Sir Winston Churchill High School

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Sir Winston Churchill High School
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Sir Winston Churchill High School
5220 Northland Drive

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T2L 2J6

Canada
Coordinates 51°06′00″N114°08′24″W / 51.1000°N 114.1400°W / 51.1000; -114.1400
Information
TypePublic
Motto Latin: Non Scholae Sed Vitae
(We learn, not for school, but for life [1] )
Founded1968
School board Calgary Board of Education
Area trusteeLaura Hack
DirectorAubrey Fletcher
PrincipalArvin Rajan
Grades10–12
Enrollment2207 (2023-2024)
   Grade 10 760
   Grade 11 711
   Grade 12 736
Campus size8.0 acres (3.2 ha) [2]
Campus typeSuburban
Colour(s)    Red, white, and blue
MascotBrutus the Bulldog
Team nameBulldogs [3]
NewspaperThe Churchill Chronicle [4]
Communities served Brentwood (sections), Dalhousie (sections), Edgemont, The Hamptons, Sherwood Varsity Acres and Varsity Estates (as of December 2022)
Feeder schools
  • H.D. Cartwright Junior High
  • F.E. Osborne Junior High
  • Simon Fraser Junior High
  • Tom Baines Junior High
  • Thomas B. Riley Junior High [5]
Website sirwinstonchurchill.cbe.ab.ca

Sir Winston Churchill High School is a senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It derives its name from Sir Winston Churchill, two-term prime minister of the United Kingdom. The high school is built in the Northwest community of Brentwood. The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, various second languages, and numerous clubs and teams. [6]

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International Baccalaureate programme

The IB Diploma/Certificate programme begins in the middle of a student's grade 10 year with Math and/or Physics/Biology/Business Management. Other IB courses begin during the grade 11 year and include Art, Chemistry, Computer Science, World History, English, French and Mandarin. During their grade 11 year, IB students taking, at least, one of the IB Group 4 subjects are required to complete a science fair style project, demonstrating their knowledge of the scientific concepts behind a topic of their choosing. During their grade 12 year, IB Diploma students will work on an involved, self-instructed and teacher-guided essay on a topic of their choice, known as the Extended Essay. Students taking History, regardless of Diploma or Certificate involvement also complete an Internal Assessment, similar to the Extended Essay.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

The school's athletic teams competes and participates in the Calgary Zone of the Alberta Schools Athletic Association.

Various sports are played within school, and school teams of SWC are strong competitors among the Calgary Senior High schools. They have been crowned Overall Champions in Wrestling, Badminton, Basketball, Rugby, Swimming, Diving, Soccer, Field Hockey, Table Tennis, and Volleyball. The School's Swimming, Basketball and Wrestling are the most distinguished among all.

Coed Male Female
  • Basketball, junior
  • Basketball, senior
  • Field Hockey, junior
  • Field Hockey, senior
  • Soccer
  • Volleyball, junior
  • Volleyball, senior
  • Wrestling
  • Rugby, Junior
  • Rugby, Senior

The fine arts and performing arts

Sir Winston Churchill High School music program

The band program of Sir Winston Churchill is conducted by Philip Rounding and Rachelle Henkel. Churchill's bands include the Concert Band, the Symphonic Band, the Blue Jazz Band, the Jazz Army Band, the Jazz Combo, the Choir, and the Percussion Ensemble. At the beginning of each year, students wishing to enter the school bands attend band auditions. The student's skills are judged and then placed in either the Concert or Symphonic band. Those of a high skill level are placed in the Symphonic band, while most tenth-grade and some eleventh-grade students are placed in the Concert Band. A small percentage of highly skilled grade ten students may find themselves placed in the Symphonic Band, which plays music at grade 5 through 6 music levels. With both the Concert and Symphonic bands, students must take corresponding courses in the school year. Those students who have schedule conflicts due to IB courses must attend IB-Band classes at lunch (these classes are not according to an IB curriculum, the name is simply because the students are in other IB courses, and do not have room in their timetable to attend the regular class).

The Blue-Jazz, Jazz-army, and Jazz Combo bands, as well as the Percussion Ensemble, are entirely volunteer-based as well. Students are allowed into Blue Jazz if they have exceptional skill at jazz music and play the appropriate instruments. Otherwise, they may choose to be part of the Jazz Army. Percussion Ensemble consists of percussion instruments, which include drums, xylophones, timpanis, vibraphones, pianos, maracas, and a variety of other percussion instruments. None of these groups have a corresponding in-school class that students have to attend.

Both the Concert and Symphonic Bands at Sir Winston Churchill are composed of woodwind, brass, low woodwind, low brass, and percussion instruments. The only string instrument in the band is the low string bass. The Jazz Army and Blue-Jazz bands also have an electric bass and sometimes an electric guitar. The jazz bands (usually) consist of brass instruments, whilst the Concert and Symphonic Bands are composed mainly of woodwind-type instruments.

Each year, Sir Winston Churchill bands attend several competitions, including the Alberta inter-city competition, Alberta International Band Festival, and several other inter-province band festivals. All bands also go on an annual band trip, to spend a few days in another city, where they perform and record the annual Sir Winston Churchill CD (recorded by DarkMatter Productions). On the last evening of each trip, students attend a formal dinner with one another, followed by the awarding of section-leader awards, as well as the various medals of achievement earned by students.

The Symphonic and Concert Bands also perform at the Sir Winston Churchill Graduation ceremony. The Symphonic Band plays a piece that the students have chosen, whilst the concert band plays march-style pieces at the entrance and exit of the graduates.[ citation needed ]

Extracurricular activities and clubs

Model United Nations

In 2014, the MUN team took home city championships as well as several national awards. In 2015, the MUN team claimed city championships once more, and in 2016, did the same. Also in 2016, the MUN team won first place at SSUNS in Montreal, first place at WAMUN, and first place at WCHSMUN. In the 2017–2018 school year, the MUN team won first place at SSUNS for the third year in the row, won the Westmount Charter Model United Nations Conference for the second year in a row, and came back from the NHSMUN conference with an award of merit. They also won the city championship for the fifth year in a row in February. One of its students also took home a best delegate award at the Harvard Model United Nations conference in January 2018. During the 2018–19 school year the team once again won Best Small Delegation at SSUNS for the fourth year in a row and also won the same award at its first performance at the Canadian High Schools Model UN Conference in Vancouver. The team also won various Best Delegations in Calgary conferences, won numerous awards at its first performance at the MUNUC conference in Chicago, and came second at the city championships. Churchill has its own conference, SWCHSMUN, which is run by students. Registration is open to almost any high school student. In its most recent conference, Churchill hosted schools from across the province, and even brought in a school from Houston, Texas.

Clubs

Competitive Service Academic Other
  • Operation Education Charity Club
  • Recycling Earth Club
  • Student Leadership Activities
  • Yearbook Club
  • Volunteer Churchill (VC)
  • Right To Learn
  • Citizens of Churchill
  • Grad Video
  • Grad Committee

Notable alumni

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