St._Pius_X_High_School_(Ottawa)

St. Pius X High School (Ottawa)

St. Pius X High School (Ottawa)

Separate high school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

This article is about the school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. For other uses, see St. Pius X (disambiguation).

St. Pius X High School is a secondary school in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1958, the school, operated by the publicly funded Ottawa Catholic School Board, teaches grades 9-12. As of March, enrollment stood at around 833 students.[2]

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In 1975, the school became a scene of a school shooting perpetrated by a senior student that killed 3 (including himself) and injured 5 others.

School shooting

Main article: St. Pius X High School shooting

St. Pius X High School was the scene of Canada's second school shooting on October 27, 1975. The gunman, Robert Poulin, an 18-year-old St. Pius student, opened fire on his classmates with a 12 gauge shotgun, killing one and wounding five before killing himself.[3][4] Poulin had raped and stabbed 17-year-old Kim Rabot to death prior to the incident. He also attempted to burn down the house after he killed Rabot. A book entitled Rape of a Normal Mind was written about the incident.[5]

Notable alumni

See also

References

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