Prince Andrew High School | |
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Address | |
31 Woodlawn Road Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, B2W 2R7 Canada |
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School type | High school |
Founded | 1960 |
School board | Halifax Regional School Board |
School number | HRSB ID 127 |
Principal | Mr. Nathan Mackinnon |
Grades | 10-12 |
Enrollment | 911 (September 2001) |
Language | English |
Area | 12,000 sq ft (1,100 m2) |
Colour(s) | Blue, Black and White |
Mascot | Panther |
Team name | Prince Andrew Panthers |
Renovations | 1970, 1978, 1986 |
Website | www |
Prince Andrew High School is a Canadian public school, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is operated by the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) and is now an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school, offering the Diploma program. It also offers the O2 program (options and opportunities).
Currently 911 students attend, and graduating classes consists of approximately 300 students.
The school was opened in 1960 and has gone through numerous renovations throughout the years, and also a second gymnasium was added in renovations. Additionally, upgrades to the cafeteria has given it a more modern design.
The school was built for the 1960/61 school year. In 1970 an addition to the school created a second gym, now known as the new gym, and a new wing. The additions in 1978 and 1986 added on wings, an auditorium, and expanded the library. Prince Andrew's unofficial rival school is Dartmouth High School.
Prince Andrew High School celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010, when it its 50th class graduated.
The school has been the high school of many top hockey prospects, such as Greg MacKinnon, Zach Fucale and Nikolai Ehlers.
Prince Andrew High School's Fine Arts program has a wide variety of courses including audio recording, theatre, visual art, film & video, band, dance, and drama.
Each year in March, April, or May, the theater group "The PA Playas" performs a play or musical. In 2017, they will be performing "Shrek is Love, Shrek is Life: The Musical".