Medway High School (Arva, Ontario)

High school in Arva, Ontario, Canada

Medway High School

Address

14405 Medway Road

Arva

Ontario

N0M 1C0

Canada

Information
School type| Public, High school
Founded| 1949
School board| Thames Valley District School Board
Superintendent| Paul Sydor
Principal| Greg Howard
Grades| 9–12
Enrollment| 1600[1] (Oct. 2023)
Language| English
Colour(s)| Scarlet & White
Team name| Cowboys
Website| medway.tvdsb.ca/en/index.aspx

Medway High School is a high school in Arva in Middlesex County, Ontario, Canada, approximately one kilometre north of London, Ontario, Canada city limits.

## History

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Medway was built in 1949. Its original name was East Middlesex High School, but it was known locally as the Arva School. The name was changed to Medway to reflect the Medway Creek which winds through the area.

Medway was part of the Middlesex County Board of Education. Today it is part of the Thames Valley District School Board, which is Ontario's third largest board.

## Notable alumni

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* Jonny Gray – actor[2]
* Garth Hudson – Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee for the Canadian-American rock group The Band[3]
* Lindsay Mathyssen – member of Parliament[4]
* Scott Moir – figure skater, three-time World champion and three-time Olympic gold medalist in ice dancing[5]
* Jacob Ruby – CFL football player, Edmonton Eskimos[6]
* Mike Tompkins – YouTube personality[7]
* Kimberly Tuck – curler[8]

## See also

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* Education in Ontario
* List of secondary schools in Ontario

## References

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1. ^ "TVDSB Secondary Enrollment by Grade (2018–19)" (PDF).
2. ^ "Talented to the Max". The London Free Press.
3. ^ "Legendary keyboardists entering hall". The London Free Press.
4. ^ De Bono, Norman (November 5, 2018). "Another Mathyssen to run for NDP in London-Fanshawe". The London Free Press. London, Ontario. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
5. ^ Virtue, Tessa; Moir, Scott (20 December 2011). Tessa and Scott: Our Journey from Childhood Dream to Gold. House of Anansi. p. 60 – via Internet Archive. "Scott Moir medway arva."
6. ^ ""Jacob Ruby Bio."". RichmondSpiders.com.
7. ^ "Being in the right place". The London Free Press.
8. ^ Robinson, Jacob (2014-01-24). "Tuck takes her turn at the "Scotties"". Strathroy Age Dispatch. Retrieved 2022-08-24.

## External links

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* Medway High School

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Secondary schools in the Thames Valley District School Board

* A.B. Lucas
* Arthur Voaden
* B. Davison
* Central Elgin
* Clarke Road
* College Avenue
* East Elgin
* Glencoe District
* Glendale
* H. B. Beal
* Huron Park
* Ingersoll District
* London Central
* London South
* Lord Dorchester
* Medway
* Montcalm
* N. Middlesex District
* Oakridge
* Parkside
* Saunders
* Sir Frederick Banting
* Sir Wilfrid Laurier
* Strathroy District
* West Elgin
* Westminster
* Woodstock

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