Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver)
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7055 Heather Street Vancouver, British Columbia, V6P 3P7 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 49°13′15″N 123°07′28″W / 49.22083°N 123.12444°WCoordinates: 49°13′15″N 123°07′28″W / 49.22083°N 123.12444°W |
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| School type | Public, Secondary school |
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Latin: Pro Virili Parte (To the Best of One's Ability) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | None |
| Founded | 1956 |
| School board | School District 39 Vancouver |
| Superintendent | Scott Robinson |
| Area trustee | Fraser Ballantyne |
| School number | 3939015 |
| Director | Magdalena Kassis (Director of Instruction) |
| Principal | Kevin Land |
| Grades | 8-12 |
| Enrollment | 2114 (September 2009) |
| Language | English, French Immersion |
| Area | Marpole |
| Colour(s) | Red, Blue and White |
| Mascot | Bulldog |
| Team name | Churchill Bulldogs |
| Public transit access | 15, 17, 49, Canada Line |
| Website | go |
Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School is a public secondary school located in Vancouver, British Columbia. Churchill Secondary is one of two International Baccalaureate schools (along with Britannia Secondary School) and one of three French Immersion secondary schools in Vancouver. It is named after the former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Winston Churchill.
Churchill is fed by the surrounding elementary schools in its catchment area. They include Sir Wilfrid Laurier Elementary School, Dr. Annie B. Jamieson Elementary School, Sir William Osler Elementary School, J.W. Sexsmith Elementary School, and David Lloyd George Elementary School. Although not within Churchill's catchment area, L'École Bilingue, L'École Quilchena and Sir James Douglas Elementary School feed into its French Immersion Program.
Churchill Secondary is known for its long standing International Baccalaureate Programme, attracting students from all over the school district to apply. However, admission into the IB Programme at Churchill Secondary is very competitive. In addition, Churchill's IB Diploma Programme is known for its challenging curriculum and rigorous gradings. Churchill Secondary also offers the IB Certificate Programme, which allows students in the regular BC provincial curriculum to take part in IB courses. This option is only open when there is a vacancy in that particular class. IB courses offered at Churchill include English, French, Japanese, Mandarin, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History, Art, Psychology, Film Studies, Theatre, Mathematics, and Theory of Knowledge. French Immersion students entering the IB Programme may opt to take a more advanced French course, allowing them to earn a BC French Dogwood Diploma and a bilingual IB diploma simultaneously. There is also a Pre-IB programme in grade 10, and an informal programme similar to the Middle Years Programme known as Synergy for grades 8-9. The IB program provides a challenging and globally accepted curriculum for all its students.
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