Holy Cross Regional High School
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Holy Cross Regional High School, or "HCRHS," is a Catholic school
, under the administration of CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board. Located in Surrey
, British Columbia, Canada.
Robert Dejulius has served 28 years as principal since the high school opened in 1982 and will be retiring at the end of school season in 2010. To take his place Chris Blesch will be the new principal. Stan Kazun has also served as vice principal since the opening in 1982.
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in 2011 as 273rd out of 274 British Columbian Secondary Schools. In 2008, 100% of the students graduated and 85%+ of those students went on to study at colleges and universities.
The Academic Departments are Business Education
, Social Studies
, Visual Arts
, Religion
, English
, Languages, Drama
, Food
, Math, Information Communication Technology, and Music
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, Volleyball
, Track and Field
, Soccer, Cross Country
, Swimming
, Golf
, Football
, Tennis
, Cheerleading
, and Dance Squad.
Sports events are held at Holy Cross like the BC Catholic Basketball Championship.
Holy Cross's facilities include a full-sized wood floor gymnasium, a track oval, and a soccer field. The track oval is not open for public use.
Many Holy Cross senior students take part in an annual Mission Trip to the Philippines where they work in Gawad Kalinga
communities and help build homes for underprivileged families.
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Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
, under the administration of CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board. Located in Surrey
Surrey, British Columbia
Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...
, British Columbia, Canada.
Robert Dejulius has served 28 years as principal since the high school opened in 1982 and will be retiring at the end of school season in 2010. To take his place Chris Blesch will be the new principal. Stan Kazun has also served as vice principal since the opening in 1982.
Independent school status
Holy Cross Regional High School is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives 50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. It is under charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of VancouverRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of British Columbia. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province which includes the suffragan dioceses of Kamloops, Nelson, Prince George, and Victoria...
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School uniforms
The uniform is an important part of Holy Cross Regional High School standards as it seeks to promote unity in faith. It also helps to remove discrimination. Students are not expected to wear their uniform to, from, and at school.Academics
Holy Cross was ranked by the Fraser InstituteFraser Institute
The Fraser Institute is a Canadian think tank. It has been described as politically conservative and right-wing libertarian and espouses free market principles...
in 2011 as 273rd out of 274 British Columbian Secondary Schools. In 2008, 100% of the students graduated and 85%+ of those students went on to study at colleges and universities.
The Academic Departments are Business Education
Business education
Business education involves teaching students the fundamentals, theories, and processes of business. Education in this field occurs at several levels, including secondary education and higher education or university education. Approximately 38% of student enroll in one or more business courses...
, Social Studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, Visual Arts
Visual arts
The visual arts are art forms that create works which are primarily visual in nature, such as ceramics, drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, design, crafts, and often modern visual arts and architecture...
, Religion
Religion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
, English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
, Languages, Drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, Food
Food
Food is any substance consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals...
, Math, Information Communication Technology, and Music
Music
Music is an art form whose medium is sound and silence. Its common elements are pitch , rhythm , dynamics, and the sonic qualities of timbre and texture...
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Athletics
Athletic programs offered in Holy Cross include BasketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, Volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, Track and Field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, Soccer, Cross Country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, Swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
, Golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, Football
Canadian football
Canadian football is a form of gridiron football played exclusively in Canada in which two teams of 12 players each compete for territorial control of a field of play long and wide attempting to advance a pointed prolate spheroid ball into the opposing team's scoring area...
, Tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, Cheerleading
Cheerleading
Cheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
, and Dance Squad.
Sports events are held at Holy Cross like the BC Catholic Basketball Championship.
Holy Cross's facilities include a full-sized wood floor gymnasium, a track oval, and a soccer field. The track oval is not open for public use.
Music
The school has a Juno award winning instrumental program concert band and concert choir. Included are Jazz bands and Jazz choir.Science
Grade 11 and 12 courses include Advance Placement History, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Science, and Physics.Extracurricular activities
Holy Cross' clubs include Yearbook, Web team, Student Council, Reverence for Life, Graduation Committee, etc. .Many Holy Cross senior students take part in an annual Mission Trip to the Philippines where they work in Gawad Kalinga
Gawad Kalinga
Gawad Kalinga , which means to "give care" in Filipino, is officially known as the Gawad Kalinga Community Development Foundation, a Philippine-based poverty alleviation and nation-building movement....
communities and help build homes for underprivileged families.
Religious education
Holy Cross provides mandatory religious education. The course curriculum is organized by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of VancouverRoman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver is a Roman Catholic archdiocese that includes part of the Province of British Columbia. It is the metropolitan see of the ecclesiastical province which includes the suffragan dioceses of Kamloops, Nelson, Prince George, and Victoria...
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Notable Alumni
- Elise EstradaElise Estrada- 1987–2006: Early life and career beginnings :Elise Estrada was born in Philippines and moved to Canada when she was 4. While growing up in Vancouver, Estrada had participated in many pageant and singing competitions. At age 17, Estrada won the title of "Miss Vancouver Princess" and later became...
- Singer - Jean-Luc BilodeauJean-Luc BilodeauJean-Luc Bilodeau is a Canadian actor who has been acting since 2004. He is best known for his role as Josh Trager in the ABC Family channel program Kyle XY. Bilodeau has also appeared in films and television series such as Ill Fated, Trick 'r Treat, 16 Wishes, No Ordinary Family and Best Player...
- Actor - Emmalyn EstradaEmmalyn EstradaEmmalyn Estrada is a Canadian pop singer of Filipino descent. Her first single, "Get Down" entered Billboards Canadian Hot 100 chart the week of August 29, 2009 at #88 and peaked at #60 the week of October 31, 2009. Emmalyn is the younger sister of Elise Estrada.-Music career:In May 2009 Emmalyn...
- Singer