Philemon Wright High School

Philemon Wright High School is an anglophone high school located in the Hull sector of Gatineau, Quebec, Canada. It is administered by the Western Quebec School Board and named after Philemon Wright, founder of Hull. Philemon Wright High school also offers an Enriched French program course to students.

Philemon Wright High School
Address
80, rue Daniel-Johnson

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Canada
Coordinates45°27′58″N 75°44′56″W
Information
School typePublic, high school
MottoEvigilo, Exsisto Vestri, Operor Vox Res.
(Work Hard, Be Yourself, Do the Right Thing.)
Founded1968
School boardWestern Quebec School Board
School number(819) 776.3158
PrincipalDodie Payne
Vice Principals
Terri McPhail (Hadley Junior High School), Kate Smith (Philemon Wright High School)
Grades9-11
Enrollment620
LanguageEnglish and French
Colour(s)Green and White
Team nameFalcons
Websitehadleyphilemon.westernquebec.ca

The school was constructed in 1968. Its first principal was Clyde MacTavish, who remained in his position until 1976. Students who enrolled in Philemon Wright High School during its first year only had access to the second floor of one block in the building, resulting in over sixty students per classroom until Christmas, when the first-floor classrooms were ready for use.[1]

The building that houses the school is shared with Hadley Junior High School, which contains students from grades 7–8.[2] The two schools are associated with each other within the Western Quebec School Board and share a website.[3]

Philemon Wright, the namesake of the high school.

References

  1. "How Philemon Wright High School Teachers and Students Met the Challenge of 1968". Gatineau Valley Historical Society. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  2. "Educational Project". Hadley Junior & Philemon Wright High Schools. Retrieved 2021-03-30.
  3. "Hadley Junior & Philemon Wright High Schools". Hadley Junior & Philemon Wright High Schools. Retrieved 2021-03-30.


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