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Rockcliffe Park Public School

Field	Value
name	Rockcliffe Park Public School
image	Rockcliffe Park Public School.JPG
image_size	300px
address	350 Buena Vista Road
city	Ottawa, Ontario
postcode	K1M 1C1
country	Canada
coordinates
founded
schoolboard	Ottawa Carleton District School Board
principal	Brian Chiasson
staff	22 teachers
grades_label	Grades
grades	JK-6
language	English, French
campus	Urban
colours	Blue and white
mascot	Dragon
team_name	Dragons
communities	Rockcliffe Park, New Edinburgh, Lower Town Byward Market and Sandy Hill
feeder_schools	Queen Elizabeth Public School,
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Lisgar Collegiate Institute, Elmwood School (private), Ashbury College (private)

Rockcliffe Park Public School (RPPS) is a public elementary school in the Rockcliffe Park neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.

History

The school was founded in 1922. The school is located in the centre of Ottawa's wealthiest neighbourhood. Near the school are Ottawa's two most prominent private schools, Elmwood School and Ashbury College, to which many students move after Rockcliffe.

Rockcliffe Park Public School has long educated the children of politicians and ambassadors. Perhaps the most prominent former students are Princess Beatrix and Princess Irene, who attended the school while the Dutch royal family was in exile during the Second World War. Former Prime Minister Stephen Harper's daughter attended the school, as did his son, the three sons of Pierre Trudeau, including former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the children of John Turner. Actor Matthew Perry also attended the school.

Programs

As well as Rockcliffe and neighbouring New Edinburgh, the school also draws students from the Lower Town and Sandy Hill areas of Ottawa, for its French immersion program, in which the majority of students are enrolled. The school is also well known for its annual Book Fair, a used book sale that has acted as a fundraiser for the school for 51 years. Rockcliffe is twinned with Mokoena Primary School in Butha-Buthe, Lesotho. This twinning is helped by the organization Help Lesotho. Rockcliffe Park is the first school in Canada to twin with another school in Lesotho.

Since the school has a major relationship to the Dutch royal family, the Embassy of the Netherlands in Ottawa is partnered with the school.

References

J. Patrick Boyer. (25 February 2017). "Foreign Voices in the House: A Century of Addresses to Canada's Parliament by World Leaders". Dundurn.
"Abdicating Dutch queen was a wartime Ottawa schoolgirl - CBC News".
"Queen Beatrix of Netherlands to step aside - CBC News".
(10 August 2013). "Justin Trudeau moves family to his childhood stomping grounds in Ottawa".
FELDMAN, KATE. "Matthew Perry won’t fight Justin Trudeau in elementary school rematch - NY Daily News".
(16 March 2017). "Matthew Perry tells Kimmel he 'beat up' Justin Trudeau in grade school".
(8 November 2014). "Rockcliffe Park Book Fair draws bookworms of all ages".

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