Sir John A. Macdonald High School
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| Sir John A. Macdonald High School | |
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| Address | |
| 31 Scholars Rd. Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 0C3, Canada |
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| School board | Halifax Regional School Board |
| Principal | Terry Wadden |
| Vice principal | Doug Fitzpatrick / Joanne Kirkpatrick |
| School type | high school |
| Grades | Grade 10 - Grade 12 |
| Language | English |
| Mascot | The Flamer |
| Colours | Red, Orange, Yellow; All things "Flamey". |
| Founded | 2006 |
| Homepage | http://sja.ednet.ns.ca/ |
Sir John A. Macdonald High School is a Canadian high school serving the western suburbs of Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality - namely the communities of Beechville, Lakeside, and Timberlea. Its feeder schools are Five Bridges Junior High School, and Ridgecliff Middle School.
The original Sir John A. Macdonald High School was built in the 1960's and has had its fair share of ups and downs over the years. The mascot is the "Flamer," hence the title "Sir John A Flames." The new complex finished construction in 2006.
Some time ago the old school in Hubley had trouble with uranium in the water supply, but since then the school has been converted to 'city' water. In the school year of 2005-2006 the building had another brief run in with contaminated water for a span of three days.
The old building for the school was located in the Hubley section of the HRM district. The new Sir John A MacDonald High School is located in Tantallon. The old school is now Five Bridged Junior High School. The new school opened in 2006.
The school's principal, Terry Wadden, had his first year at SJA on the 2005-2006 school year. He was formerly the principal of Ridgecliff Middle School, accompanied by one Ms. Judy Reynolds.
SJA's home has been moved. The 2005-2006 school year SJA had approximately 1200 students registered. (But not all of those students attend on a regular basis.) The School has been completed as of September 8th, 2006 and students currently attend.
[edit] School Musicals
The first school musical at the new Sir John A. MacDonald High School will be 'Annie Get Your Gun'. The musical will star Chris Walsh as the sharpshooting 'Frank', and Melissa Evans who will play the under-educated character, Annie. The musical is directed by Teena Turner.
