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A. Y. Jackson Secondary School is a community high school in Kanata, a suburb of Ottawa, Canada. It is operated by the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board, and is in Zone Two. The school was first opened on October 21, 1976. The school was named after A. Y. Jackson, a noted Canadian painter, and one of the founders of the Group of Seven.
A.Y. Jackson has just under 870 students attending its program. The majority of students come from W.O. Mitchell Elementary School, Bridlewood Community Elementary School, or Glen Cairn Public School, its three feeder schools.
Achievements
This was the first school in the area to participate in the Engineers of Ontario community outreach program's "Engineer-in-Residence" project. In 2006, A.Y. Jackson Secondary School became the first school to be named a Global Learning Centre.
JTV
AY Jackson has an in-house closed-circuit television station known as JTV (or Jackson TV), that produces a daily news and information program, replacing the traditional audio announcements via the Public Address system. It began being offered as a technology credit course in 2004 and the station earned several students the 2005 OCRI High School IT Entrepreneur of The Year Award.
The Chicken Show
The Chicken Show is a radio program that was born at AY Jackson in October of 2003. Craig Kelly, the creator of the show, hosted the show throughout his four years at AY, and has since graduated. Craig continues to host the show from Ryerson University in Toronto, Ontario.
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