Shaftesbury High School | |
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Address | |
2240 Grant Ave. Winnipeg, Manitoba, R3P 0P7 Canada |
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Coordinates | 49°51′26″N 97°13′47″W / 49.8571°N 97.2296°WCoordinates: 49°51′26″N 97°13′47″W / 49.8571°N 97.2296°W |
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Motto | Memento Mori |
School district | Pembina Trails School Division |
Superintendent | Mr. Ted Fransen |
Principal | Mrs. Catherine Birch |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 750 (2004) |
Language | English |
Area | Tuxedo |
Colour(s) | Red, White & Blue |
Team name | Titans |
Website | www |
Shaftesbury High School is a public high school located in the Tuxedo neighbourhood of Winnipeg, Manitoba. It has a population of 750 students from Charleswood, Tuxedo and Linden Woods. They are included in the Pembina Trails School Division's International Student Program (ISP) and recently acquired the RHA Nationals Boys Hockey Team.
Shaftesbury High participates in the Pembina Trails School Division (PTSD) International student Programs (ISP). Typically they host up to 40 students from all across the world to teach foreign teens Canadian culture along with teaching Canadian teens foreign culture. This also helps teach all students cultural awareness.
Various awards and scholarships are available at Shaftesbury High School. These awards are certified by universities and the PTSD.
(Note: Awards are exact names of the award handed out yearly)
They are written at the end of both semesters which occur at the end of January and June.
(Jv - Grade 9 & 10's) (Varsity - Grade 11 & 12's) (MB - Manitoba)
Badminton
Basketball - JV Female & Male
Basketball - varsity Female & Male
Cross Country Running
Curling
Hockey - Females & Males
Hockey - RHA Nationals Prep Males
Rugby - Females & Males
Soccer - Indoor/Outdoor Females & Males
Track & Field - Indoor & Outdoor
Track & Field - MB Marathon
Ultimate Frisbee
Volleyball - JV Females & Males
Volleyball - Varsity Females & Males
The Manitoba Government requires students to meet these requirements in order to graduate.
Shaftesbury also offers honours courses which run for both semesters and is a faster pace course along with a much tougher level of work. If a student is in grade 10 they will complete both the grade 10 honours course and grade 11 course. This puts them ahead of students and gives them an opportunity to take more courses in grade 11 & grade 12. Students opt into these courses through select invites.
Shaftesbury offers a wide variety of hockey. There is a hockey skills academy run by Hockey Canada. Students who choose to sign up for this course will receive one credit. Students may only get a total of two credits from this program. Students are allowed to substitute gym class out with this course if they have taken this course twice already. Note: Students must take an online health class provided by Manitoba Education.