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February 07, 2023

Ashbury College is an independent day and boarding school located in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was originally founded in 1891 by former faculty of Bishop's College School in Quebec to accommodate BCS students living in Ottawa.[2] Ashbury College moved to its current location in 1910.[3] Previously, it occupied what now houses Senate of Canada offices. It is an International Baccalaureate World School, a member of the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools, and a member of Round Square. The school currently enrolls approximately 550 senior (grades 9-12) and 150 junior (grades 4-8) students.[3] The current Head of School is Norman Southward, with Kendal Young directing the Junior School and Gary Godkin as the Head of Senior School.

Ashbury College
Address
362 Mariposa Avenue

Ottawa
,
Ontario
,
K1M 0T3

Canada
Coordinates45°26′51″N 75°40′32″W / 45.447586°N 75.675663°W / 45.447586; -75.675663Coordinates: 45°26′51″N 75°40′32″W / 45.447586°N 75.675663°W / 45.447586; -75.675663
Information
School typeIndependent day and boarding
MottoProbitas, Virtus, Comitas
(Honesty, Courage, Kindness)
Religious affiliation(s)Anglican
Established1891
Head of schoolNorman Southward
Faculty70
Grades4 to 12
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment550 Senior School
150 Junior School
(approximate values)
CampusRockcliffe Park, Ontario
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)Maroon, Green and Blue
   
MascotColt
Endowment$7,000,000 CAD[1]
Websiteashbury.ca

Ashbury College is an independent school which offers a joint Ontario High School Diploma and Ashbury College Diploma, as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma and International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma. Originally a single-gender boys school, Ashbury began accepting female students in 1982. The male/female student proportion is approximately equal. The campus is 13 acres (48,562.277 m2) in Rockcliffe Park.[4] There are 108 boarders yearly from approximately 30 countries throughout the world.

Notable alumni include John Turner, Canada's seventeenth Prime Minister;[5] Stockwell Day, former leader of the Official Opposition; Ben Barry, founder of the modeling agency Ben Barry Agency Inc.;[6] Canadian war artist and heraldry expert Alan Beddoe; actor Matthew Perry; and journalist Adrian Harewood.

History

In 1888, a young Oxford graduate (George Wollcombe, B.A.) started his career at Bishop's College School and Bishop's University when he was invited there by the BCS Rector/BU Principal, the Rev. Dr. Thomas Adams (Oxford). In 1891, Wollcombe was recommended by the head of Bishop's, and by some Ottawa-based parents of his BCS students, to start a school there. The Ottawa school eventually became Ashbury College, where Wollcombe served as the headmaster for 42 years from 1891 to 1933.[2] He still found time regularly to make the four-hour train journey to Lennoxville to teach his classes. He obtained an ad eundem Master of Arts from Bishop's in 1906 without actually being enrolled as a student by the arrangements of Bishop's with Oxford.

Rhodes Scholar Dr. C.L. Odgen Glass graduated from BCS and BU in 1935 and served at Ashbury as the fourth headmaster, but he later returned to BCS.[7] The BCS-Ashbury Cup, the Oxford University and Bishop's University arms presented on the stained glass in Ashbury Memorial Chapel are signs of the traditional friendship between these institutions.[8] Wollcombe also eventually became the headmaster of BCS later.

The three-room school for boys was originally located on Wellington Street in Ottawa, but soon moved to bigger quarters on Wellington Street. In 1900, Ashbury College moved to Argyle Avenue near the present Museum of Nature. In 1905, Ashbury College had twenty borders, fifty day boys, led by the headmaster and a staff of five graduates. There was a preparatory department for little boys. The students were prepared for the Royal Military College of Canada and universities. Eleven boys had entered the Royal Military College of Canada between 1900 and 1905.[9]

In 1910, the school (called Ashbury College after Woollcombe's English home) moved to its current location on 13 acres (5.2-hectare) in the village of Rockcliffe Park. Arthur Le B. Weeks (architect) designed the Ashbury College building (1909) on Mariposa Avenue.[10] With the support of Ottawa benefactors, a new building w

as constructed for the 115 students, 48 of whom were boarders.

Ashbury was originally an all-boys institution but began admitting females for grades 9–12 in 1982 and then admitted girls for the first time into fourth grade (the youngest grade offered) in 2010. The institution is divided between the Senior School and the Junior School, which have separate faculties and students but share resources such as the cafeteria (MacLaren Hall), gymnasiums, art departments, music facilities, theatre, and the chapel.

In 2016, Ashbury celebrated its 125th birthday. Alumni receptions around the world were held as well as numerous events in Ottawa.[11]

Ashbury College's innovative and modern adaptations include Canada's first teaching green roof, and a LEED Gold-certified boys' residence. Ashbury College was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa, held June 2 and 3, 2012.[12]

Stained glass

In 1952, a stained glass window depicting Sir Galahad was erected by Robert McCausland Limited as a memorial dedicated to students who served during the Great War and World War II.[13]

The Memorial Window in memory of Canon Woollcombe, Ashbury's founder and Headmaster, was unveiled and dedicated on October 29, 1961, by the Venerable Archdeacon C. G. Hepburn. The window features 7 symbolic designs: the Crown and Palm, for Wisdom; Ivy for Fidelity; a Vine symbolizing the Blood of Christ; a Sheaf of Wheat for the Body of Christ; Oak leaves for Strength; and a Cross and Wreath signifying Peace. The crests refer to Canon Woollcombe's academic affiliations to Bishop's University, Oxford University, McGill University and Ashbury College. The three large windows show pictorial representations of Canon Woollcombe as Teacher, Preacher and Counsellor. The large left hand window includes the Torch of Light; the Centre window shows a Spiritual Flame, with the School Motto in the Circle surrounding Canon Woollcombe, and the Ashbury buildings in the background. The Lamp of learning is at the top of the right hand window.[2]

A window is dedicated to the memory of alumni Michael F. A. Ney (RMC 1944) R.C.N., who was killed in an accident in Kenya on October 31, 1954, while serving as an inspector with the Kenya Police Service. The 1955 design includes the crests of the Royal Roads Military College and of Trinity College at the University of Toronto and the message "First unto God and then to the Queen". A window is dedicated to Alfred Beaufort Belcher a member of Ashbury staff from 1942 until his death April 4, 1963. The 1955 design includes the crests of the Royal Military College of Canada and a few lines of one of Belcher's poems "and God runs quiet fingers through ...the tired hair of the World".[14]

Senior School

 
The 1902 Wilson Shield winners.
 
A student in Connaught House carries the House Flag during a competition.
 
Woolcombe House students during an event.
 
Alexander House Flag during House Games.

Ashbury College offers the traditional Ontario Secondary School Diploma but also the International Baccalaureate Diploma, otherwise known as the IB. Students will traditionally take six academic subjects each year and the Senior School program is grades 9 through 12. Ashbury follows a traditional approach to education in the liberal arts and requires participation in athletics and volunteering/community service in order to graduate. Approximately 20% of the students are considered international students. Each graduating class is approximately 140 students.

House system & prefects

The House system has been in place since 1937 and Ashbury students are divided into four houses upon entering in grade 9. Each house has roughly 30 students per grade and 120 in each house during any academic year with the exception of Wollocombe House that has roughly 80. Students with older siblings or alumni parents are put in their "family" house and others are randomly assigned. Houses are permanent from grade nine until graduation and identification is often through the house-specific neck-tie or commonly worn house T-shirts during physical education, house events or after 4 pm when No. 3 (casual) uniform can be worn. The houses compete for the "Wilson Shield" which is awarded at the end of the academic year. The houses are:

  • Woollcombe House (Blue)
  • New House (Green)
  • Connaught House (Red)
  • Alexander House (Yellow)

Each house is led by prefects, graduating students chosen for their leadership, role-model ability, involvement in school life and strong academic standing. Prefects are typically identified by their burgundy blazers.

University placement

Ashbury College offers the International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma program and has had a university placement rate of 100% for the past fifteen years.[15] Graduates often matriculate to colleges and universities in Canada, the United States, and around the globe.

In 2018, the average SAT score from Ashbury College was 1255/1600, and the average ACT score was 26/36 (87th percentile). Moreover, the average IB Diploma score is 33, 3 points above the global average of 30.[15] In that same year, eighty percent of students were admitted to their first choice university,[15] and the most popular university choices were the University of Toronto, the University of Ottawa, McGill University, and Queen's University. Other graduates are enrolled in US post-secondary schools such as Amherst College, Brown University, Cornell University, and Harvard University.

Student life

Students in grade 9 and 10 are required to participate in co-curricular activities in all three terms. Grade 11 students must participate in co-curricular activities in two terms and grade 12s in one term. As a requirement for the Ontario Diploma, all students complete a minimum of 40 Community Service Hours. Ashbury also offers co-curricular programs in bilingual debating, drama & theatre, Model United Nations, the Yearbook Committee, and the 'Blazer' (student magazine), among many others. Additionally, Ashbury students can complete requirements for The Duke of Edinburgh's Award.

Athletics

Ashbury College is a member of the Canadian Association of Independent Schools, the Ottawa Independent Schools Athletic Association, the Ottawa-Carleton Catholic Intermediate Athletic Association, the National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association (NCSSAA) and the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations. Ashbury is recognized for its strong athletics program. In 2017, the senior boys varsity basketball team won the Ontario provincial championship, and the school also captured OFSAA medals in rugby, swimming, Nordic skiing and track and field. They also won the OFSAA football independent bowl in 2018.[16][failed verification] Ashbury won the football tier one city championship in 2019.[17] Ashbury maintains teams for the following sports:

Junior School

The Junior School[18] is a division of Ashbury College for students from grade 4 to grade 8. Unlike the Senior School's blue colours, Junior School uses green as its dominant colour which is prevalent in many locations as a symbol, including the website and uniforms. Junior School students typically wear uniform ties with maroon, grey, and green stripes, while Senior School students wear a specific Senior school tie on Mondays and wear an appropriate tie of choice on other days of the week, including but not limited to house ties. Like the Senior School, Junior School students are placed into one of four houses upon their arrival.

 
Students in summer uniform eat in the Maclaren Hall

Houses compete extensively throughout the academic year and house points are accumulated throughout the year. Students are identified by house in many situations, primarily athletic, where everyone sports a house shirt with varying colours for physical education activities. Students are also assigned a "home form", where there are presently one for each of grades 4 and 5, two for grade 6, and three for grades 7-8.[19]

Maclaren Hall

 
Students competing for the Ashbury College rowing team on the Ottawa River

Maclaren Hall, formerly known as the Great Hall, is Ashbury's cafeteria. Opened in 2004, the MacLaren Hall serves breakfast, lunch and dinner for boarders and lunch for day students (Junior and Senior school alike). Open from 7 am to 7 pm, MacLaren Hall offers selections for vegetarians as well as those with other needs. In addition to cash being tendered, students are able to use their student cards to access meal plans and "flex dollars", which is a refillable debit card system.

Maclaren Hall is one part of an addition to the College that was completed in 2004 as a part of the "Building Futures" fundraising campaign. Other additions included a new double gymnasium, four new classrooms (equipped with SmartBoards), a student common area, a staff room, and several offices. The increase in square footage has added more than 20% of usable space to the school.

The Great Hall was renamed in 2006 as the Maclaren Hall in honour of alumnus Don Maclaren.

In 2014, the Creative Learning Centre opened, and in 2018, the school celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Centre for Science & Innovation.

 
Main entrance of the Ashbury College Campus

Controversies

During a 2007 field trip to Boston, four students allegedly committed sexual assault on another student, sparking controversy and a lawsuit against the school. As a result, several students were expelled, and more stringent punishments were handed down to the perpetrators. The students pleaded guilty in a Boston courtroom to the charges, and were punished according to youth criminal justice laws (namely, probation and juvenile detentions). One of the perpetrators pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to four years probation. He apologized to the victim and his family, claiming he was pulling a common prank. The teachers and the school have been criticized for the handling of the incident.[20] The victim and their family submitted victim impact statements detailing the effect the events had on their family.[21]

Two teachers were found guilty for “(failing) in their duty of care” by the Ontario Teachers’ College.[22] The college’s disciplinary panel initially ruled the teachers guilty as they failed to immediately report the sexual assault to the parents of the boy. However, in December 2015, the two teachers were fully exonerated and charges dismissed, after winning an appeal in the Ontario Divisional Court.

Notable alumni

Gallery

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References

  1. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-08-06. Retrieved 2010-07-31.
  2. ^ a b c "Full text of "The Ashburian 1962"". Ashbury College. 1962. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. ^ a b "School History". Ashbury College. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  4. ^ "Tuition and Financial Assistance". Ashbury College. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  5. ^ Irma Coucill (2005). Canada's Prime Ministers, Governors General and Fathers of Confederation. Pembroke Publishers Limited. p. 42. ISBN 978-1-55138-185-5.
  6. ^ (PDF). www.business.umt.edu. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2004. Retrieved 12 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Panayotidis, E. L., & Stortz, P. J. (2006). Historical identities: The professoriate in Canada (p. 169). Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
  8. ^ WOOLLCOMBE, S. (2016). Chapter IV. In LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE PENROSE WOOLLCOMBE: Educator. FRIESENPRESS.
  9. ^ Dau Society Blue Book 1905
  10. ^ http://www.dictionaryofarchitectsincanada.org/architects/view/1274 Arthur Le B. Weeks (architect)
  11. ^ "Ashbury 125". Ashbury 125. Retrieved 13 June 2016.
  12. ^ http://ottawa.ca/doorsopen Doors Open Ottawa
  13. ^ "Sir Galahad stained glass war memorial window: Memorial 35061-022 Ottawa, ON". National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials. Veterans Affairs Canada. Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  14. ^ "35061-076 Michael F. A. Ney memorial window". National Inventory of Military Memorials. National Defence Canada. 2008-04-16.[dead link]
  15. ^ a b c (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-01-08. Retrieved 2017-05-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  16. ^ . Archived from the original on 2010-06-05. Retrieved 2010-06-09.
  17. ^ "FatDog.ca". fatdog.ca. Retrieved 2020-12-10.
  18. ^ "Academics". Ashbury College. Retrieved 2022-12-05.
  19. ^ College, Ashbury (2021-09-01). "2021-22 Return to School Schedule". Ashbury College. Retrieved 2023-01-27.
  20. ^ . The Globe and Mail. Archived from the original on 2010-08-06.
  21. ^ https://ottawacitizen.com/news/Victim+Impact+Statements/3359959/story.html[permanent dead link]
  22. ^ Cooley, Sam (2015-12-16). "Ashbury teachers cleared of misconduct in assault case". Ottawa Sun.
  23. ^ Adrian Harewood biography from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Further reading

Bibliography

  • Cummings, H R; MacSkimming, W T (1971). The City of Ottawa public schools, a brief history. Ottawa, Ontario: Ottawa Board of Education.
  • Jamieson, M. (1910). Schools and schoolmasters of Bytown and early Ottawa. Vol. III. Ottawa, Ontario: Transactions of the Women's Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa.
  • German, Tony (1991). Character of its Own: Ashbury College 1891-1991. Ottawa, Ontario: Ashbury College. ISBN 978-0-921165-15-6.

External links

 
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashbury College.
  • Official website
  • Ashbury College profile at OurKids.net: Canada's Private School Guide

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This article contains content that is written like an advertisement Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view March 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Parts of this article those related to the monetary information of the article need to be updated The reason given is Some info over 12 years old Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information December 2022 Ashbury College is an independent day and boarding school located in the Rockcliffe Park area of Ottawa Ontario Canada It was originally founded in 1891 by former faculty of Bishop s College School in Quebec to accommodate BCS students living in Ottawa 2 Ashbury College moved to its current location in 1910 3 Previously it occupied what now houses Senate of Canada offices It is an International Baccalaureate World School a member of the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools and a member of Round Square The school currently enrolls approximately 550 senior grades 9 12 and 150 junior grades 4 8 students 3 The current Head of School is Norman Southward with Kendal Young directing the Junior School and Gary Godkin as the Head of Senior School Ashbury CollegeAddress362 Mariposa AvenueOttawa Ontario K1M 0T3CanadaCoordinates45 26 51 N 75 40 32 W 45 447586 N 75 675663 W 45 447586 75 675663 Coordinates 45 26 51 N 75 40 32 W 45 447586 N 75 675663 W 45 447586 75 675663InformationSchool typeIndependent day and boardingMottoProbitas Virtus Comitas Honesty Courage Kindness Religious affiliation s AnglicanEstablished1891Head of schoolNorman SouthwardFaculty70Grades4 to 12GenderCoeducationalEnrollment550 Senior School150 Junior School approximate values CampusRockcliffe Park OntarioCampus typeSuburbanColour s Maroon Green and Blue MascotColtEndowment 7 000 000 CAD 1 Websiteashbury caAshbury College is an independent school which offers a joint Ontario High School Diploma and Ashbury College Diploma as well as the International Baccalaureate Diploma and International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma Originally a single gender boys school Ashbury began accepting female students in 1982 The male female student proportion is approximately equal The campus is 13 acres 48 562 277 m2 in Rockcliffe Park 4 There are 108 boarders yearly from approximately 30 countries throughout the world Notable alumni include John Turner Canada s seventeenth Prime Minister 5 Stockwell Day former leader of the Official Opposition Ben Barry founder of the modeling agency Ben Barry Agency Inc 6 Canadian war artist and heraldry expert Alan Beddoe actor Matthew Perry and journalist Adrian Harewood Contents 1 History 2 Stained glass 3 Senior School 3 1 House system amp prefects 3 2 University placement 3 3 Student life 3 3 1 Athletics 4 Junior School 5 Maclaren Hall 6 Controversies 7 Notable alumni 8 Gallery 9 References 10 Further reading 11 External linksHistory EditIn 1888 a young Oxford graduate George Wollcombe B A started his career at Bishop s College School and Bishop s University when he was invited there by the BCS Rector BU Principal the Rev Dr Thomas Adams Oxford In 1891 Wollcombe was recommended by the head of Bishop s and by some Ottawa based parents of his BCS students to start a school there The Ottawa school eventually became Ashbury College where Wollcombe served as the headmaster for 42 years from 1891 to 1933 2 He still found time regularly to make the four hour train journey to Lennoxville to teach his classes He obtained an ad eundem Master of Arts from Bishop s in 1906 without actually being enrolled as a student by the arrangements of Bishop s with Oxford Rhodes Scholar Dr C L Odgen Glass graduated from BCS and BU in 1935 and served at Ashbury as the fourth headmaster but he later returned to BCS 7 The BCS Ashbury Cup the Oxford University and Bishop s University arms presented on the stained glass in Ashbury Memorial Chapel are signs of the traditional friendship between these institutions 8 Wollcombe also eventually became the headmaster of BCS later The three room school for boys was originally located on Wellington Street in Ottawa but soon moved to bigger quarters on Wellington Street In 1900 Ashbury College moved to Argyle Avenue near the present Museum of Nature In 1905 Ashbury College had twenty borders fifty day boys led by the headmaster and a staff of five graduates There was a preparatory department for little boys The students were prepared for the Royal Military College of Canada and universities Eleven boys had entered the Royal Military College of Canada between 1900 and 1905 9 In 1910 the school called Ashbury College after Woollcombe s English home moved to its current location on 13 acres 5 2 hectare in the village of Rockcliffe Park Arthur Le B Weeks architect designed the Ashbury College building 1909 on Mariposa Avenue 10 With the support of Ottawa benefactors a new building was constructed for the 115 students 48 of whom were boarders Ashbury was originally an all boys institution but began admitting females for grades 9 12 in 1982 and then admitted girls for the first time into fourth grade the youngest grade offered in 2010 The institution is divided between the Senior School and the Junior School which have separate faculties and students but share resources such as the cafeteria MacLaren Hall gymnasiums art departments music facilities theatre and the chapel In 2016 Ashbury celebrated its 125th birthday Alumni receptions around the world were held as well as numerous events in Ottawa 11 Ashbury College s innovative and modern adaptations include Canada s first teaching green roof and a LEED Gold certified boys residence Ashbury College was included amongst other architecturally interesting and historically significant buildings in Doors Open Ottawa held June 2 and 3 2012 12 Stained glass EditIn 1952 a stained glass window depicting Sir Galahad was erected by Robert McCausland Limited as a memorial dedicated to students who served during the Great War and World War II 13 The Memorial Window in memory of Canon Woollcombe Ashbury s founder and Headmaster was unveiled and dedicated on October 29 1961 by the Venerable Archdeacon C G Hepburn The window features 7 symbolic designs the Crown and Palm for Wisdom Ivy for Fidelity a Vine symbolizing the Blood of Christ a Sheaf of Wheat for the Body of Christ Oak leaves for Strength and a Cross and Wreath signifying Peace The crests refer to Canon Woollcombe s academic affiliations to Bishop s University Oxford University McGill University and Ashbury College The three large windows show pictorial representations of Canon Woollcombe as Teacher Preacher and Counsellor The large left hand window includes the Torch of Light the Centre window shows a Spiritual Flame with the School Motto in the Circle surrounding Canon Woollcombe and the Ashbury buildings in the background The Lamp of learning is at the top of the right hand window 2 A window is dedicated to the memory of alumni Michael F A Ney RMC 1944 R C N who was killed in an accident in Kenya on October 31 1954 while serving as an inspector with the Kenya Police Service The 1955 design includes the crests of the Royal Roads Military College and of Trinity College at the University of Toronto and the message First unto God and then to the Queen A window is dedicated to Alfred Beaufort Belcher a member of Ashbury staff from 1942 until his death April 4 1963 The 1955 design includes the crests of the Royal Military College of Canada and a few lines of one of Belcher s poems and God runs quiet fingers through the tired hair of the World 14 Senior School Edit The 1902 Wilson Shield winners A student in Connaught House carries the House Flag during a competition Woolcombe House students during an event Alexander House Flag during House Games Ashbury College offers the traditional Ontario Secondary School Diploma but also the International Baccalaureate Diploma otherwise known as the IB Students will traditionally take six academic subjects each year and the Senior School program is grades 9 through 12 Ashbury follows a traditional approach to education in the liberal arts and requires participation in athletics and volunteering community service in order to graduate Approximately 20 of the students are considered international students Each graduating class is approximately 140 students House system amp prefects Edit The House system has been in place since 1937 and Ashbury students are divided into four houses upon entering in grade 9 Each house has roughly 30 students per grade and 120 in each house during any academic year with the exception of Wollocombe House that has roughly 80 Students with older siblings or alumni parents are put in their family house and others are randomly assigned Houses are permanent from grade nine until graduation and identification is often through the house specific neck tie or commonly worn house T shirts during physical education house events or after 4 pm when No 3 casual uniform can be worn The houses compete for the Wilson Shield which is awarded at the end of the academic year The houses are Woollcombe House Blue New House Green Connaught House Red Alexander House Yellow Each house is led by prefects graduating students chosen for their leadership role model ability involvement in school life and strong academic standing Prefects are typically identified by their burgundy blazers University placement Edit Ashbury College offers the International Baccalaureate Bilingual Diploma program and has had a university placement rate of 100 for the past fifteen years 15 Graduates often matriculate to colleges and universities in Canada the United States and around the globe In 2018 the average SAT score from Ashbury College was 1255 1600 and the average ACT score was 26 36 87th percentile Moreover the average IB Diploma score is 33 3 points above the global average of 30 15 In that same year eighty percent of students were admitted to their first choice university 15 and the most popular university choices were the University of Toronto the University of Ottawa McGill University and Queen s University Other graduates are enrolled in US post secondary schools such as Amherst College Brown University Cornell University and Harvard University Student life Edit Students in grade 9 and 10 are required to participate in co curricular activities in all three terms Grade 11 students must participate in co curricular activities in two terms and grade 12s in one term As a requirement for the Ontario Diploma all students complete a minimum of 40 Community Service Hours Ashbury also offers co curricular programs in bilingual debating drama amp theatre Model United Nations the Yearbook Committee and the Blazer student magazine among many others Additionally Ashbury students can complete requirements for The Duke of Edinburgh s Award Athletics Edit Ashbury College is a member of the Canadian Association of Independent Schools the Ottawa Independent Schools Athletic Association the Ottawa Carleton Catholic Intermediate Athletic Association the National Capital Secondary School Athletic Association NCSSAA and the Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Ashbury is recognized for its strong athletics program In 2017 the senior boys varsity basketball team won the Ontario provincial championship and the school also captured OFSAA medals in rugby swimming Nordic skiing and track and field They also won the OFSAA football independent bowl in 2018 16 failed verification Ashbury won the football tier one city championship in 2019 17 Ashbury maintains teams for the following sports Badminton Baseball Basketball Cross country running Curling Downhill Skiing Field Hockey Football Golf Ice hockey Rowing Rugby union Soccer Softball Swimming Tennis Touch football Track and Field Ultimate Frisbee VolleyballJunior School EditThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message The Junior School 18 is a division of Ashbury College for students from grade 4 to grade 8 Unlike the Senior School s blue colours Junior School uses green as its dominant colour which is prevalent in many locations as a symbol including the website and uniforms Junior School students typically wear uniform ties with maroon grey and green stripes while Senior School students wear a specific Senior school tie on Mondays and wear an appropriate tie of choice on other days of the week including but not limited to house ties Like the Senior School Junior School students are placed into one of four houses upon their arrival Students in summer uniform eat in the Maclaren Hall Dragons Yellow Hobbits Red Wizards Green Goblins Blue Houses compete extensively throughout the academic year and house points are accumulated throughout the year Students are identified by house in many situations primarily athletic where everyone sports a house shirt with varying colours for physical education activities Students are also assigned a home form where there are presently one for each of grades 4 and 5 two for grade 6 and three for grades 7 8 19 Maclaren Hall Edit Students competing for the Ashbury College rowing team on the Ottawa RiverThis section does not cite any sources Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed March 2021 Learn how and when to remove this template message Maclaren Hall formerly known as the Great Hall is Ashbury s cafeteria Opened in 2004 the MacLaren Hall serves breakfast lunch and dinner for boarders and lunch for day students Junior and Senior school alike Open from 7 am to 7 pm MacLaren Hall offers selections for vegetarians as well as those with other needs In addition to cash being tendered students are able to use their student cards to access meal plans and flex dollars which is a refillable debit card system Maclaren Hall is one part of an addition to the College that was completed in 2004 as a part of the Building Futures fundraising campaign Other additions included a new double gymnasium four new classrooms equipped with SmartBoards a student common area a staff room and several offices The increase in square footage has added more than 20 of usable space to the school The Great Hall was renamed in 2006 as the Maclaren Hall in honour of alumnus Don Maclaren In 2014 the Creative Learning Centre opened and in 2018 the school celebrated the groundbreaking of a new Centre for Science amp Innovation Main entrance of the Ashbury College CampusControversies EditDuring a 2007 field trip to Boston four students allegedly committed sexual assault on another student sparking controversy and a lawsuit against the school As a result several students were expelled and more stringent punishments were handed down to the perpetrators The students pleaded guilty in a Boston courtroom to the charges and were punished according to youth criminal justice laws namely probation and juvenile detentions One of the perpetrators pleaded guilty to assault and battery and was sentenced to four years probation He apologized to the victim and his family claiming he was pulling a common prank The teachers and the school have been criticized for the handling of the incident 20 The victim and their family submitted victim impact statements detailing the effect the events had on their family 21 Two teachers were found guilty for failing in their duty of care by the Ontario Teachers College 22 The college s disciplinary panel initially ruled the teachers guilty as they failed to immediately report the sexual assault to the parents of the boy However in December 2015 the two teachers were fully exonerated and charges dismissed after winning an appeal in the Ontario Divisional Court Notable alumni EditJohn Turner Canadian Prime Minister Stockwell Day Member of House of Commons E P Taylor businessman Douglass North Recipient of Nobel Prize in Economics Guy Simonds Canadian Army officer commander of the II Canadian Corps during World War II later named Chief of the General Staff Matthew Perry actor best known for his role as Chandler on Friends Stewart Johnston businessman and President of The Sports Network and Bell Media Media Sales and Marketing Max Graham DJ and producer Ben Barry entrepreneur John Emilius Fauquier Royal Canadian Air Force Commodore Ryan Semple 2006 2010 Olympian Skiing Trevor Matthews Founder and CEO of Brookstreet Pictures Donald Steven composer Adrian Harewood CBC news journalist 23 Derek Harvie TV amp film writer and producer Nominated for Peabody Award and winner of Golden Raspberry award for screenplay Freddy Got Fingered Arthur Fogel Music Promoter and Executive Live Nation Entertainment Andrew BrewinGallery Edit References Edit Ashbury College School snapshot Archived from the original on 2010 08 06 Retrieved 2010 07 31 a b c Full text of The Ashburian 1962 Ashbury College 1962 Retrieved December 22 2018 a b School History Ashbury College Retrieved December 22 2018 Tuition and Financial Assistance Ashbury College Retrieved December 22 2018 Irma Coucill 2005 Canada s Prime Ministers Governors General and Fathers of Confederation Pembroke Publishers Limited p 42 ISBN 978 1 55138 185 5 Archived copy PDF www business umt edu Archived from the original PDF on 2 February 2004 Retrieved 12 January 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Panayotidis E L amp Stortz P J 2006 Historical identities The professoriate in Canada p 169 Toronto University of Toronto Press WOOLLCOMBE S 2016 Chapter IV In LIFE AND TIMES OF GEORGE PENROSE WOOLLCOMBE Educator FRIESENPRESS Dau Society Blue Book 1905 http www dictionaryofarchitectsincanada org architects view 1274 Arthur Le B Weeks architect Ashbury 125 Ashbury 125 Retrieved 13 June 2016 http ottawa ca doorsopen Doors Open Ottawa Sir Galahad stained glass war memorial window Memorial 35061 022 Ottawa ON National Inventory of Canadian Military Memorials Veterans Affairs Canada Retrieved 4 January 2016 35061 076 Michael F A Ney memorial window National Inventory of Military Memorials National Defence Canada 2008 04 16 dead link a b c Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2018 01 08 Retrieved 2017 05 04 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Ashbury College wins OFSAA Senior Boys Basketball Championships Your All Canadian High School Sports Authority Archived from the original on 2010 06 05 Retrieved 2010 06 09 FatDog ca fatdog ca Retrieved 2020 12 10 Academics Ashbury College Retrieved 2022 12 05 College Ashbury 2021 09 01 2021 22 Return to School Schedule Ashbury College Retrieved 2023 01 27 Ottawa student pleads guilty to U S sex assault The Globe and Mail The Globe and Mail Archived from the original on 2010 08 06 https ottawacitizen com news Victim Impact Statements 3359959 story html permanent dead link Cooley Sam 2015 12 16 Ashbury teachers cleared of misconduct in assault case Ottawa Sun Adrian Harewood biography from Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Further reading EditBibliography Cummings H R MacSkimming W T 1971 The City of Ottawa public schools a brief history Ottawa Ontario Ottawa Board of Education Jamieson M 1910 Schools and schoolmasters of Bytown and early Ottawa Vol III Ottawa Ontario Transactions of the Women s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa German Tony 1991 Character of its Own Ashbury College 1891 1991 Ottawa Ontario Ashbury College ISBN 978 0 921165 15 6 External links Edit Schools portal Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ashbury College Official website Ashbury College profile at OurKids net Canada s Private 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