Glebe Collegiate Institute
Glebe Collegiate Institute (GCI) is a high school in the Glebe neighbourhood of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Administered by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board (OCDSB), Glebe Collegiate Institute has approximately 1,700 students and is the district's largest school.
| Glebe Collegiate Institute | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
212 Glebe Avenue Ottawa , Ontario , K1S 2C9 Canada | |
| Coordinates | 45.40169°N 75.69687°W |
| Information | |
| Motto | In Alta Tende (Strive for the Heights) |
| Founded | 1923 |
| School board | Ottawa Carleton District School Board |
| Superintendent | Prince Duah |
| Area trustee | Rob Campbell |
| Administrator | Wendy Gagnon |
| Principal | Robin Small |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,452 (2019) |
| Language | English, French, Spanish |
| Area | The Glebe |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Colour(s) | Blue and gold |
| Mascot | The Gryphon |
| Team name | Gryphons |
| Public transit access | OC Transpo |
| Website | glebe |
Students and sports teams are referred to as "Gryphons."
Glebe was selected as one of Canada's best schools in the August 23, 2004, edition of Maclean's news magazine.
The school offers specialized programs, such as French immersion, English as a second language, bilingual, gifted, and a learning disability and special education learning centre.
It has a percussion group called Offbeat, which uses things like trash cans, brooms, chalk dusters, and water barrels as instruments. The Improv Teams, have twice placed within the Canadian Improv Games national finals. Glebe's robotics program participates in US FIRST international robotics competition, and won the SKILLS Canada STEM and Controls competition in 2015.
Glebe's Reach for the Top trivia team has won the national championships twice, during the 2020-2021 and 2021-2022 school years.
In 2008 and 2010, a group of four science teachers (Andrew Cumberland, Dan Lajoie, Colin Harris, and Masato Kachi) from Glebe placed second in Canada in the Discovery Channel's Iron Science Competition.