song/fight song as follows <ref>{{cite web|url=https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5U5cR7_ZAMvcDRlOGxGS0VkNms/edit|title=84_commencement.pdf}}</ref>

:For Fisher high we'll do or die,
:We're proud to sing our praises
:We're fit we're trim, we're in the swim
:Look out for Fisher High,
:Stand up and fight for the scarlet and the white,
:We're proud of the mark that's made by Fisher Park,
:Our team's the best, they play with zest
:Our scholarship amazes,
:So here's a toast to Ottawa's most,
:Three cheers for Fisher High

:Hip Hip Hurrah (3 times)


==Notable Sports Championships==
==Notable Sports Championships==
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The following varsity sports teams had major successes:
The following varsity sports teams had major successes:


*1959 Senior Football Team went undefeated the entire season and won the City Championship against St. Pats 19-7 <ref name="56to62" />
*1961 Senior Football Team won the City Championship <ref name="56to62">FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1956 to 1962; Fisher Park High School Library</ref>
*1961 Senior Football Team won the City Championship <ref name="56to62">FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1956 to 1962; Fisher Park High School Library</ref>

*1963 Varsity Hockey Team went undefeated the entire season and won the City Championship against Glebe <ref name="62to70">FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1962 to 1970; Fisher Park High School Library</ref>
*1963 Varsity Hockey Team went undefeated the entire season and won the City Championship against Glebe <ref name="62to70">FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1962 to 1970; Fisher Park High School Library</ref>

*1969 Senior Football Team won the City Championship, defeating Glebe 14-0 at Campbell Stadium <ref name="62to70" />
*1969 Senior Football Team won the City Championship, defeating Glebe 14-0 at Campbell Stadium <ref name="62to70" />
*1969 Senior Boys Soccer Team won the City Championship, defeating Ridgemont <ref name="62to70" />

*1977 Senior Football Team won the City Championship, defeating Laurentian Lions, 6-1; then won the Ottawa Carleton Championship, defeating J.S. Woodsworth 46-0. <ref name="75to80">{{cite web|url=https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMoS0PrTu9r42w7AyFI51OfOub4psf-yfPYdmsXcp5NnWr8qRYfBDCgzgCasdT0PQ/photo/AF1QipM3ebTyQYUjZwUpsXLHCh_2W1zLXYsKQP0QAMaM?key=OFRJMzhVRWpLTEx0XzhGQTd6UDdHSEplZHE3MUtR|title=FI PA HI 75 - 80}}</ref>
*1977 Senior Football Team won the City Championship, defeating Laurentian Lions, 6-1; then won the Ottawa Carleton Championship, defeating J.S. Woodsworth 46-0.<ref name="75to80">{{cite web|url=https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipMoS0PrTu9r42w7AyFI51OfOub4psf-yfPYdmsXcp5NnWr8qRYfBDCgzgCasdT0PQ/photo/AF1QipM3ebTyQYUjZwUpsXLHCh_2W1zLXYsKQP0QAMaM?key=OFRJMzhVRWpLTEx0XzhGQTd6UDdHSEplZHE3MUtR|title=FI PA HI 75 - 80}}</ref>


==Principals==
==Principals==
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*W. B. Wallen (Fall 1949 to Spring 1958) <ref name="49to56">FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1949 to 1956; Fisher Park High School Library</ref>
*W. B. Wallen (Fall 1949 to Spring 1958) <ref name="49to56">FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1949 to 1956; Fisher Park High School Library</ref>
*J. M. Robbie (Fall 1958 to Spring 1963) <ref name="56to62" /> <ref name="62to70" /> (Died June 1977) <ref>Ottawa Journal Birth Marriage and Death Notices, June 9, 1977</ref>
*J. M. Robbie (Fall 1958 to Spring 1963) <ref name="56to62" /><ref name="62to70" /> (Died June 1977) <ref>Ottawa Journal Birth Marriage and Death Notices, June 9, 1977</ref>
*J. G. Enns (Fall 1963 to Spring 1972) <ref name="62to70" /> (Died September 1974) <ref>Ottawa Journal Birth Marriage and Death Notices, September 14 1974</ref>
*J. G. Enns (Fall 1963 to Spring 1972) <ref name="62to70" /> (Died September 1974) <ref>Ottawa Journal Birth Marriage and Death Notices, September 14, 1974</ref>
*[[Glen Pettinger]] (Fall 1972 to Spring 1979)<ref name="75to80" /> (Died October 2019) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/glen-pettinger-1077569007/print|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers}}</ref>
*[[Glen Pettinger]] (Fall 1972 to Spring 1979)<ref name="75to80" /> (Died October 2019) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/glen-pettinger-1077569007/print|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers}}</ref>
*J. J. Gillespie (Fall 1979 to Spring 1983)<ref name="75to80" /> (Died January 2011) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/james-gillespie-1066243669|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers James Gillespie}}</ref>
*J. J. Gillespie (Fall 1979 to Spring 1983)<ref name="75to80" /> (Died January 2011) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/james-gillespie-1066243669|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers James Gillespie}}</ref>
*G. McMahon (Fall 1983 to Spring 1985) <ref name="FIPAHI85">FI PA HI Yearbook 84-85, Volume 36, 1985.</ref> (Died May 2019) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/gordon-mcmahon-1074894815|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers}}</ref>
*G. McMahon (Fall 1983 to Spring 1985) <ref name="FIPAHI85">FI PA HI Yearbook 84-85, Volume 36, 1985.</ref> (Died May 2019) <ref>{{cite web|url=https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/gordon-mcmahon-1074894815|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers}}</ref>
*S. G. Thompson (Fall 1985 to Spring 1987) <ref name="FIPAHI87">FI PA HI Yearbook 86-87, Volume 38, 1987.</ref>
*S. G. Thompson (Fall 1985 to Spring 1987) <ref name="FIPAHI87">FI PA HI Yearbook 86-87, Volume 38, 1987.</ref>

==Vice Principals==

Vice Principals at FPHS included:

*L. McCarthy (Fall 1950 to Spring 1957)<ref name="49to56" /> <ref name="56to62" />
*J. G. Enns (Fall 1957 to Spring 1961)<ref name="56to62" />
*Mr. O'Connor (Fall 1961 to Spring 1963)<ref name="62to70" />
*M. F. McHugh (Fall 1963 to ????)<ref name="62to70" />
*H. Boyce (???? to Spring 1976)<ref name="75to80" />
*T. A. White (Fall 1976 to Spring 1983)<ref name="75to80" />
*S. G. Thompson (Fall 1978 to Spring 1985)<ref name="75to80" />
*Mrs. Robinson (Fall 1983 to Spring 1987) (First, and only, female VP)<ref name="FIPAHI87" />
*Mr. Patton (Fall 1985 to Spring 1987)<ref name="FIPAHI87" />

==Teachers==

Teachers at FPHS included:

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Name
! Department
! Start
! End
! Currently
! class=unsortable| References
|-
| Albert, Mr. H.
| Technical/Automotive
| 1966
| 1987
|
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" />

|-
| Ambros, Mrs. Elena
| Physical Education
| 1978
| 1987
| Retired 2020
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=154618|title=findateacher Ambros}}</ref>

|-
| Barazzuol, Ms. Carol Anne
| English
| 1972
| 1985
| Retired 2015
| <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI85" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=238835|title=findateacher Barazzuol}}</ref>

|-
| Brown, Mrs. Margaret
| English
| 1964
| 1987
| Died May 9, 2000
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.newspapers.com/clip/36960984/obituary-for-margaret-brown-1924-2000/|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers Brown}}</ref>

|-
| Brown, Mr. Tom
| Science/Environmental
| 1970
| 1987
|
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" />
|-
| Charette, Mr. Graham
| Guidance
| 1968
| 1987
| Retired 2005
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=338062|title=findateacher Charette}}</ref>
|-
| Courchene, Mrs. Paulette
| History
| 1978
| 1987
| Retired 2009
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=158880|title=findateacher Courchene}}</ref>
|-
| Dagenais, Mr. Bob
| French
| 1983
| 1987
| Killed Nov 23, 2002
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/students-mourn-murdered-ottawa-teachers-1.328613|title=Students Mourn Murdered Ottawa Teachers}}</ref>
|-
| Derry, Mr. Bob
| French
| 1972
| 1987
| Retired 2015
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=138567|title=findateacher Derry}}</ref>
|-
| Dumouchel, Mr. Bryan
| Physical Education
| 1983
| 1987
| Retired 2012
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=161695|title=findateacher Dumouchel}}</ref>
|-
| Elichuk, Mr. Richard
| Math
| 1985
| 1987
| Retired 2007
| <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref name="FIPAHI86">FI PA HI Yearbook 85-86, Volume 37, 1986.</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=331670|title=findateacher Elichuk}}</ref>
|-
| Erdstein, Mrs. Joanne
| Languages
| 1968
| 1987
| Retired 2001
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=120992|title=findateacher Erdstein}}</ref>
|-
| Gillissie, Mr. Jim
| English
| 1976
| 1983
| Retired 2008
| <ref name="75to80" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=332507|title=findateacher Gillissie}}</ref>
|-
| Gowling, Mr. George
| Business
| 1983
| 1987
| Retired 2013
| <ref name="FIPAHI85" /> <ref name="FIPAHI86" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=119979|title=findateacher Gowling}}</ref>
|-
| Haggar, Mr. Richard (Rick)
| Drama
| 1985
| 1987
| Primary School Principal
| <ref name="FIPAHI86" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=192493|title=findateacher Haggar}}</ref>
|-
| Handy, Mr. Norman
| English
| 1966
| 1987
| Retired 2003
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref name="FIPAHI86" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=350768|title=findateacher Handy}}</ref>
|-
| Holst, Ms. Evelyn
| Drama
| 1968
| 1985
| Retired 2016
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref name="FIPAHI85" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=338516|title=findateacher Holst}}</ref>
|-
| Huebener, Mrs. Roberta
| Art
| 1983
| 1987
| Retired 2015
| <ref name="FIPAHI85" /> <ref name="FIPAHI86" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=104406|title=findateacher Huebener}}</ref>
|-
| Ingram, Mr. Graham
| Music/Band
| 1977
| 1987
| Retired 2015
| <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref name="FIPAHI85" /> <ref name="FIPAHI86" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=212605|title=findateacher Ingram}}</ref>
|-
| Katz, Mr. Sid
| English
| 1965
| 1983
| Retired 2001
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=108422|title=findateacher Katz}}</ref>
|-
| MacGregor, Mr. Robert
| Science
| 1962
| 1987
| Died October 24, 2017
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/robert-macgregor-1066064173|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers MacGregor}}</ref>
|-
| MacIntosh, Mr. William
| Science
| 1968
| 1987
| Retired 2004
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=149164|title=findateacher MacIntosh}}</ref>
|-
| Morrow, Mr. Bob
| Business
| 1971
| 1987
| Retired 2014
| <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" />
|-
| Norton, Mrs. Peggy
| Languages
| 1984
| 1987
| Retired 2007
| <ref name="FIPAHI85" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=157766|title=findateacher Norton}}</ref>
|-
| Roy, Mr. Aldo
| Business
| 1982
| 1987
| Retired 2002
| <ref name="FIPAHI83" /><ref name="FIPAHI85" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.oct.ca/findateacher/memberinfo?memberid=119861|title=findateacher Roy}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aldo_Roy|title=Wikipedia Aldo Roy}}</ref>
|-
| Stephenson, Mrs. Joanna
| Science
| 1967
| 1987
| Died January 30 2020
| <ref name="62to70" /> <ref name="75to80" /> <ref name="FIPAHI83" /> <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://ottawacitizen.remembering.ca/obituary/joanna-stephenson-1078398398
|title=Ottawa Citizen Remembers Stephenson}}</ref>

|}


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
*[[Paul Anka]] &mdash; singer, songwriter, and actor. At the school in the 1950s he was part of a trio called the Bobby Soxers<ref>[http://www.history-of-rock.com/paul_anka.htm Bobby Soxers]</ref>
*[[Paul Anka]] &mdash; singer, songwriter, and actor. At the school in the 1950s he was part of a trio called the Bobby Soxers<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.history-of-rock.com/paul_anka.htm |title=Bobby Soxers |access-date=2005-12-27 |archive-date=2009-12-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091212105025/http://history-of-rock.com/paul_anka.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>
* [[Tim Higgins]] &mdash; hockey player who played for the [[Ottawa 67s]] and professionally in the [[National Hockey League]] from 1978 to 1989
* [[Tim Higgins (ice hockey)|Tim Higgins]] &mdash; hockey player who played for the [[Ottawa 67s]] and professionally in the [[National Hockey League]] from 1978 to 1989
* [[Robin Gammell]] &mdash; actor with several movies and television shows to his credit
* [[Robin Gammell]] &mdash; actor with several movies and television shows to his credit
* [[Luke Richardson]] &mdash; NHL hockey player (1987-2008) and coach. Current assistant coach for the [[Montreal Canadiens]]
* [[Luke Richardson]] &mdash; NHL hockey player (1987-2008) and coach. Current head coach of the [[Chicago Blackhawks]]
* [[Jeremy Hotz]] &mdash; stand-up comedian, writer for ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]'', actor
* [[Jeremy Hotz]] &mdash; stand-up comedian, writer for ''[[The Jon Stewart Show]]'', actor
* [[Jeff Waters]] &mdash; heavy metal guitarist, founder of group Annihilator [[Jeff Waters]]
* [[Jeff Waters]] &mdash; heavy metal guitarist, founder of group Annihilator [[Jeff Waters]]
*[[Bruce Cassidy]] &mdash; Class of 1983 <ref name="FIPAHI83">FI PA HI Yearbook 82-83, Volume 34, 1983.</ref> hockey player who played for the [[Ottawa 67s]] and played professionally and coached in the [[National Hockey League]], current head coach of the [[Boston Bruins]]
*[[Bruce Cassidy]] &mdash; Class of 1983 <ref name="FIPAHI83">FI PA HI Yearbook 82-83, Volume 34, 1983.</ref> hockey player who played for the [[Ottawa 67s]] and played professionally and coached in the [[National Hockey League]], current head coach of the [[Las Vegas Golden Knights]]
*[[Chris McKhool]] &mdash; Class of 1987 <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> Juno award nominated musician, composer, children's entertainer
*[[Chris McKhool]] &mdash; Class of 1987 <ref name="FIPAHI87" /> Juno award nominated musician, composer, children's entertainer
*[[Jeff Turcotte (Canadian football)]] &mdash; Class of 1971 <ref name="62to70" /> professional football player who played in the [[CFL]] for the [[Ottawa Rough Riders]]


==See also==
==See also==
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==Notes==
==Notes==
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==References==
==References==
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* Fisher Park High School Yearbooks (the FiPaHi), 1950-51 (Issue 2), 1968-69 (Issue 20), 1969-70 (Issue 21), and 1974-75 (Issue 26)
* Fisher Park High School Yearbooks (the FiPaHi), 1950-51 (Issue 2), 1968-69 (Issue 20), 1969-70 (Issue 21), and 1974-75 (Issue 26)
*Keith, Janet. ''The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa: A Short History, 1843-1969.'' Ottawa: Kent, 1969.
*Keith, Janet. ''The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa: A Short History, 1843-1969.'' Ottawa: Kent, 1969.




==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060113021138/http://www.fisherpark.net/mainpage.htm "''Fisher Park High School, Ottawa - 1949 - 1987''"] The Official 2007 reunion website
*[http://www.jeremyhotz.com/ Jeremy Hotz Official Website]
*[http://www.fisherparkps.ocdsb.ca/ Current public school on the site of the former high school.]
*[http://www.fisherparkps.ocdsb.ca/ Current public school on the site of the former high school.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090106234828/http://www.fisherpark.net/Scans/pet.htm Letter from Pierre Elliot Trudeau to the students and teachers of the school from 1969.]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090106234828/http://www.fisherpark.net/Scans/pet.htm Letter from Pierre Elliot Trudeau to the students and teachers of the school from 1969.]


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Fisher Park High School
Location
Ottawa
,
Ontario

Canada
Information
Motto"Esto Dignus",
("Be Worthy")
Founded1949
Closed1987
School boardOttawa Carleton District School Board
Grades9-13
Enrollment490 (founding)- 1,900 (peak)- 500 (closure)
LanguageEnglish, French
CampusUrban
Colour(s)  Red and   White
Communities servedRiver Ward, with College Ward and Knoxdale-Merivale Ward; Island Park, Bel-Air Park and Bel-Air Heights, Copeland Park and Carlington neighbourhoods
Feeder schoolsJ. H. Putman Public School, D. Roy Kennedy Public School, St. Joseph Intermediate School

Fisher Park High School (1949–1987) is a former High School in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

Located within a kilometre of Island Park Drive, at 250 Holland Ave., Fisher Park's student population included children of many of Ottawa's wealthier citizens and a large contingent of Ottawa's Portuguese and Italian communities.

History

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The story of Fisher Park began in 1945 when Ottawa had only four high schools, and a plan was underway by the Collegiate Institute Board (a cooperation between the Ottawa Separate School Board and the Ottawa Public School Board) to build Ottawa its fifth high school in what was then referred to as the West End. On July 25, 1945, after much debate, Fisher Park was chosen as the site for the new school, and was touted "the most up-to-date building for student and community use that can be built." On December 21, 1946, the Ontario Department of Education announced approval of the school's plans, and building would begin in the spring. The school was estimated to cost $1,450,000.

On November 12, 1948, His Excellency Viscount Alexander, Governor General of Canada, laid the cornerstone of Fisher Park High School.

Fisher Park High School from Holland Ave.

By 1949, however, cost overruns in the building of the school were "deplored" and resulted in a protest by the Board of Trade. "The additional cost of Fisher High School will have a very decided impact on Ottawa's taxpayers" said Roy F. Fleming, the secretary of the Property Owner's Association at the time. Many felt that there was an over-emphasis on recreation (the plan had been to make Fisher Park not only a high school but also a community centre). Plans to make the small gym into a pool, as well as a "girls" gym on the second floor, were scrapped.

Nevertheless, Fisher Park High School opened with the first day of classes on September 6, 1949. Construction continued for the entire first year of the school. Fisher Park was officially opened by the Honourable Leslie Frost (Premier of Ontario 1949-61) on May 2, 1951. The school was named after a former Ottawa mayor and "distinguished Canadian", Harold Fisher.

When Laurentian High School opened in September 1958, 600 students enrolled, which was twice the number that had been expected. The LHS students reduced overcrowding at Nepean High School (Ottawa) and Fisher Park High School. Fisher High's enrolment dropped from 1,900 to 1,439 students.[1]

On November 28, 1966 the Auditorium of Fisher Park High School was the location of the Ottawa debut of Janet Baker.[2][3][4]

Throughout the 1970s and 1980s, Fisher Park's home rooms and intramural sports teams were subdivided into six coloured 'houses'. Upon arrival to the school, a student was assigned to a 'house' and remained in that house for their entire stay at Fisher Park. The six houses were Blue, Green, Orange, Red, White and Yellow.[5] Points were awarded for the results of all intramural sports and a winning house was named at the end of each academic year with an appropriately coloured banner raised in the large gymnasium to honour that house.

The school crest was designed by Mr. Robert Walker, then the art director of Fisher Park High School's vocational art course, in the summer of 1952. The crest represented all courses within Fisher Park. The open book on the crest is symbolic of the general course, the open book representing learning. The three smaller panels below represent the three other courses at Fisher, the technical course, the art course, and the commercial course. A T-square, flask, cogwheel and electrical spark represent the technical course, the ship of commerce represents the commercial course, and the art section represented by a palette, brushes, pen and ink. The motto "Esto[6] Dignus", "Be Worthy", was given to Fisher Park by its first vice-principal, Mr. L. McCarthy." - 69-70 Fi-Pa-Hi Yearbook

In 1994 the school reopened as Fisher Park Public School, a middle-school for students in grades 7 and 8. The building is also shared with the Summit Alternative School.

Notable Sports Championships

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The following varsity sports teams had major successes:

  • 1959 Senior Football Team went undefeated the entire season and won the City Championship against St. Pats 19-7 [7]
  • 1961 Senior Football Team won the City Championship [7]
  • 1963 Varsity Hockey Team went undefeated the entire season and won the City Championship against Glebe [8]
  • 1969 Senior Football Team won the City Championship, defeating Glebe 14-0 at Campbell Stadium [8]
  • 1969 Senior Boys Soccer Team won the City Championship, defeating Ridgemont [8]
  • 1977 Senior Football Team won the City Championship, defeating Laurentian Lions, 6-1; then won the Ottawa Carleton Championship, defeating J.S. Woodsworth 46-0.[9]

Principals

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Principals at FPHS included:

  • W. B. Wallen (Fall 1949 to Spring 1958) [10]
  • J. M. Robbie (Fall 1958 to Spring 1963) [7][8] (Died June 1977) [11]
  • J. G. Enns (Fall 1963 to Spring 1972) [8] (Died September 1974) [12]
  • Glen Pettinger (Fall 1972 to Spring 1979)[9] (Died October 2019) [13]
  • J. J. Gillespie (Fall 1979 to Spring 1983)[9] (Died January 2011) [14]
  • G. McMahon (Fall 1983 to Spring 1985) [15] (Died May 2019) [16]
  • S. G. Thompson (Fall 1985 to Spring 1987) [5]

Notable alumni

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See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ "The Journal Visits Ottawa Highschools". Archived from the original on 2016-08-27. Retrieved 2016-07-25.
  2. ^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  3. ^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com.
  4. ^ "Ottawa Citizen - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  5. ^ a b c FI PA HI Yearbook 86-87, Volume 38, 1987.
  6. ^ "Home - Fisher Park Reunion". fisherpark.proboards.com. Archived from the original on 2014-01-12. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
  7. ^ a b c FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1956 to 1962; Fisher Park High School Library
  8. ^ a b c d e f FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1962 to 1970; Fisher Park High School Library
  9. ^ a b c "FI PA HI 75 - 80".
  10. ^ FI-PA-HI, Annual Yearbook Compendium, 1949 to 1956; Fisher Park High School Library
  11. ^ Ottawa Journal Birth Marriage and Death Notices, June 9, 1977
  12. ^ Ottawa Journal Birth Marriage and Death Notices, September 14, 1974
  13. ^ "Ottawa Citizen Remembers".
  14. ^ "Ottawa Citizen Remembers James Gillespie".
  15. ^ FI PA HI Yearbook 84-85, Volume 36, 1985.
  16. ^ "Ottawa Citizen Remembers".
  17. ^ "Bobby Soxers". Archived from the original on 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2005-12-27.
  18. ^ FI PA HI Yearbook 82-83, Volume 34, 1983.

References

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  • The Evening Citizen (newspaper), Dec.21, 1946, front page, "Approve Fisher School Plan"
  • The Evening Citizen (newspaper), Nov. 13, 1948, "Alexander Lays Stone at Fisher Park School"
  • Ottawa Journal (newspaper), May 3, 1951, page 10, "At Fisher Park, Frost(y) Friday Free"
  • Ottawa Citizen (newspaper), May 3, 1951, page 19, "Fisher Park High School Officially Opened by Premier Frost".
  • Ottawa Citizen (newspaper), July 16, 1986, "OBE Trustees Reject Bid to Spare Fisher Park" Cathy Campbell and Jacquie Miller, Citizen Staff writers
  • Fisher Park High School Yearbooks (the FiPaHi), 1950-51 (Issue 2), 1968-69 (Issue 20), 1969-70 (Issue 21), and 1974-75 (Issue 26)
  • Keith, Janet. The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa: A Short History, 1843-1969. Ottawa: Kent, 1969.
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