Cole Harbour District High School
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Cole Harbour District High School is a Canadian
public school in the Cole Harbour
area just east of Dartmouth
, Nova Scotia
. It is operated by the Halifax Regional School Board
(HRSB), and is an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school, offering the Diploma program.
, with whom they play a football game against every Thanksgiving weekend called the Turkey Bowl. There hasnt been much renovation's to the school since they opened their doors, except for the 'Portable' which Yoga classes take place in, and the Family Studies lab on the 3rd floor.
• English (10,11,12)
•Math (10,11,12)
•Family Studies (10)
•Drama (10,11,12)
•Science (10)
•Oceans (11)
• Construction Technology (10)
•Multi Media (12)
•Canadian History
accredited schools in Nova Scotia.
, singing
, dancing, stage management
, and set and costume design
. Since there is no theatre at the school, they perform at the Alderney Landing
Theatre, in downtown Dartmouth. Most recently, the group performed the musical Aida
at the theatre.
The school music teacher, Tina Gallant, also organizes other musical opportunities at different points of the year, including the Spring and Winter concerts. Both offer a chance for vocal music and other interested students a chance to perform.
-awareness, and peer-education. The Cavway is designed to be a safe, healthy place for students.
The school came under fire again in March, 2008, when brawls broke out in the school prompting a lockdown. Two students were arrested, another two sent to hospital. Though the cause is not completely clear, many think that it was race-based and resulted in 24 suspensions. Though the brawls only lasted one afternoon, some of the concerns that students and parents had in the 1990s were brought up again. These concerns were again brought up in April, 2009, when another brawl took place after a fire alarm was pulled. One student was sent to the hospital for treatment and several suspensions were handed out. In this conflict, there were reports of individual students being targeted, as well as a number of teachers.
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...
public school in the Cole Harbour
Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia
Cole Harbour is a Canadian suburban community in Nova Scotia's Halifax Regional Municipality. It is the hometown of Sidney Crosby.-Geography:...
area just east of Dartmouth
Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
Dartmouth founded in 1750, is a community and planning area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Located on the eastern shore of Halifax Harbour, Dartmouth has been nicknamed the City of Lakes after the large number of lakes located in the city.On April 1, 1996, the provincial...
, Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia is one of Canada's three Maritime provinces and is the most populous province in Atlantic Canada. The name of the province is Latin for "New Scotland," but "Nova Scotia" is the recognized, English-language name of the province. The provincial capital is Halifax. Nova Scotia is the...
. It is operated by the Halifax Regional School Board
Halifax Regional School Board
The Halifax Regional School Board is the public school board responsible for 137 elementary, junior high, and high schools located within the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada. The current Superintendent of the HRSB is Carole Olsen, who has held the position since 2002...
(HRSB), and is an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school, offering the Diploma program.
History
Cole Harbour Disrtict High is seen in the hit series The Trailer Park Boys, it is used as the location to film the scenes that take place in the fictional Dartmouth Regional Vocational School (DRVS). CHDHS's unofficial rival school is Auburn Drive High SchoolAuburn Drive High School
Auburn Drive High School is a secondary school located in Cole Harbour, Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. It serves students from grades 10 to 12. Auburn's feeder schools include Astral Drive Junior High School and Graham Creigton Junior High School.-History:Auburn Drive High...
, with whom they play a football game against every Thanksgiving weekend called the Turkey Bowl. There hasnt been much renovation's to the school since they opened their doors, except for the 'Portable' which Yoga classes take place in, and the Family Studies lab on the 3rd floor.
Programs
Cole Harbour District High School offers an extensive range of courses, categorized as academic, advanced, or open (not required for entrance to university.) Some of which include:• English (10,11,12)
•Math (10,11,12)
•Family Studies (10)
•Drama (10,11,12)
•Science (10)
•Oceans (11)
• Construction Technology (10)
•Multi Media (12)
•Canadian History
International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme
The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme has been offered at Cole Harbour District High School since the 2007-2008 school year (with the Diploma Prep program offered starting in 2006-2007), with its first year of graduates in 2009. Cole Harbour District High School is one of fifteen International Baccalaureate OrganizationInternational Baccalaureate Organization
The International Baccalaureate , formerly the International Baccalaureate Organization , is an international educational foundation headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland and founded in 1968. IB offers three educational programmes for children ages 3–19.The organization's name and logo were changed...
accredited schools in Nova Scotia.
Music
Cole Harbour District High School offers several music courses: Music Band 10, 11, 12, and Music Vocal 10, 11, 12. There is also a Musical Theatre course planned for the 2009-2010 school year. These programs are currently taught by Mrs Tina Gallant.Physical Education
As of the 2008-2009 school year, graduates will be required to have at least one Phys. Ed. credit, from either Physical Education 10, 11, 12, Leadership or Physically Active Living. Previously, students were required to take Career and Life Management (CLM) 11 and Physically Active Lifestyles (PAL) 11, (both 1/2 credits), but these courses were eliminated in favor of Physically Active Living 11 (1 full credit). The French equivalent of the CLM/PAL combination (Gestion de carrière et vie/Style de vie actif) is still offered. Current teachers in the physical education department include Reg Bezanson (PE 10-12), Craig Campbell (Leadership & PLV), Patrick Hatfield (PE 10 & PLV) and David Denike (French PAL/CALM). The school also competes as a Division 1 high school in the metro high school athletic association a division of the Nova Scotia School Athletic Association. The athletic director craig campbell oversees the varsity program at CHDHS and can be contacted via the school web page.French Immersion
Students can choose to study in either the English or French language. Nova Scotia requires a minimum of nine French credits to receive the French certificate, including a French Language Arts course for each grade level. Students can currently take a number of different French courses, including Biologie, Histoire canadienne, and Production de film digital et vidéo.Extracurricular activities
Cole Harbour District High School has many different extracurricular activities for students to participate in. These include, but are not limited to, a number of competitive sports teams.Musical
The school's musical has become an annual tradition at the school, and has also gained a reputation for being an outstanding annual production. The annual musical allows students to get a feel for many aspects of stage performing, including actingActing
Acting is the work of an actor or actress, which is a person in theatre, television, film, or any other storytelling medium who tells the story by portraying a character and, usually, speaking or singing the written text or play....
, singing
Singing
Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, and augments regular speech by the use of both tonality and rhythm. One who sings is called a singer or vocalist. Singers perform music known as songs that can be sung either with or without accompaniment by musical instruments...
, dancing, stage management
Stage management
Stage management is the practice of organizing and coordinating a theatrical production. It encompasses a variety of activities, including organizing the production and coordinating communications between various personnel...
, and set and costume design
Costume design
Costume design is the fabrication of apparel for the overall appearance of a character or performer. This usually involves researching, designing and building the actual items from conception. Costumes may be for a theater or cinema performance but may not be limited to such...
. Since there is no theatre at the school, they perform at the Alderney Landing
Alderney Landing
Alderney Landing is a convention centre, art gallery, market, and theatre facility in Downtown Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It was opened in May, 1999...
Theatre, in downtown Dartmouth. Most recently, the group performed the musical Aida
Aida (musical)
Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....
at the theatre.
The school music teacher, Tina Gallant, also organizes other musical opportunities at different points of the year, including the Spring and Winter concerts. Both offer a chance for vocal music and other interested students a chance to perform.
Previous Productions
| Year | Show |
|---|---|
| 2002 | Hair Hair (musical) Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical is a rock musical with a book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. A product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, several of its songs became anthems of the anti-Vietnam War peace movement... |
| 2003 | Footloose Footloose (musical) Footloose is a 1998 musical based on the 1984 film of the same name. The music is by Tom Snow , the lyrics by Dean Pitchford , and the book by Pitchford and Walter Bobbie.-Act 1:... |
| 2004 | Peter Pan Peter Pan (1954 musical) Peter Pan is a musical adaptation of J. M. Barrie's 1904 play Peter Pan and Barrie's own novelization of it, Peter and Wendy. The music is mostly by Mark "Moose" Charlap, with additional music by Jule Styne, and most of the lyrics were written by Carolyn Leigh, with additional lyrics by Betty... |
| 2005 | Grease Grease (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,... |
| 2006 | Fame Fame (musical) A stage musical based on the 1980 musical film Fame has been staged under two titles. The first, 'Fame – The Musical' conceived and developed by David De Silva, is a musical with a book by Jose Fernandez, music by Steve Margoshes and lyrics by Jacques Levy. The musical premiered in 1988 in Miami,... |
| 2007 | Little Shop of Horrors Little 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 | Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971... |
| 2009 | Urinetown Urinetown Urinetown: The Musical is a satirical comedy musical, with music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, and book by Kotis. It satirizes the legal system, capitalism, social irresponsibility, populism, bureaucracy, corporate mismanagement, and municipal politics... |
| 2010 | Aida Aida (musical) Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical.... |
| 2011 | Hair Hair Hair is a filamentous biomaterial, that grows from follicles found in the dermis. Found exclusively in mammals, hair is one of the defining characteristics of the mammalian class.... |
Student Health Centre
The student health centre, known as the Cavway, is a place for students to meet with a nurse, and get involved in school activities. The Cavway undertakes a number of projects throughout the year, including a gay-straight alliance, raising money for Christmas Daddies (a local children's charity), tobaccoTobacco
Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana. It can be consumed, used as a pesticide and, in the form of nicotine tartrate, used in some medicines...
-awareness, and peer-education. The Cavway is designed to be a safe, healthy place for students.
Violence
Cole Harbour District High School has appeared on national news in the 1990s after a number of riots broke out at the school, alleged to be race-based. The school was temporarily shut down due to these events.The school came under fire again in March, 2008, when brawls broke out in the school prompting a lockdown. Two students were arrested, another two sent to hospital. Though the cause is not completely clear, many think that it was race-based and resulted in 24 suspensions. Though the brawls only lasted one afternoon, some of the concerns that students and parents had in the 1990s were brought up again. These concerns were again brought up in April, 2009, when another brawl took place after a fire alarm was pulled. One student was sent to the hospital for treatment and several suspensions were handed out. In this conflict, there were reports of individual students being targeted, as well as a number of teachers.