Dalbrae Academy

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Dalbrae Academy is a secondary school located in Mabou, Nova Scotia, Canada. It is attended by approximately 290 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

In the 2006-2007 Athletic year, the Girls Basketball team won the school's first evert NSSAF Division 3 Provincial Championship, going undefeated in divisional play.

[edit] Administration

  • Principal: Elizabeth Teasdale
  • Vice Principal: Margie Beaton

[edit] External links

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