Merritt E. Callaghan Intermediate School

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Address
41870 Western Rd – Route 2 Tignish, Prince Edward Island, C0B 1K0, Canada
Information
School number	N/A
School board	Western School Board
Religious affiliation	none
Principal	Jacklyn Arsenault (2004–present)
Vice principal	Michael Ellsworth (2005–present)
School type	Intermediate school
Grades	7–9
Language	English (select French courses available)
Enrollment	500+
Homepage	http://www.edu.pe.ca/mecallaghan

Merritt E. Callaghan Intermediate School is an intermediate school providing education for 7^th to 9^th grade students in the Tignish, Alberton, and Miminegash areas of western Prince County, Prince Edward Island, Canada. It is part of the Western School Board of PEI, and in the 2006–2007 school year has a student population of approximately 500. The school is named after Merritt Edwin Callaghan, a former local resident.

1 History
2 Extracurricular activities
3 List of teachers
4 Yearly schedule
5 See also
6 References

[edit] History

In 1976, Merritt Callaghan School was built at the expense of discontinuing more localized intermediate education that was taking place at Tignish Intermediate, Miminegash Intermediate, Alberton Intermediate, and other schools. The decision was made to merge all of these former schools into one by then–current Minister of Education, Bennett Campbell.^[1] Though some were against the initial change, many now feel it was an appropriate move.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

The school offers many sport activities, such as soccer, intramurals, and more. Holidays are celebrated in the school with activities such as the Christmas Prom, as well as Valentine's Day and St. Patrick's Day–related activities.

[edit] List of teachers

The following is a list of select subject teachers from the school^[1]:

Randy Bell (industrial, mathematics)
Jacqueline Buchanan (French language arts, social studies, sciences)
Glenn Campbell (physical education)
Marylee Doucette (sciences, mathematics)
Karla Williams (language arts, mathematics, sciences)
Marie Gavin (social studies, mathematics)
Rebecca Thomas (family life, computers)

[edit] Yearly schedule

The school is shut down yearly near the end of the month of June until the day after Labor Day in September for summer vacation. The school also closes for the following special days/holidays, in 2006–2007^[2]: