Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School (YCMHS) is a secondary school

Secondary school

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 located in Yarmouth

Yarmouth, Nova Scotia

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, Nova Scotia

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, Canada

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. It is part of the Tri-County Regional School Board

Tri-County Regional School Board

The Tri-County Regional School Board is the public school board responsible for 30 elementary, junior high, and high schools in Digby County, Yarmouth County, and Shelburne County in Nova Scotia, Canada....

 and is the only high school in the town of Yarmouth. The high school serves the town of Yarmouth as well as the rest of Yarmouth County.

History

At a public meeting held in the evening of July 26, 1898, the building was purchased for $8000 by the School Commission to be used as the Yarmouth County Academy.
On February 20, 1949 the academy was totally destroyed by fire. As the news spread, many students, new and old, gathered in horror to watch it burn to the ground. The fire lead way for a new high school which was built in 1951. A new school is currently being built, expected completion is January 2012.

Notable alumni

• Brian Borcherdt, alternative country
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   artist.
• Ryan Cook
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  , country music
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• Jocelyne Couture-Nowak
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  , victim of the Virginia Tech Massacre
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• Jody Shelley
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  , National Hockey League Player

External links

• Yarmouth Consolidated Memorial High School
• Tri-County Regional School Board