Sir Winston Churchill High School
| Sir Winston Churchill High School | |
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5220 Northland Drive Calgary, Alberta, T2L 2J6 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 51°06′00″N 114°08′24″W / 51.10009°N 114.14006°WCoordinates: 51°06′00″N 114°08′24″W / 51.10009°N 114.14006°W |
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| Type | Public |
| Motto |
Non Scholae Sed Vitae (We learn, not for school, but for life) |
| Founded | 1968 |
| School board | Calgary Board of Education |
| Area trustee | Trina Hurdman |
| Director | Jeannie Everett |
| Principal | Arvin Rajan |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| Enrollment | 2150 as of September 2016[update] |
| • Grade 10 | 585 |
| • Grade 11 | 629 |
| • Grade 12 | 724 |
| Campus size | 8.0 acres |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Colour(s) | Red, White, Blue |
| Mascot | Brutus the Bulldog |
| Team name | Bulldogs |
| Newspaper | The Churchill Chronicle |
| Communities served | Brentwood (sections), Dalhousie (sections), Edgemont, Hawkwood, Nolan Hill, The Hamptons, Sherwood Varsity Acres and Varsity Estates (as of September 2011) |
| Feeder schools | H.D. Cartwright Junior High, F.E. Osborne Junior High, Simon Fraser Junior High, Tom Baines Junior High |
| Website | http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b857/ |
Sir Winston Churchill High School is a senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It derives its name from Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II and the early 1950s. The high school is built in the Northwest community of Brentwood, and currently accommodates 2 150 students as of September 2016. The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, various second languages, and numerous clubs and teams.
Churchill is known for its many prestigious academic programs. It is the North West designated International Baccalaureate school.The vast majority of its graduates attend post-secondary institutions across the world. Churchill is considered one of Alberta's leading schools for academics, regularly placing first in the city and often in the province and in national math competitions, poetry contests, and science competitions, including the Science Olympics. The school is part of the Action for Bright Children Society.
The head of the International Baccalaureate program at Sir Winston Churchill is Deborah Miller. The IB Diploma/Certificate programme begins in the middle of a student's grade 10 year with Math and/or Physics/Biology. Other IB courses begin during the grade 11 year and include Art, Chemistry, Computer Science, World History, English, French and Mandarin. This academic program is demanding but encourages students to be well-rounded individuals. During their grade 11 year, IB students taking, at least, one of the IB Group 4 subjects are required to complete a science fair style project, demonstrating their knowledge of the scientific concepts behind a topic of their choosing. During their grade 12 year, IB Diploma students will work on an involved, self-instructed and teacher-guided essay on a topic of their choice, known as the Extended Essay. Students taking History, regardless of Diploma or Certificate involvement also complete an Internal Assessment, similar to the Extended Essay.
The school's athletic teams competes and participates in the Calgary Zone of the Alberta Schools Athletic Association.
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