Westbrook School
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Westbrook School is an elementary school located in Edmonton, Alberta Canada
, operated by the Edmonton Public Schools
board. It shares a field with Vernon Barford Junior High. The school opened in January 1967; students selected for the school double shifted with Malmo school from September 1966 until construction was complete. The original 1966 school building was designed by the Massey medal-winning architect, Peter Hemingway
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At first the school had junior high school grades because there was no suitable nearby high school. Early construction problems - in particular, an open plan central area with protruding electrical outlets, and a bridge outside the front door on which students sometimes enjoyed hanging - occasionally caused ambulances to be called.
The school became one of four district sites for Academic Challenge, a program for gifted and talented children, in 1984.
Canada
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, operated by the Edmonton Public Schools
Edmonton Public Schools
Edmonton Public Schools is the largest public school district in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The district offers a variety of alternative and special needs programs, and many are offered in multiple locations to improve accessibility for students...
board. It shares a field with Vernon Barford Junior High. The school opened in January 1967; students selected for the school double shifted with Malmo school from September 1966 until construction was complete. The original 1966 school building was designed by the Massey medal-winning architect, Peter Hemingway
Peter Hemingway
Peter Hemingway was an award-winning English architect who practised mainly in Canada on public works.Hemingway was born in Minster, Kent and after gaining a diploma from Rochester Technical College he emigrated to Canada in 1955. Serving briefly in the Alberta Department of Public Works,...
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At first the school had junior high school grades because there was no suitable nearby high school. Early construction problems - in particular, an open plan central area with protruding electrical outlets, and a bridge outside the front door on which students sometimes enjoyed hanging - occasionally caused ambulances to be called.
The school became one of four district sites for Academic Challenge, a program for gifted and talented children, in 1984.
Major awards
- 1995
- Pythagoras Contest - School Provincial Champion
- 1996
- Pythagoras Contest - School Provincial Champion
- 1997
- Pythagoras Contest - School Provincial Champion
- Pythagoras Contest - School Canadian Champion
- Edmonton Science Olympics - First Place Overall Division II (sponsored by APEGGA - The Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists and Geophysicists of Alberta)
- 2003
- Canadian National Math League Competition - Provincial winner
- First, Third and Seventh individual winners
- Byron-Germain Math contest - individual third in Canada out of 7286 students
- Fibonacci Contest- Provincial Champion
- 2004
- Math League Grade 7 top in Canada
- Fibonacci Contest - Top team in Alberta, Top team in Canada
- 2005
- American Math League (Grade 8 test) - grade 5 student scored top in province
- Canadian National Math League - Grade 6 test - Westbrook's team scored top in province and fifth in country (Grade 6 individual scored top in province and top in country) - Grade 7 test - individual tied top in province - Grade 8 test - individual scored top in province - Westbrook's grade 6 team was regional winner
- Gauss Contest - grade 5 student earned Outstanding Achievement certificate for perfect score. Two other students earned certificates of distinction
- Byron - Germaine - grade 4 student tied for top in Canada out of 7918 students writing the test
- Pythagoras - Grade 5 student's perfect paper tied for first in Canada out of 12, 866 students writing the test