Bowness High School

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Bowness High School

Once a Trojan, always a Trojan
Address
4627 - 77 Street N.W.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Coordinates 51°05′33″N 114°12′00″W / 51.092569°N 114.199886°W / 51.092569; -114.199886Coordinates: 51°05′33″N 114°12′00″W / 51.092569°N 114.199886°W / 51.092569; -114.199886
Information
School board Calgary Board of Education
Superintendent Naomi Johnson
Area trustee Joy Bowen-Eyre
Principal Gail Gislason
School type Public
Grades 10-12 regular program
Area Area I, Ward 1
Mascot Tommy the Trojan
Team name Trojans
Colours Green and Gold         
Founded 1956
Enrollment 1395 (September 2007)
Communities served Arbour Lake, Bowness, Greenwood, Montgomery, Scenic Acres, Silver Springs, Rocky Ridge, Royal Oak, Tuscany, Valley Ridge, Hawkwood
Feeder schools H.D. Cartwright Junior High, Montgomery Junior High, Thomas B. Riley Junior High, F.E. Osborne Junior High, Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry

Bowness High School is a public school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which teaches grades 10 through 12. It is operated by the Calgary Board of Education.

The school was founded in 1924 as a junior and senior high school to serve the town of Bowness . In 1964 the town was annexed by Calgary. No longer having a junior high component, the school now serves several Calgary communities in addition to Bowness.

Some of the programs of the school include the CTS department and RAP. Bowness has an award winning band program. As well the school has a special partnership with Imperial Oil, which helps in certain areas, such as science and math.

The school's Trojan's football team made national headlines in 2004 when a player named Tyler Zeer, died during practice.[1] At the time, it was only the third such fatality in the 92 year history of the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association.[1]

The 1986 BMX movie Rad was filmed here. There is no mention of Bowness in the film.[citation needed]

Notable alumni

  • Amanda Forbis - Film maker won many awards including Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival for the short film When the Day Breaks in 1999.[2][3][4]
  • Don Matthews - Lt.-Col pilot in Canadian air force successfully led a unit of CF-18 fighters known as the Desert Cats into Iraq in 1991 during the Gulf War, the first Canadian combat mission since the Korean War (excluding defensive peacekeeping operations).[5]
  • Devan Dubnyk - NHL Goalie - Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Williamson, Kerry (2004-09-09). "Practice injury kills football player". National Post. p. S.4. 
  2. "Former Calgarian wins French film award". Calgary Herald. 1999-05-25. p. B.2. 
  3. "When the Day Breaks". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2006-06-30. 
  4. "Amanda Forbis". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2006-06-30. 
  5. Musselwhite, Bill (1991-01-25). "Calgary pilot is first into the fray". Calgary Herald. p. A.1.FRO. 
  6. Neighbours: The Perfect Blend | Interview: Patti Stiles
  7. Impro Melbourne | About Impro Melbourne
  8. Ancient Egypt Magazine, Issue 31
  9. Ancient Egypt Magazine, Issue 51
  10. Calgary Society of the Study of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA)
  11. The 3rd British Egyptology Congress - Program of Lectures
  12. "Ancient Egypt Online". 

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