Hopewell Avenue Public School

Hopewell Avenue Public School
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Address
17 Hopewell Avenue Ottawa, Ontario Canada
Coordinates
Information
Founded	1910
School board	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
Principal	Lynn Watson
Grades	JK-8
Enrollment	950
Language	English, French
Campus	urban
Colour(s)	Purple, Blue and Gold
Mascot	pegasus(flying horse)
Communities served	Old Ottawa South
Website	hopewellaveps.ocdsb.ca/home.php

Hopewell Avenue Public School is a public school in Ottawa, Ontario. It teaches grades jk-8. With a student population of about 950, it is the largest elementary school in the Ottawa Carleton District School Board.

History

It was constructed in 1910. In the 1970s the old building was expanded with a new section of approximately the same size. In 2010 Hopewell had a big 100 year party for their school.

Program

Hopewell is a 4 story school with 2 gymnasiums (The Central gym can be split into 2, creating 3. The North, Central and South gyms). The school follows the Balanced School Day model; the school day is split into three blocks of 100 minutes each, separated by 40 minute nutritional/recess breaks. It provides education in English, Middle French Immersion, as well as extra classes in other heritage languages on Saturdays. The school offers The Me2We Club and Speaker Series. Mme. Major's grade 3 students were officially recognized by the Canadian Space Agency as partners in the Tomatosphere Project.

The school newsletter, Hopewell Happenings is available off the school website.

External links

• School website
• OCDSB