St. Vincent de Paul School is a Catholic

Catholic school

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 elementary

Elementary school

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 and junior high school in Calgary, Canada

Canada

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Options

There are many options in the school for junior high such as Sports Performance, Drama, Art, Information Processing (Grade 7 only), French (Grade 8 and 9 only. It is mandatory for grade 7), and Band.

Drama

The St. Vincent de Paul drama option is available throughout junior high. Productions have included Romeo And Winifred
, The Case Of The Missing Ring, and Charlie And The Chocolate Factory.

Sports

The sports teams are also very school-spirited and fun. There is volleyball, cross country (Which won 10 years in a row), wrestling, basketball, badminton and flag football. There is also the annual Viking Cup Floor hockey tournament. Pep rallys are regularly given to increase school spirit, the most notable being volleyball where the teachers will play the students (the teachers usually end up winning).

Computer lab

The school features an adaquete computer lab. In the September of 2007, the lab was updated with new computers, although they still run on Windows 2000

Windows 2000

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