Vernon Barford Junior High

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Official name	Vernon Barford Junior High School
Principal	Mr. Stephen Lynch
Assistant Principals	Bryan Candler, Judy Hoeksema
Assistant Curriculum Coordinators	Iris Ciona (Language Arts) John Ioannides (Physical Education) Kevin Murphy (Science) Pat Proudfoot (Social Studies) Robert Wong (Mathematics)
Business Manager	Mary Kenny
School Office	Rebecca Connery, Lindsay Marchuk-Smith
Head Custodian	Hermes Yu
School system	Public
Operated by	Edmonton Public Schools
Location	32, Fairway Drive Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Grades	7-9
Primary language	English
Religious affiliation	None
Officially opened	February 16, 1968
Information current as of	January 17, 2007

Vernon Barford Junior High is located in Alberta, Canada. It shares a field with Westbrook School. Google Map. Vernon Barford is a district site for Academic Challenge students, and provides strong programming for various different needs.

1 Opening
2 Location
3 Attendance
4 Academics
5 Extra Curricular
6 External links

[edit] Opening

Vernon Barford School was officially opened on February 16, 1968, as a Canadian centennial school. It was named after a famous musician, Vernon Barford.

[edit] Location

Vernon Barford is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It shares a field with Westbrook School. Google Map

[edit] Attendance

The school is the largest juniour high in Alberta, with, at points in time, over 900 students. In the 2006-2007 school year VB had over 900 students, but the amount was cut down due to applicants' giving false addresses to be in district boundaries, automatically being accepted into the school. Currently, there are around 830 students attending Vernon Barford.

[edit] Academics

Vernon Barford is a district site for Academic challenge students. As a result, many awards have been won by VB students. This includes math contests (Gauss, Atlantic-Pacific, CNML, Pascal, AMC 8), science club (Virtual Science Fair, Cardboard boat races, Science Olympics), and musical performances by Concert Bands grade 7,8,9, and Jazz/Stage Bands X and Y.

[edit] Extra Curricular

Vernon Barford School prides itself in being balanced with academics and athletics. Their school teams are dubbed the "Blues", the symbol being similar to that of the NHL hockey team St. Louis Blues. The "Blues" logo was designed, acknowledging Mr. Barford's music achievements, with a slanted quarter note, attached with wings, each representing a different aspect of the school. There are a wide range of extracurricular activities in the school including: