Bishop Pinkham Junior High School

Bishop Pinkham Jr. High School
Address
3304 – 63 Avenue S.W.
Calgary, Alberta
Canada
Coordinates 50°59′49″N 114°07′41″W / 50.997°N 114.128°W / 50.997; -114.128Coordinates: 50°59′49″N 114°07′41″W / 50.997°N 114.128°W / 50.997; -114.128
Information
Type Public School
Motto Motto: English: "We will take your hands and help you soar." French: Nous te tendrons la main pour te soutenir et tu t'envoleras"
Established 1964
School board Calgary Board of Education
Principal Sebastien Picard[1]
Grades 7, 8, 9 + Bridges
Enrollment 491[2] (September 2008)
 • Grade 7 149
 • Grade 8 170
 • Grade 9 172
Campus Urban
Communities served Lakeview, North Glenmore, Discovery Ridge
School website[3]
Last updated: January 2009

Bishop Pinkham Junior High School is a public French immersion junior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has classes for grades 6 through 9, offering French, English, and Spanish programs. Bishop Pinkham is located in the Lakeview community of Calgary. It used to be only for grade 7,8,9 but there were too many students at Westgate Elementary, so they had to come to Bishop Pinkham.

The school is named after the Bishop William Cyrian Pinkham who was the first Anglican bishop in Calgary.[4]

School history

The School was founded back in 1959 and was named after Bishop William Pinkham who was a Bishop in the City of Calgary. The school was classified always Public. It features a late French immersion program, which starts in grade 7, as well as programs for continuing French immersion, Spanish immersion and English students. French students take 4 subjects in French (Math, Social studies, Science, and French Language Arts).

References

  1. ↑ http://schools.cbe.ab.ca/b645/contact.htm
  2. ↑ School Profile. Cbe.ab.ca. Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
  3. ↑ Calgary Board of Education. Schools.cbe.ab.ca (2010-05-05). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
  4. ↑ Biography of Bishop pinkham. Mhs.mb.ca (2009-07-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.


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