School District 61 Greater Victoria

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School District 61 Greater Victoria
British Columbia
Region	Vancouver Island
Board office location	556 Boleskine Road, PO Box 700, Victoria BC Canada V8W 2R1
Communities served	Victoria,Esquimalt, Oak Bay
Number of schools	56
Budget: CAD$ (millions)	134.3
Student population: full-time equivalent	20,024
Superintendent:	Mr John Gaiptman
Greater Victoria School District Website

School District 61 Greater Victoria is a school district in British Columbia, Canada. This includes the municipalities of Victoria, Saanich, Esquimalt and Oak Bay.

1 History
2 Schools
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] History

Plaque commemorating First BC School

The earliest history of schools in Western Canada is within the boundary of the current Greater Victoria School district. The first school in the area that is present day British Columbia was established at Fort Victoria in the 1840s. A plaque to commemorate this can be found on the side of the Christmas Store on Government and Fort Street in downtown Victoria.

The first public school was opened in 1853 near what is now Central Middle School. This building later became Victoria High School.

When the area became part of the province of British Columbia there were already three school districts in the area; the Victoria City School District was established on June 25, 1869, the Esquimalt School District (October 22, 1870) and Craigflower School District (July 23, 1870).

[edit] Schools

School	Location	Grades
Arbutus Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Braefoot Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Burnside Community School	Victoria	K-5
Campus View Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Central Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Cloverdale Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Colquitz Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Continuing Ed SD 61	Victoria	12
Craigflower Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Doncaster Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Eagle View Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Ecole Intermediatre Cedar Hill Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Esquimalt High School	Esquimalt	9-12
Frank Hobbs Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
George Jay Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Girls' Alternative Program	Victoria	11-12
Glanford Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Gordon Head Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Hillcrest Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Home Learners' Link SD61	Victoria	K-12
James Bay Community School	Victoria	K-5
Lake Hill Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Lambrick Park Secondary School	Saanich	9-12
Lampson Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Lansdowne Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Ledger School	Victoria
Macaulay Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Margaret Jenkins Elementary School	Victoria	K-7
Marigold Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Mckenzie Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Monterey Elementary School	Oak Bay	K-7
Mount Douglas High School	Saanich	9-12
Northridge Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Oak Bay Secondary School	Oak Bay	8-12
Oaklands Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Pembroke Street School	Victoria	11-12
Provincial Integration Support Program SD61	Victoria
Quadra Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Reynolds Secondary School	Saanich	9-12
Rockheights Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Rogers Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
S J Willis Educational Centre	Victoria	9-11
Shoreline Community School	Victoria	6-8
Sir James Douglas Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
South Park Elementary School	Victoria	K-7
Spectrum Community School	Saanich	9-12
Strawberry Vale Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Sundance Elementary School	Victoria	K-7
Tillicum Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Torquay Elementary School	Victoria	K-7
Victor School	Victoria	1-12
Victoria High School	Victoria	9-12
Victoria SD Hospital Program	Victoria
Victoria West Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
View Royal Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Willows Elementary School	Oak Bay	K-7