| Eric Hamber Secondary School | |
| Address | |
| 5025 Willow Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V5Z 3S1, Canada |
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| Information | |
| School number | 3939022 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Superintendent | Val Overgaard [1] |
| Area trustee | Jane Bouey [1] |
| Principal | Ms. Dianne Good [2] |
| Vice principal | Mr. Doug Matear [2] Mrs. Shannon Sorochan [2] |
| Administrator | Ms. M. Garcia |
| School type | Secondary school |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Language | English |
| Area | Oakridge |
| Motto | "Respice, Aspice, Prospice" Reflect on the Past, Consider the Present and Provide for the Future |
| Mascot | Griffin |
| Colours | Maroon and light blue |
| Founded | 1962 |
| Enrolment | 1,595 [3] (2011) |
| Homepage | http://hamber.vsb.bc.ca/mambo/ |
Eric Hamber Secondary School is a large public secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
The school is named after Eric Hamber, former Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia.
The school colours, maroon and light blue, were the colours used by Eric Hamber's race horses.
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The surrounding elementary schools in Eric Hamber's catchment area include:
For grades 8 to 12, Hamber offers two options for students: The Accelerated/ Enriched Humanities Program and the new Challenge Academy.
The Humanities Program presents highly-able students in the humanities (English and Social Sciences) with a challenging Grade 8-12 program that encompasses both acceleration and enrichment. Students in the program are voracious learners who will complete three years of study in Grades 8 and 9, often moving above and beyond the traditional curriculum. Learners in Grades 10-12 will continue to expand their learning through enriched and advanced placement courses as well as through guided independent or concurrent post-secondary studies. This program will appeal to students of high ability who are extremely motivated to learn and respond well to a rapid pace of instruction. Generally, an “A” or “B” average in English and Social Studies is expected.
The Challenge Academy is for those students who sit in class dreaming of the fascinating opportunities to explore that they see passing them by. It is a unique opportunity for gifted learners who thrive on learning “outside the box” and who crave the ability to meaningfully influence the pace and content of their academic program. Students in this unique Grade 8-12 academy will have four challenge blocks dedicated to their core academic subjects. During these blocks they will have the opportunity to participate in research projects, experiments, problem-based learning simulations, multi-grade level seminars in a wide variety of topics, study groups, theme-based cross-curricular exploration, self-paced guided independent studies, concurrent studies at post-secondary institutions and other non-traditional approaches to the secondary school curriculum.
Students will be free to move at a self-determined pace through a wide variety of available courses, including the opportunity to “challenge” courses for credit. Instruction in this academy will often step outside the traditional curriculum and will be driven by individual education plans for each student.
This program is suitable for gifted learners who are extremely motivated to learn and thrive outside the traditional classroom setting. Students with a desire to shape the curriculum to suit their interests and to accommodate their learning styles as well as their ability to learn material quickly will find this program a good fit. This program is especially suitable for students who have been identified as “gifted” through the psycho-educational testing process. [5]
There are also French advanced programs for grades 8 to 11 and Mandarin challenge programs for grades 8 to 9.
Since 1992, Eric Hamber has had annual fashion shows showcasing student textile works.
On May 27, 2011, Eric Hamber held an event called "Run for the Sun" to raise about $25,000 to install 4 solar panels on the school's roof. The solar panels will be used to heat the water in the school year round. A total of 653 students from 26 classes participated by running or walking 5 kilometres. The event raised a total of $8,495.00 and a successful application of a Vancouver Foundation Generation Green award of $12,500 brings the total of approximately $21,000. [6]
Eric Hamber has a history in television and film; one of the parking lots was extensively used in the early days of 21 Jump Street, including a memorable confrontation involving Johnny Depp. More recently it was used as the high school in Juno.
In 2011, several of Eric Hamber's staff were part of a glee club called "The Edutones" on the show Canada Sings. They defeated the opposing The Distillery Restaurants Corporation's "Run DRC" glee club and won $10,000 for the BC Children's Hospital Foundation. They appeared on episode 6 which aired on September 8, 2011. [7] [8]