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École Secondaire Esquimalt High School (or "EHS") is a high school located in Esquimalt, a township located west of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. EHS is operated by the Greater Victoria School District. It is the designated secondary school for Shoreline and Rockheights Middle Schools and serves students from Esquimalt, View Royal, and the Victoria neighbourhoods of Vic West and Craigflower. The school is one of three to retain "High School" in its name when the Province of B.C. directed the change to "Secondary School". The school is served by the student-run newspaper Esquimalt Ink.




Academic programs


In addition to standard core curriculum programs, the following are offered:

Career Preparation Programs in Jazz, Media & Graphic Arts, Automotive Technology and Food Industry Training
Culinary Arts
4C Challenge Gifted Education (commitment to tasks; creative problem solving; challenging curriculum and assignments; and community involvement)
Dramatic Arts
Fine Arts
Concert Band
Jr. Jazz Ensemble
Sr. Jazz Ensemble
Concert Choir
Vocal Ensemble
Rhythm and Blues Band
First Nations Education
French Immersion
Leadership
Musical Theatre
Improv
Technology Education (woodworking, metalworking, electronics, automotive technology)
Victoria International High School Programs




Athletics


The various athletics teams are known as the Esquimalt Dockers.

Basketball
Curling
Rowing
Rugby
Swimming
Wrestling
Badminton
Tennis
The Curling Academy focuses on developing a blend of skills including academic excellence, leadership development, and curling skills. The program accepts students from all levels of curling proficiency, including wheelchair curlers.




Weather Station


The University of Victoria operates a weather station at EHS as part of its School-Based Weather Station Network which gathers data from schools around Greater Victoria for its Climate Modelling Group of the School of Earth and Ocean Science. The data is collected at the university and used to provide meteorological forecasts online.




Sustainability


The school is a participant in the Sustainable High Schools Project offered by the Sierra Club BC’s Environmental Education Program.




Notable alumni


Luke Burton-Krahn, CFL player
Meg Tilly, actress, Broadway stage dancer, writer, and Academy Award nominee (attended in Grade 12, graduated Chief Sealth High School)




References






External links


School District 61 Greater Victoria website
UVic School-Based Weather Station Network
Meg Tilly - IMDB biography
Esquimalt Ink (school newspaper)
Times Colonist 2009-06-19 article on Artour Sogomonian

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