Ottawa Collegiate Institute established a commerce program in 1902. The program became quite popular to the point where it moved to Hopewell Avenue Public School and later Ottawa Technical High School in order to accommodate the growing number of students. In 1921, the commerce program was merged with the vocational program at Ottawa Technical. The new program continued to grow and, in 1929, the program was moved to a newly-built section of Glebe Collegiate Institute where the High School of Commerce was established as Ottawa's fourth public high school. In 1967, the High School of Commerce moved to its own building on Rochester Street. This was considered an extremely modern facility and was notable for having an IBM 1401 computer on the third floor.
The school had a well-respected arts program which included studies in fine arts, textile design, theatre arts, and commercial and graphic arts.
By the 1970s, enrollment in the school had begun to steadily decline as most students opted for the composite schools and as demographics made for fewer young people. In 1983, part of the building was given to the school's adult education program. This program gradually grew and, in 1990, the High School of Commerce was closed. The adult education program was reestablished as Adult High School and took over the entire building while the arts program transferred to Canterbury High School.
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Keith, Janet. The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa: A Short History, 1843-1969. Ottawa: Kent, 1969.
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high, school, commerce, ottawa, high, school, commerce, former, secondary, school, ottawa, ontario, canada, that, existed, from, 1929, until, 1990, high, school, commerceaddress300, rochester, streetottawa, ontario, 7n4canadainformationfounded1929closed1990sch. The High School of Commerce is a former secondary school in Ottawa Ontario Canada that existed from 1929 until 1990 High School of CommerceAddress300 Rochester StreetOttawa Ontario K1R 7N4CanadaInformationFounded1929Closed1990School boardOttawa Carleton District School BoardGrades9 13LanguageEnglishCampusUrbanOttawa Collegiate Institute established a commerce program in 1902 The program became quite popular to the point where it moved to Hopewell Avenue Public School and later Ottawa Technical High School in order to accommodate the growing number of students In 1921 the commerce program was merged with the vocational program at Ottawa Technical The new program continued to grow and in 1929 the program was moved to a newly built section of Glebe Collegiate Institute where the High School of Commerce was established as Ottawa s fourth public high school In 1967 the High School of Commerce moved to its own building on Rochester Street This was considered an extremely modern facility and was notable for having an IBM 1401 computer on the third floor The school had a well respected arts program which included studies in fine arts textile design theatre arts and commercial and graphic arts By the 1970s enrollment in the school had begun to steadily decline as most students opted for the composite schools and as demographics made for fewer young people In 1983 part of the building was given to the school s adult education program This program gradually grew and in 1990 the High School of Commerce was closed The adult education program was reestablished as Adult High School and took over the entire building while the arts program transferred to Canterbury High School Notable alumni EditBetty Davison artist printmaker Denis Beauvais artist Arnold Gosewich businessman Don Holtby football coach Alootook Ipellie artist writer Ernie Jones politician Jules Loeb politician References Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to High School of Commerce Ottawa Keith Janet The Collegiate Institute Board of Ottawa A Short History 1843 1969 Ottawa Kent 1969 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title High School of Commerce Ottawa amp oldid 1167400988, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
