Dalbrae Academy

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Dalbrae Academy is a secondary school located in Mabou, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is attended by approximately 370 students in grades 9 to 12. The school falls under the jurisdiction of the Strait Regional School Board.

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[edit] History

The school opened in 2000 after the conclusion of several years of heated and fervent debate with the provincial government over the closure of four local P-12 schools.

As a part of the Nova Scotian governments school consolidation process in the late nineties, four schools were closed in the area:

The schools were amalgamated into three new schools: Dalbrae Academy, and the two new P-8 schools- Whycocomagh Education Centre (Whycocomagh), and Bayview Education Centre (Port Hood).

Dalbrae, together with the Strathspey Place performing arts centre, forms a part of the Allan J. MacEachen International Academic and Cultural Centre

The name Dalbrae is a portmanteau of the Scottish Gaelic words dail and brae, which, when combined, refer to a "meeting place on the hill".

The motto of the school was picked in a contest in which students sent in their idea of a school motto. The motto chosen was "Intelligence, integrity, intensity", which is also the motto of professional wrestler Kurt Angle.

[edit] Athletics

Despite its relatively small size, Dalbrae currently runs one of the most successful girls high school hockey programs in the province, having been crowned provincial champions by the Nova Scotia School Athletic Federation (NSSAF) in every year that the sport has been provincially administered.


[edit] Administration

  • Principal: Elizabeth Teasdale
  • Vice Principal: John Hendsbee
  • Student Services: John Campbell

[edit] External links

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