Sir John A. Macdonald High School

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Sir John A. Macdonald High School

Address
31 Scholars Rd. Upper Tantallon, Nova Scotia, B3Z 0C3, Canada
Information
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, Yellow
Founded	2006
Enrollment	1200 (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, Timberlea and Tantallon. Sir John A's feeder schools are Five Bridges Junior High School and Ridgecliff Middle School.

The original Sir John A. Macdonald High School was built in the 1960s. The mascot is the "Flamer," hence the title "Sir John A Flames." The new complex finished construction in 2007.

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.^{[citation needed]}

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 called Five Bridges Junior High School. The new school was 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 Ms. Judy Reynolds.

SJA's home has been moved. The 2005-2006 school year SJA had approximately 1,200 students registered. (Not all of those students attend on a regular basis.) The School has been completed as of September 8, 2006 and students currently attend.

[edit] School Musicals

—The first school musical at the new Sir John A. Macdonald High School was Annie Get Your Gun. —The second school musical at the school was "South Pacific". —All the musicals at the new building were directed by Teena Turner and her staff.