Eden High School

Eden High School
Sanctifica eos in veritate.
'Sanctify them by the truth.'
Address
535 Lake Street
St. Catharines, Ontario, L2N 4H7, Canada
Information
Religious affiliation Protestant
Principal Mrs. R. Hernder
Patron Rev. Menno Simons D.Min, Th.D
Faculty 74
Funding type Public Secondary School, with privately-funded religious faculty and programme.
Endowment $ 8,209,468 CAD[1][2]
Grades 9 to 12
Language English, French, German
Campus St Catharines
(2000 to present)
Locust Grove Estate, Niagara-on-the-Lake
(1945 - 1996)
Mascot Bald Eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus)
Colours           Royal Blue and White
Yearbook Eden Echoes
Newspaper The Eden Chronicle
Established 1945
Enrolment 740
Former Pupils "Old Edenites"
Homepage www.edenhigh.ca

Eden High School, also known simply as Eden, is a co-educational, public secondary school in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
Students from Grade Nine to Grade Twelve study under the Curriculum of the Province of Ontario.

The roots of Eden High School reach back to the founding of the Virgil-Vineland Bible School Society in 1938, by early Mennonite Brethren settlers in the Niagara Peninsula. The founder of the school was Rev. Isaac Ewert, who began running evening classes under the auspices of the society in late 1938.[3]

Officially founded in 1945 by an act of the Bible Society of Virgil as a private day and boarding school, "Eden Christian College"[4] the School moved to its present location in St. Catharines as a result of a charter agreement with the now reorganized Lincoln County Board of Education.

Campus and facilities

Eden High School is located in the north end of St. Catharines, Ontario. With a close proximity to the neighbourhood of Port Dalhousie and the Henley Regatta, rowing is a fixture in school life. Eden graduates have studied abroad on rowing scholarships and medalled in the Olympic games.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Registered Charity Information Return - Total assets for Fiscal Period End 2008-05-31
  2. ^ The Canadian Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches at Canada Revenue Agency
  3. ^ gameo.org Redekopp, Alf. "Virgil Bible School (Virgil, Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1999. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 January 2009 gameo.org
  4. ^ Gameo.org Friesen, C. Alfred. "Eden High School (Virgil, Ontario, Canada)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. January 2002. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 27 January 2009 gameo.org
  5. ^ Melanie Kok Winner of two World Rowing Championship gold medals and Olympic bronze.
  6. ^ Olympics.thestar.com Beijing Athletes, 2008

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