Springbank Community High School

Springbank Community High School
Believe, Become, Be More
Address
32226 Springbank Road Springbank, Alberta Canada
Coordinates	51°03′51″N 114°19′30″W / 51.064305°N 114.324899°W / 51.064305; -114.324899Coordinates: 51°03′51″N 114°19′30″W / 51.064305°N 114.324899°W / 51.064305; -114.324899
Information
Type	Public
Established	1975
School board	Rocky View Schools
Principal	Pam Davidson
Grades	9, 10, 11, 12
Enrollment	Approximately 750 (as of 2010)
Colour(s)	Green and White
Mascot	Phoenix
Communities served	Bragg Creek, Springbank, Redwood Meadows
Feeder schools	Springbank Middle School, Banded Peak School
Website	springhs.rockyview.ab.ca
Last updated: August 29, 2008

Springbank Community High School is a public senior high school in Springbank, Alberta, Canada. Located on the west side of the city of Calgary, the school provides programming to students in grades nine to twelve from the communities of Bragg Creek, Springbank, Redwood Meadows and parts of Calgary’s western edge.

The school falls under the jurisdiction of Rocky View Schools.

The high school shares a location with the Springbank Park For All Seasons which provides sports facilities including skating and curling.

History

The original 2,495 m² high school was a one-storey building built in 1975. In 1980, two small additions comprising 521.6 m² were added to provide CTS (Career and Technology Studies) and Home Economics space.

In 1994, major new additions and modernization took place to provide permanent classroom space with reuse of some existing portables on site. The new addition consisted of 3317 m² of library, science, classroom and physical education space. In 1990, four portables were relocated to the site and a new connecting corridor was added in the 1994 renovation (total portable and link area approximately 500 m²). In 1999, four more portables were added with an additional area of 367 m². In 2001, two additional portables were relocated to the site for an additional 188.5 m². The total area of the current school building is 7,882.1 m² and replacement cost in 2006 was estimated to be 13.8 million dollars.^[1]

Athletics

The school competes and participates in the South Central Zone of the Alberta Schools Athletic Association. It has membership in the Rocky View Sports Association.,^[2] and follows its guidelines and policies. Student athletes participate as Springbank Phoenix.

Community

The school is located south of the Transcanada Highway, near Calaway Park. Its feeder school, Springbank Middle School is also located just north of the school. Its other feeder school is Banded Peak School, located in Bragg Creek.

SCHS (abbrev) is considered one of the top public schools in the province of Alberta.

Notable alumni

Jann Arden - an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter with a fan base primarily in Canada. She was born in Calgary, Alberta
David Haydn-Jones - an actor, graduated in 1989.^[3]
Lisa Cant - a Canadian model, graduated in 2002, grew up in Redwood Meadows
Myles Bell - Graduating in 2011 WHL hockey player for the Regina Pats and projected to go 66 overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. Grew up in Redwood Meadows
Joe Colborne - Calgary Flames. Drafted 16th overall to Boston Bruins in 2008.
Kiesza - singer-songwriter
Lauren Mann - a founding member of the CBC Searchlight winning indie folk band Lauren Mann and the Fairly Odd Folk, graduated in 2007.

Principals

(1992-2000) ----- David Noseworthy
(2000-2004) ----- Alf Gould
(2004-2008) ----- Mark Davidson
(2008-2013) ----- Leslie Collings
(2013-2014) ----- Karen Dittrick
(2014-Present)--- Mike Hawk

Events

Phoenix Fest ("Western Week" prior to 1997), a week-long student festival hosted by the Student Council. Includes a pancake breakfast, mini chuckwagon races and other school spirit activities.
Grad Fashion Show (held in April/May of each year), and Casino Night (January/February of each year), to raise funds to offset the cost of commencement activities. These are hosted by the Graduation Committee.
Fashion Show is considered to be the largest, and most widely anticipated school event in the area each year. It is hosted by the Graduation Committee. Most Grade 12 students participate in Fashion Show.
In recent years, due to Rockyview regulations, the Casino Night has been replaced with a silent auction/talent and awards night held in the late fall. (2008, Masquerade Gala)

References

↑ http://www.infrastructure.alberta.ca/Content/docType354/production/Springbank2375A.pdf
↑ http://www.rockyviewsports.com/member_schools.html
↑ http://www.springhs.ca, retrieved November 13, 2008

External links

High Schools in Calgary

Catholic	Bishop Carroll High School Bishop Grandin High School Bishop McNally High School Bishop O'Byrne High School Father Lacombe High School Notre Dame High School Our Lady of Lourdes School St Anne Senior High School St Francis High School St. Mary's High School

Public	Alternative High School Bowness High School Career and Technology Centre CBe-learn Centennial High School Central Memorial High School Crescent Heights High School Dr E P Scarlett High School Ernest Manning High School Forest Lawn High School Henry Wise Wood Senior High School Jack James High School James Fowler High School John G. Diefenbaker High School Juno Beach Academy of Canadian Studies Lester B. Pearson High School Lord Beaverbrook High School Louise Dean Centre National Sport School (Canada) Plains Indian Cultural School Neslon Mandela High School Queen Elizabeth High School Robert Thirsk High School Sir William Van Horne High School Sir Winston Churchill High School Western Canada High School William Aberhart High School

Francophone	École de la Rose sauvage École Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys

Private	Bearspaw Christian School Calgary Academy Calgary Christian High School Calgary French and International School Calgary Islamic School Foundations for the Future Charter Academy Heritage Christian Academy Lycée Louis Pasteur Master's Academy & College Rundle College High School Webber Academy West Island College

Other	Alberta High School of Fine Arts Beiseker Community School Bert Church High School Bow Valley High School Chestermere High School Cochrane High School Foothills Composite High School Foundations for the Future Charter Academy George McDougall High School Holy Cross Collegiate Holy Trinity Academy Rocky View Learning Connections St. Gabriel The Archangel St Martin de Porres High School St. Timothy High School Springbank Community High School Strathmore High School W G Murdoch High School Westmount Charter School

See Also Calgary Board of Education Calgary Catholic School District Rocky View Schools

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