Lambrick Park Secondary School
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Lambrick Park Secondary School is a traditional six-year (grades 6-12) public secondary school
located in Saanich, British Columbia
, Canada
.
The school is situated at 4139 Torquay Drive, next to Lambrick Park, a Saanich park which is home to the Gordon Head Soccer Association
and the Gordon Head Baseball Association
. The school, part of Greater Victoria's School District 61
, opened for the 1976-77 academic year and had its first graduates in 1978.
The current principal is Kevin Luchies; the vice-principals are Thomas Thompson and Joan Thain.
There is a school concert choir and a chamber choir, led for many years by Karen Hughes, and a band program led by Bruce Ham, a math instructor who has taught at Lambrick Park since 1997.
The school also has an active athletic program, with sports including badminton, basketball, baseball, field hockey, golf, tennis, rowing, rugby, soccer, swimming and volleyball, as well as cross-country and track and field. As the school mascot is a lion named blue, the sports teams are generally named either as the kittens or Pride.
Lambrick Park High School also hosts the Diamond for Excellence program. This academy provides on-the-field instruction in baseball and softball skills and in-the-classroom instruction in five specific areas intended to enhance student athletes' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the science of sport and training as it applies to baseball and softball.
Bronze Medal
. In 2008 Jinru (James) Yang won both the University of Toronto
National Book Award and the BC Innovation Council
Science Achievement Award. In 2009 a second Lambrick Park student, Teresa Roney, once again earned the Governor General's Bronze Medal
; the Bronze Medal in 2010 was shared by Lisa Harris and Angela Harris.
project to construct a school and improve public health in Chismaute, a small village near Guamote
, Ecuador
. Through events both serious (a "30 hour famine" and a "water walk", to build empathy for people living in the Third World
) and silly ("Tape the Teacher to the Wall", in which students purchased lengths of duct tape to literally fasten four teachers temporarily to the wall), students raised a total of $11,500 for the cause in 2011. In 2011 Lambrick Park was also one of several Canadian schools where the sponsoring Toskan Casale Foundation made available a $5,000 grant to a charity selected by the students. Participating students had to identify a local charity, visit that charity to learn about their work, and make a presentation to their classmates to justify why that charity ought to receive the grant. Students and teachers voted the presentation of Tyler Vanderhayden and Jessica Almendares as the best one, and the cheque for $5,000 was presented to Victoria's Mary Manning Centre, which supports the recovery of children who have been abused.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Saanich, British Columbia
Saanich, British Columbia
The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province...
, Canada
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...
.
The school is situated at 4139 Torquay Drive, next to Lambrick Park, a Saanich park which is home to the Gordon Head Soccer Association
Gordon Head Soccer Association
The Gordon Head Soccer Association is located in the municipality of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia. The club is affiliated with the British Columbia Soccer Association...
and the Gordon Head Baseball Association
Gordon Head Baseball Association
The Gordon Head Baseball Association is located in the municipality of Saanich in Victoria, British Columbia. The Gordon Head Baseball Association provides a comprehensive baseball program for players from 4 to 12 years old, in 5 separate divisions including Blastball, Initiation, Novice, Mosquito...
. The school, part of Greater Victoria's School District 61
School District 61 Greater Victoria
School District 61 Greater Victoria is a school district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. This includes the municipalities of Victoria, Esquimalt, Oak Bay, View Royal, and parts of Saanich.-History:...
, opened for the 1976-77 academic year and had its first graduates in 1978.
The current principal is Kevin Luchies; the vice-principals are Thomas Thompson and Joan Thain.
Programs
In addition to courses in English, mathematics, history, science and social studies, the school has programs in business and technical education, physical education, fine arts, computing and home economics. Lambrick Park offers four years of French and three years of Spanish instruction. School is in session from 8:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m.; each class period is 65 minutes long, with five such periods daily Mondays through Thursdays. On Fridays, classes finish early at 1:45 p.m.; each class remains the same only the 4th period is gone, and only four class periods are taught.There is a school concert choir and a chamber choir, led for many years by Karen Hughes, and a band program led by Bruce Ham, a math instructor who has taught at Lambrick Park since 1997.
The school also has an active athletic program, with sports including badminton, basketball, baseball, field hockey, golf, tennis, rowing, rugby, soccer, swimming and volleyball, as well as cross-country and track and field. As the school mascot is a lion named blue, the sports teams are generally named either as the kittens or Pride.
Lambrick Park High School also hosts the Diamond for Excellence program. This academy provides on-the-field instruction in baseball and softball skills and in-the-classroom instruction in five specific areas intended to enhance student athletes' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of the science of sport and training as it applies to baseball and softball.
Student academic performance
Lambrick Park graduates have often been awarded scholarships to universities in British Columbia and elsewhere; for example, Garrett Greenwood was chosen as the recipient of the $1,000 Rose Lenser science scholarship in 2010. In addition, outstanding graduates have received prestigious B.C.- and Canada-wide awards. In 2007 Matthew Siemens received the British Columbia Premier's Award, and Alejandro Dau received the Governor General'sGovernor General of Canada
The Governor General of Canada is the federal viceregal representative of the Canadian monarch, Queen Elizabeth II...
Bronze Medal
Governor General's Academic Medal
The Governor General's Academic Medal is awarded to the student graduating with the highest grade point average from a Canadian high school, college or university program...
. In 2008 Jinru (James) Yang won both the University of Toronto
University of Toronto
The University of Toronto is a public research university in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated on the grounds that surround Queen's Park. It was founded by royal charter in 1827 as King's College, the first institution of higher learning in Upper Canada...
National Book Award and the BC Innovation Council
BC Innovation Council
The BC Innovation Council is a Crown Agency of the provincial government of British Columbia, Canada...
Science Achievement Award. In 2009 a second Lambrick Park student, Teresa Roney, once again earned the Governor General's Bronze Medal
Governor General's Academic Medal
The Governor General's Academic Medal is awarded to the student graduating with the highest grade point average from a Canadian high school, college or university program...
; the Bronze Medal in 2010 was shared by Lisa Harris and Angela Harris.
Volunteering, fundraising and charitable activities
Lambrick Park students have offered their time in volunteer projects that build citizenship and empathy; in 2011 twenty students volunteered for some of the 300 Greater Victoria non-profit groups supported by Volunteer Victoria. A Lambrick Park student group has raised money to support a Free the ChildrenFree The Children
Free The Children is an international charity and youth movement founded in 1995 by children's rights advocate Craig Kielburger. The organization is largely youth-funded, based on the concept of "children helping children." It specializes in sustainable development in countries of Kenya, Ecuador,...
project to construct a school and improve public health in Chismaute, a small village near Guamote
Guamote
Guamote is a location in the Chimborazo Province, Ecuador. It is the seat of the Guamote Canton.- References :* * - External links :* * *...
, Ecuador
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
. Through events both serious (a "30 hour famine" and a "water walk", to build empathy for people living in the Third World
Third World
The term Third World arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either capitalism and NATO , or communism and the Soviet Union...
) and silly ("Tape the Teacher to the Wall", in which students purchased lengths of duct tape to literally fasten four teachers temporarily to the wall), students raised a total of $11,500 for the cause in 2011. In 2011 Lambrick Park was also one of several Canadian schools where the sponsoring Toskan Casale Foundation made available a $5,000 grant to a charity selected by the students. Participating students had to identify a local charity, visit that charity to learn about their work, and make a presentation to their classmates to justify why that charity ought to receive the grant. Students and teachers voted the presentation of Tyler Vanderhayden and Jessica Almendares as the best one, and the cheque for $5,000 was presented to Victoria's Mary Manning Centre, which supports the recovery of children who have been abused.