Esquimalt High School

Esquimalt High School
Esse Quam Videri Be True To Yourself
Address
847 Colville Rd. Victoria, British Columbia, V9A 4N9, Canada
Information
School board	School District 61 Greater Victoria
Principal	Colin Roberts
Vice principal	Carter Giesbrecht, Gord Mitchell
School type	Public high school
Grades	9-12
Language	English, French
Campus	Urban
Colours
Enrollment	771 (as of 2010)[1]
Homepage	http://www.esquimalt.sd61.bc.ca/

École Secondaire Esquimalt High School (or "EHS") is a high school located in Esquimalt, a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. EHS is operated by the Greater Victoria School District. It is the designated secondary school for Shoreline and Rockheights Middle Schools and serves students from Esquimalt, View Royal, and the Victoria neighbourhoods of Vic West and Craigflower.^[2] The school is one of three to retain "High School" in its name when the Province of B.C. directed the change to "Secondary School".

Academic programs

In addition to standard core curriculum programs, the following are offered:^[3]

• Career Preparation Programs in Jazz, Media & Graphic Arts, Automotive Technology and Food Industry Training
• Culinary Arts
• 4C Challenge Gifted Education (commitment to tasks; creative problem solving; challenging curriculum and assignments; and community involvement)
• Dramatic Arts
• Fine Arts

     Concert Band
     Jr. Jazz Ensemble
     Sr. Jazz Ensemble
     Concert Choir
     Vocal Ensemble
     Rhythm and Blues Band

• First Nations Education
• French Immersion
• Leadership
• Musical Theatre
• Technology Education (woodworking, metalworking, electronics, automotive technology)
• Victoria International High School Programs

Athletics

• Basketball
• Curling
• Rowing
• Rugby
• Swimming
• Wrestling
• Badminton
• Tennis

The Curling Academy focuses on developing a blend of skills including academic excellence, leadership development, and curling skills. The program accepts students from all levels of curling proficiency, including wheelchair curlers.

Weather Station

The University of Victoria operates a weather station at EHS as part of its School-Based Weather Station Network which gathers data from schools around Greater Victoria for its Climate Modelling Group of the School of Earth and Ocean Science. The data is collected at the university and used to provide meteorological forecasts online.^[4]

Sustainability

The school is a participant in the Sustainable High Schools Project offered by the Sierra Club BC’s Environmental Education Program.^[5]

Notable alumni

• Meg Tilly, actress, Broadway stage dancer, writer, and Academy Award nominee (attended in Grade 12, graduated Chief Sealth High School)^[6]

External links

• School District 61 Greater Victoria website
• UVic School-Based Weather Station Network
• Meg Tilly - IMDB biography
• Esquimalt Ink (school newspaper)
• Times Colonist 2009-06-19 article on Artour Sogomonian

References

1. ↑ School District website, retrieved online 2011-04-28
2. ↑ School District catchment map, retrieved online 2011-04-28
3. ↑ School District website, retrieved online 2011-04-28
4. ↑ UVic School-Based Weather Station Network, retrieved online 2011-04-11
5. ↑ Sierra Club BC, retrieved online 2011-04-28
6. ↑ Article with school yearbook photographs, retrieved online 2011-04-27

Coordinates: 48°26′17″N 123°23′49″W / 48.438°N 123.397°W / 48.438; -123.397

Schools in Greater Victoria (School District 61) Secondary schools Esquimalt Lambrick Park Mount Douglas Oak Bay Reynolds Spectrum Vic High Middle or junior high schools Arbutus Cedar Hill Central Colquitz Glanford Gordon Head Lansdowne Monterey Rockheights Shoreline