Beaumont Composite High School
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École Secondaire Beaumont Composite High School, also known as ESBCHS is a junior senior high school with grades 9 through 12 in Beaumont, Alberta, Canada
. Being a bilingual school, all grades are taught in either French or English. Built in the late 1980s, the school has an atrium;the peaks of its roof can be seen from all around the small town. Situated in the south west quadrant of Beaumont, it is the only high school in the town with enrollment of approximately 910 students. The school offers a variety of CTS courses with fully furnished labs including an Automotives, Fabrication, Foods, Cosmetology and an Outdoor Ed labs and classrooms. The school also is equipped with 6 computer labs and a library. The school has a background of athletic teams which include Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, Track, Football, Golf, Rugby, as well as many others. The school also has a Dramatic Arts program that regularly wins regional Drama Festivals.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. Being a bilingual school, all grades are taught in either French or English. Built in the late 1980s, the school has an atrium;the peaks of its roof can be seen from all around the small town. Situated in the south west quadrant of Beaumont, it is the only high school in the town with enrollment of approximately 910 students. The school offers a variety of CTS courses with fully furnished labs including an Automotives, Fabrication, Foods, Cosmetology and an Outdoor Ed labs and classrooms. The school also is equipped with 6 computer labs and a library. The school has a background of athletic teams which include Volleyball, Basketball, Badminton, Track, Football, Golf, Rugby, as well as many others. The school also has a Dramatic Arts program that regularly wins regional Drama Festivals.
Special programs
- Green Certificate
- RAPP
- Vocational Program (Mechanics and Beauty Culture)
- Skills Program
Sport teams
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Drama
- GreaseGrease (musical)Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
(2011) - Little Shop of HorrorsLittle Shop of Horrors (musical)Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...
(2008) - Once Upon A MattressOnce Upon a MattressOnce Upon a Mattress is a musical comedy with music by Mary Rodgers, lyrics by Marshall Barer and book by Jay Thompson, Dean Fuller, and Marshall Barer. It opened off-Broadway in May 1959, and then moved to Broadway...
(2007) - SeussicalSeussicalis a musical by Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty based on the books of Dr. Seuss that debuted on Broadway in 2000. The play's story is a rather complex amalgamation of many of Seuss's most famous books. After a Broadway run, the production spawned two US national tours and a UK tour...
(2006) - Li'l AbnerLi'l Abner (musical)Li'l Abner is a musical with a book by Norman Panama and Melvin Frank, music by Gene De Paul, and lyrics by Johnny Mercer.Based on the comic strip Li'l Abner by Al Capp, the show is, on the surface, a broad spoof of hillbillies but is also a pointed satire taking on any number of topics, ranging...
(2005) - Guys and Dolls (2004)
- Annie Get Your GunAnnie Get Your Gun (musical)Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley , who was a sharpshooter from Ohio, and her husband, Frank Butler.The 1946 Broadway production...
(2003) - A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the ForumA Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart....
(2002) - AnnieAnnie (musical)Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
(1999)
Notable alumni
- Mack Behm, musician
- Meghan HeffernMeghan HeffernMeghan Heffern is a Canadian actress. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta and currently resides in Toronto, Ontario.-Television:* Flight 93 as Nicole Miller* Whistler as Britt...
, actress - Carmen Lavigne, actress
- Niall MatterNiall MatterNiall Matter is a Canadian actor mainly known for his work in television.-Biography:Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Matter worked for eight years on oil rigs, to fund his education at Vancouver Film School...
, actor - Shawn Mackey, artist
- Scott Shpeley, actor and musician
- Kristen McGregor, writer/performer/producer
- Curtis Tolonen, musician
- Shane Krepakevich, compose and visual artist