CENTENNIAL REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL

'Centennial Regional High School' (CRHS) is a co-ed comprehensive public high school located in the Greenfield Park borough of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada, a suburb of Montreal. It is Quebec's largest English-language high school, built in 1967 and named to commemorate the centennial anniversary of Canada's confederation. However, it only opened to students in 1972. There are over 2000 students who attend this school whose student body is rich in cultural diversity - most notably its Islamic and Asian communities.
Classes for the 2007-2008 year resumed on August 29th, 2007. Students disembarked from the buses to find a banner spanning from the building to the flagpole, which read "WELCOME BACK CRHS." First day festivities also included a man dressed entirely in blue holding a saxophone, posed alternatively like a statue, and streamers and balloons inside the building.

Contents

Talented and Gifted (TaG) programme

Extracurricular activities

Rep'N'June

News Publications

Notable alumni

Trivia

See also

References

External links

Talented and Gifted (TaG) programme

Centennial has a special TaG programme (Talented and Gifted) which was created by Dr. Cajetan Menke for advanced students. The program includes accelerated mathematics and science courses (for example, a student in grade 9 would do grade 10 mathematics).^[1]

Extracurricular activities

CRHS also has many extracurricular activities, including (but not limited to): The Follies (Centennial's variety show), Science Fair, Cultural Fair and Stock Exchange Competition. Centennial students have proven to be quite successful when it comes to science, regularly sending multiple award-winning representatives to the Bell Regional Science Fair.
In terms of sports, the school fields teams in badminton, basketball, cross country running, curling, field hockey, ice hockey and track and field. CRHS is regularly competitive on the regional and provincial levels in most sports. A lion's share of the teams participate in the SSIAA (South Shore Interscholastic Athletics Association) while some teams also play games in Montreal-based leagues.
The school also features a legal graffiti group known as "The Crew" organized by the school's spiritual animator; David Dupont.

Rep'N'June

During Rep'N'June, students in Middle School can take two courses for two weeks (such as Calligraphy, Fun with Fashion, Middle School Idol, etc.) or catch up on classes that have given them trouble during the year. This concept is an alternative for students who are borderline-passing some subjects and who would have otherwise repeated the course. This option was no longer available as of 2006-2007 school year.

News Publications

Centennial students receive the Spotlight, a school-distributed publication informing students and their parents of upcoming and past events throughout the school year. An additional news booklet, the Link, is distributed uniquely to middle school students for a more focused and in-depth look at school events and news-worthy happenings.

Notable alumni

★ Elisha Cuthbert, film and television actress, who played Kim Bauer on the TV series 24.

★ Steven Crowder, film and television actor, stand-up comedian.

★ Tod Fennell, film and television actor.

★ Elias Koteas, film and television actor

Trivia

★ The school was used as one of the filming locations for the upcoming movie to be released sometime late 2007-2008.^[2] On November 24, 2006, the cafeteria was used as a make-up room and as a meeting place for extras while some scenes were shot in front of the school and in the library.^[3]

See also

★ Riverside School Board (RSB), Quebec English-language school board responsible for CRHS.

★ Heritage Regional High School (HRHS), English-language high school in the neighbouring borough Saint-Hubert, Quebec.

References

1.
The Talented and Gifted Programme at Centennial Regional High School, , Cajetan J., Menke, Roeper Review,

2.
Wargames: The Dead Code at IMDb

3.
Lights, Camera and LOTS of Action!

External links

★ Centennial Regional High School official website

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★ Event calendar

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★ Virtual tour