School type Junior high school Superintendent Elwin LeRoux Staff 16 Total enrollment 218 (Sep 2008) | Founded 1948 Principal Robert MacMillan Phone +1 902-421-6777 | |
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School number HRSB ID: 272
Nova Scotia ID: 567 Address 1787 Preston St, Halifax, NS B3H 3V7, Canada School board Halifax Regional School Board District Halifax Regional School Board District 5, Halifax Regional School Board Similar Halifax Regional School B, Halifax West High School, NSSAF, Gorsebro Junior High School, Citadel High School | ||
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Halifax Central Junior High is a junior high school in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. It was founded in 1948.
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The school took its original name, Cornwallis Junior High School, from General Edward Cornwallis, who founded the city of Halifax. The foundation stone was laid by the Lord Cornwallis of the time on July 1, 1948, which was the bicentennial of the city's foundation. The school's mascot was the chough, a small crow found in Cornwall, England.
On June 22, 2011 the Halifax Regional School Board voted to change the name of the school after Kirk Arsenault, the Mi'kmaq representative on the board, put forward a motion for the change. On January 25, 2012 the name was officially changed from Cornwallis Junior High School to Halifax Central Junior High, though is still referred to as "Cornwallis" by graduates and current students.