École Golden Gate Middle School
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| Ecole Golden Gate Middle School | |
| Address | |
| 330 Bruce Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School board | St. James-Assiniboia School Division |
| Principal | Mme. C. Barrett Kutcy |
| Vice principals | Mr. R. Ferguson-Baird Mrs. H. Palmer |
| School type | Public middle school |
| Grades | 6, 7, and 8 |
| Language | English/French Immersion |
| Motto | Nothing greater than being a gator! (Etre gator, c'est le meilleur!) |
| Team name | Golden Gate Gators |
| Colours | Red, White, and Black |
| Enrollment | 603[1] (November 7, 2006) |
| Homepage | http://goldengate.sjsd.net |
École Golden Gate Middle School (GGMS) is a bilingual middle school at 330 Bruce Ave. in Winnipeg, Manitoba. GGMS is the only middle school in the St. James-Assiniboia School Division to have French immersion available. Not all students attending École Golden Gate Middle School take the French immersion track and as they choose to stick with the standard English track. The current principal of GGMS is Mme C. Barrett Kutcy and the two vice principals are Mr. R. Ferguson-Baird and Mrs. H. Palmer. École Golden Gate Middle School sports teams are the "Golden Gate Gators" and the mascot is a gator. Generally, students from this school passing to grade 9 attend Silver Hights Collegiate which will soon be amalgamating with Sturgeon Creek Collegiate (for more information see this related school division article).
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[edit] History
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[edit] Mission Statement
"Our purpose is to provide a safe, nurturing and cooperative environment that will guide and encourage each individual:
- to develop mind and body to full potential;
- to foster respect for school, home and community
- to foster respect for self, others, and for concern of others;
- to enjoy and take pride in learning, belonging, achieving and caring.
These goals are promoted in a setting dedicated to providing a full education in both official Canadian languages."[2]
[edit] Teaching Staff
École Golden Gate Middle School currently has a large teaching staff. The regularly updated staff list is available here. Some of the teaching staff also have websites for their students to keep in touch with what is happening in their class. The following are links to teacher-run websites:
[edit] Music Programs
École Golden Gate Middle School has been well known for it's music program, particularly band. Currently, the school's band directors are Miss C. Martin and Mr. F. Johnson. They run both the concert band program and Miss C. Martin runs the jazz band program. Concert band is available to all students in the school while jazz band is only available to grade 7 and 8 students that are currently in concert band. The grade 7 jazz band is called the "Groovin' Gators" and the grade 8 jazz band is called the "Swingin' Gators". More information about GGMS's band programs is at Mr. Johnson's web page.
The school recently started a choral program in the 2005-2006 school year as an extra-curricular program directed by Ms. A. Russell. The choir was called "The Friday Morning Club" as they met Friday mornings. Currently, in the 2006-2007 school year the program is now offered as a course directed by Miss A. Armstrong and is called "Vocal Express".
[edit] Extra-Curricular Activities
[edit] Athletic Teams
École Golden Gate Middle School has many athletic teams such as:
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Water polo
- Track and field
- Cross country
- Marathon club
- Outdoor track
- Indoor track
- Badminton
- Hip hop
- Cheerleading
- Senior cheer squad
- Junior cheer squad
- Pom squad
- Stunt Team
- And many others!
[edit] Non-Athletic Clubs
École Golden Gate Middle School has many non-athletic clubs such as:
- Improv
- Yoga
- Green Gators (recycling team)
- Jazz band
- Games Club
- And many others!
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
| Secondary schools | John Taylor Collegiate • St. James Collegiate • Collège Silver Heights Collegiate (French immersion optional) • Sturgeon Creek Collegiate • Westwood Collegiate |
| Middle or junior high schools | Bruce Middle School • George Waters Middle School • École Golden Gate Middle School (French immersion optional) • Hedges Middle School • Lincoln Middle School • Ness Middle School |
| Primary or elementary schools | Assiniboine School (French immersion) • Athlone School • Bannatyne School (French immersion) • Brooklands School • Buchanan School • Crestview School • Heritage School • Lakewood School • Linwood School • Phoenix School • Robert Browning School (French immersion) • Sansome School • Stevenson-Britannia School • Strathmillan School • Voyageur School
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