Montague Regional High School
Montague Regional High School (MRHS) , is a Canadian secondary school in Montague, Prince Edward Island for students from the southern part of Kings County and the south eastern part of Queens County, including the towns of Montague and Georgetown.
The school is administratively part of the Eastern School District. Its official colours are red and black and the mascot is a Viking. The sports teams from MRHS are called the Montague Vikings.
History and characteristics
- In 2007, the Eastern School District voted unanimously to recommend a replacement for the old montague regional high school on Fraser Street.
- In 2010, students and staff moved into a $22 million new Montague Regional High School, located on the Valleyfield Road. The new Montague High has over 700 students, a teaching staff of over forty, and twenty support staff. The new 108,000-square-foot (10,000 m2) facility was officially opened on September 15 by Premier Robert Ghiz. During the grand opening events at the new Montague High School, Premier Ghiz and Mr. Currie marked the day by assisting Principal Seana Evans-Renaud with a ribbon cutting and tree planting ceremony. The province also provided each student with a sapling of their own to take home and plant to commemorate the grand opening of the school.
- In 2011, Fair Isle Ford generously donating $20 for every test drive taken on April 20 to a maximum of $6000. The money raised was used to purchase equipment for MRHS. In addition, 10% of all money raised will be donated to Breast Cancer Research.
This school is considered to be one of the most advanced schools in Atlantic Canada. It is a model for trades in the province, and has state of the art career and technical education training facilities. [1]
Facilities
The school was designed with energy efficiency in mind and includes some of the following modern features:
- Four modern science labs with safe prep and chemical storage areas, two computer labs, food and clothing lab.
- A large library and resource centre will have an adjoining seminar and meeting rooms.
- The cafetorium features a large stage, prop area, and sound and lighting room.
- Spacious band and music room, a music library and listening room, five practice rooms and sound studio.
- Trades training includes a large, well-equipped spaces for carpentry, welding, motor vehicle repair and applied technology.
- Classrooms and labs have SmartBoards and accompanying technology to improve lesson presentation.
- Small breakout rooms with computer facilities are located between classrooms for small group work.
- Two classrooms are joined by a folding wall to create a large meeting space.
- A 7,400-square-foot (690 m2) gymnasium and auxiliary gym, along with several playing fields.
- Student safety has been optimized with a new entrance off the Valleyfield Road which will have appropriate turning lanes and ample parking.[2]
School sports
Sports at Montague Regional High Include:
Basketball Tournaments - The "Viking Classic" is a basketball tournament hosted in early December by Montague Regional High which draws schools competing from across Kings and Queens County. The annual teams between the two are the Montague Vikings, the Souris Spartans, the Morell Marlins, the Rural Raiders, the Bluefield Bobcats and the Colonel Gray Colonels. [3]
Clubs at Montague
Montague Regional High is home to a variety of clubs, including:
- Blood For Life Club
- Debate Club
- French Conversation Club
- Yearbook Committee
- Games Club
- Grad Activity Committee
- OREO
- Photography Club
- Prom Committee
- Readers' Circle
- Robotics
- Rotary Youth Parliament
- SADD
- SAVE
- SWITCH
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Notable alumni
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