Bowness High School
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Bowness High School is a public school in Calgary
, Alberta, Canada, which teaches grades 10 through 12. It is operated by the Calgary Board of Education
.
The school was founded in 1924 as a junior and senior high school to serve the town of Bowness
. In 1964 the town was annexed by Calgary. No longer having a junior high component, the school now serves several Calgary communities in addition to Bowness.
Some of the programs of the school include the CTS department and RAP. Bowness has an award winning band program. As well the school has a special partnership with Imperial Oil
, which helps in certain areas, such as science and math.
The school's Trojan's football team made national headlines in 2004 when a player named Tyler Zeer, died during practice.
At the time, it was only the third such fatality in the 92 year history of the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association.
The 1986 BMX movie Rad was filmed here. There is no mention of Bowness in the film.
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
, Alberta, Canada, which teaches grades 10 through 12. It is operated by the Calgary Board of Education
Calgary Board of Education
The Calgary Board of Education is the public school board in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. As a public system, the CBE is required to accept any students who meet age and residency requirements, regardless of religion.-Size:...
.
The school was founded in 1924 as a junior and senior high school to serve the town of Bowness
Bowness, Alberta
Bowness is a community district in west Calgary. It was an autonomous town until 1963, when it was amalgamated by Calgary.The neighbourhood is bordered by the Bow River on the north and east, 16th Avenue on the south, and Stoney Trail on the west...
. In 1964 the town was annexed by Calgary. No longer having a junior high component, the school now serves several Calgary communities in addition to Bowness.
Some of the programs of the school include the CTS department and RAP. Bowness has an award winning band program. As well the school has a special partnership with Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil
Imperial Oil Limited is Canada's largest petroleum company. The company is engaged in the exploration, production and sale of crude oil and natural gas. It is controlled by US based ExxonMobil, which owns 69.6% of its stock...
, which helps in certain areas, such as science and math.
The school's Trojan's football team made national headlines in 2004 when a player named Tyler Zeer, died during practice.
At the time, it was only the third such fatality in the 92 year history of the Calgary Senior High School Athletic Association.
The 1986 BMX movie Rad was filmed here. There is no mention of Bowness in the film.
Notable alumni
- Amanda Forbis - Film maker won many awards including Golden PalmPalme d'OrThe Palme d'Or is the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival and is presented to the director of the best feature film of the official competition. It was introduced in 1955 by the organising committee. From 1939 to 1954, the highest prize was the Grand Prix du Festival International du...
at the Cannes Film FestivalCannes Film FestivalThe Cannes International Film Festival , is an annual film festival held in Cannes, France, which previews new films of all genres including documentaries from around the world. Founded in 1946, it is among the world's most prestigious and publicized film festivals...
for the short film When the Day Breaks in 1999. - Don Matthews - Lt.-ColLieutenant colonelLieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies and most marine forces and some air forces of the world, typically ranking above a major and below a colonel. The rank of lieutenant colonel is often shortened to simply "colonel" in conversation and in unofficial correspondence...
pilotAviatorAn aviator is a person who flies an aircraft. The first recorded use of the term was in 1887, as a variation of 'aviation', from the Latin avis , coined in 1863 by G. de la Landelle in Aviation Ou Navigation Aérienne...
in Canadian air forceCanadian Forces Air CommandThe Royal Canadian Air Force , formerly Canadian Forces Air Command, is one of three environmental commands of the Canadian Forces...
successfully led a unit of CF-18CF-18 HornetThe McDonnell Douglas CF-18 Hornet is a Royal Canadian Air Force fighter aircraft, based on the American McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet fighter. In 1980, the F/A-18 was selected as the winner of the New Fighter Aircraft competition, and a production order was awarded...
fighters known as the Desert Cats into IraqIraqIraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
in 1991 during the Gulf WarGulf WarThe Persian Gulf War , commonly referred to as simply the Gulf War, was a war waged by a U.N.-authorized coalition force from 34 nations led by the United States, against Iraq in response to Iraq's invasion and annexation of Kuwait.The war is also known under other names, such as the First Gulf...
, the first Canadian combat mission since the Korean WarKorean WarThe Korean War was a conventional war between South Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China , with military material aid from the Soviet Union...
(excluding defensive peacekeepingPeacekeepingPeacekeeping is an activity that aims to create the conditions for lasting peace. It is distinguished from both peacebuilding and peacemaking....
operations).
- Patti StilesPatti StilesPatti Stiles is an actor and improvisation artist living in Australia.She received her training at Calgary, Alberta's world-renowned Loose Moose Theatre under Keith Johnstone. Stiles was the Artistic Director of Impro Melbourne from 2004 to 2009. She was formerly the Artistic Director of Rapid Fire...
(née Atfield) - Actress internationally known for her work in improvisationImprovisationImprovisation is the practice of acting, singing, talking and reacting, of making and creating, in the moment and in response to the stimulus of one's immediate environment and inner feelings. This can result in the invention of new thought patterns, new practices, new structures or symbols, and/or...
.
- Nicholas Wernick - Egyptologist, specializing in the military of ancient Egypt and information technologyInformation technologyInformation technology is the acquisition, processing, storage and dissemination of vocal, pictorial, textual and numerical information by a microelectronics-based combination of computing and telecommunications...
. Founder of Ancient Egypt Online (AEO)- an online website based on Egyptology
External links
- Official website
- Police probe hazing attacks (September 10, 2003) - Article on incident near school involving students.