St. Michaels University School
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3400 Richmond Road Victoria, British Columbia, V8P 4P5 Canada |
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| Coordinates | 48°27′08″N 123°19′40″W / 48.45222°N 123.32778°WCoordinates: 48°27′08″N 123°19′40″W / 48.45222°N 123.32778°W |
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| School type | Private Day and Boarding |
| Founded | 1906 (University School) 1910 (St. Michaels School) 1971 (amalgamation) |
| Headmaster | Robert Snowden |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrollment | 918 |
| Language | English |
| Colour(s) | Red, White, Black, Blue |
| Mascot | Blue Jaguar |
| Team name | Blue Jags |
| Website | www |
St. Michaels University School (SMUS or SMU) is a private day and boarding school in the municipality of Saanich, which is a suburb of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The school is currently under the direction of headmaster Robert Snowden. Previous headmasters include David Penaluna (1988–94) and John Shaffter (1977–88).
SMUS is located in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on the southern tip of Vancouver Island. The Senior and Middle School campus is located on Richmond Road in Saanich, a suburban municipality of Greater Victoria. The Junior School campus is situated on Victoria Avenue in Oak Bay.
In 1906, University School was founded by Cap. R. V. Harvey, the Rev. W. W. Bolton and J. C. Barnacle. Four years later, in 1910, K. C. Symons founded St. Michael's School. St. Michael's School was unusual for its relatively large number of local day students for the period (as contrasted with University School's large number of boarders).
Facing some financial difficulties and the death of its headmaster in 1970, University School merged with St. Michael's in 1971 to become St Michaels University School. In 1973,the school enrolls grade 1 and 2 students for the first time in its history. In 1978, girls were enrolled as day and boarding students in grades 10–12 for the first time, and the school began the process of becoming fully coeducational in 1985. A major expansion of the campus also began in 1985. In 1993, SMUS's boarding houses were renamed after the school's six founders: Bolton, Harvey, Winslow, Timmis, Symons, and Barnacle.
SMUS is known for offering numerous AP (Advanced Placement) courses at its senior school, with popular courses including AP Physics, AP Microeconomics/Macroeconomics, AP Calculus AB, and AP Human Geography.
The average amount of APs taken by SMUS students ranks first in country across all schools as of 2012. The record for most APs taken and completed by a single student is 14. In terms of average mean grades, SMUS students achieved an average of 3.68, which was higher than the global average of 2.92. Of the 650 exams across 25 different AP subjects taken by 245 SMUS students, 81% of them received grades of three or higher on the five point scale, which was also higher than the worldwide rate of 59% achieving grades of three or higher.
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