Founded 1962 Area trustee Shirley Seward Principal Krista McNamara Number of students 650 (2013–2014) | Superintendent Neil Yorke-Slader Administrator Cathy Babcock Phone +1 613-733-0610 | |
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Motto "Progrediamur"(May We Move Forward Together) District Ottawa-Carleton District School Board Similar St. Mark Catholic High School (Ottawa), St. Joseph High School (Ottawa), St. Matthew High School (Ottawa) | ||
Brookfield High School is an Ottawa-Carleton District School Board high school in the Riverside Park neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It was officially opened in 1962.
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Like most of the Ottawa schools, it is composite and semestered. It specializes in a French immersion program, and is one of the few schools in Ottawa to offer instruction in Arabic. It also offers English as a Second Language (ESL) classes and German and Spanish as third languages. Brookfield is known for their athletics. They are usually strong in men's Soccer, Hockey, and Wrestling, also men's Rugby.
Brookfield High School was recognized by the George Lucas Foundation in 2008 for their outstanding achievements in the integration of technology across the curriculum.
Music program
The Music program of Brookfield High School has various groups such as: Junior/Senior Concert Band, Jazz Band, the World Voices Choir, and Guitar class. The program recently got the prestigious MusiCounts Grant of $10,000 to upgrade their musical instruments. Brookfield High School is the only school in Ottawa to get this grant.
The program has created outstanding music and has achieved honourable accomplishments by working hard at rehearsals either early morning at 7:30 a.m. or after school until 4:30 p.m. and even beyond the instruction of Greg Prest. With this, the Senior Concert Band has achieved a Gold status at Regional Music Fest for three years in a row, with a Silver status at Nationals. The Junior Concert Band achieved silver status twice and gold status once at Regional Music Fest. In the 2011 music festival, the senior band achieved gold once again. In 2012 the Senior Band received gold at the Kiwanis Music Festival and Silver at Nationals.
The Senior Jazz Band achieved Silver status twice and a Gold status once at Regional Music Fest, with a Gold standing at National Music Fest. The Percussion Ensemble, newly formed in 2008-09, achieved a Silver status at Regional Music Fest. The Brookfield High School concert and stage bands produced an album in 1972.
The World Voices Choir is a well known choir around the Ottawa region. They have performed at many prestigious venues such as the Senate of Canada, CBC radio/news, CTV news, National Library and Archives, RCMP Sunset Ceremonies, Stephen Lewis Foundation meeting, to name a few. They participated in the Gulu walk, performed at the peace hall, have created partnership with Harmonia Choir of Ottawa, and have performed at many fund raising events. Recently, they have connected with KIVA, a non- profit organization promoting micro financing for entrepreneurs in developing countries. They have released two of their own CDs: Ubuntu and We Have A Dream.
Athletics
Brookfield is home to several successful sports teams, many of which have earned high rankings at municipal and even provincial championships.
Boys'/Girls' Basketball, Senior/Junior Boys' Rugby 7's &15's, Boys'/Girls' Wrestling, Girls' Touch Football, Boys'/Girls Soccer, Boys'/Girls' Volleyball, Boys'/Girls' Badminton, Boys'/Girls' Curling, Boys' Hockey, Boys' Baseball, Boys'/Girls' Ultimate Frisbee, Boys' Golf, Cross country running, Nordic Skiing, and Track & Field.
Senior soccer team
2010-2011 Tier 2 Champs
2011-2012 Tier 1 Champs
2012-2013 Tier 1 Champs
Senior rugby team
2012-2013 Tier 1 Champs
2014-2015 Tier 2 Champs
2015-2016 Tier 2 Champs
School council
The Brookfield School Council is an active forum in which the school administration and representatives of parents of the students participate on a voluntary basis to collaboratively work towards enhancement of the learning experiences and social life of the school community.
The Brookfield School Council has been successful in receiving the Public Reach Out Grant sponsored by the Ministry of Education, Ontario for "Networking with Parents through Highlight of Pathway to Higher Education and Global Outlook" for the year 2008-09. The Education Seminar event being organised under this grant, titled “Pathways to Higher Education: From High School to College and University” involves the general public including all the current and future parents of the Ottawa-Carleton district school board and High commissioners and diplomatic staff of countries whose students have largely come to the high schools in Canada in recent years. Subsequently, the event information will be made available on internet for the benefit of the broader community of current and future parents.