St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary

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St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary
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St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary
2747 Townline Rd.

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Canada
Coordinates 49°03′06″N122°21′44″W / 49.0517°N 122.3622°W / 49.0517; -122.3622
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School type Independent
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Founded1992
School board Catholic Independent Schools Vancouver Archdiocese [1]
SuperintendentDan Moric
PrincipalGianni Bittante
Grades 8-12
Enrollment350+ (co-ed)
Language English
Colour(s)    Red, white, and black
Team nameBears
Website www.stjohnbrebeuf.ca

St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary is a Catholic school, under the administration of the Catholic Independent Schools Vancouver Archdiocese school board.

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The school is co-educational, offering academic, fine arts, and business programs, as well as athletic, performing arts, and other extracurricular programs, for students from grades 8 to 12.

History

Saint John Brebeuf Regional Secondary is the first Catholic high school in the central Fraser Valley. The school began with Grade 8 in a portable classroom in September 1992 and now has over 400 students.

Feeder parishes are St Ann's Abbotsford, Sts. Joachim & Ann's Aldergrove, St. James Clearbrook, St. Joseph's Langley, St. Joseph's Mission, and St. Mary's Chilliwack.

Independent school status

St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives 50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives no funding for capital costs. It is under charge of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Vancouver.

Academic performance

In 2018, the Fraser Institute ranked St. John Brebeuf Regional Secondary as 236th out of 251 British Columbia high schools. [2]

Academic Departments
Business
Mathematics
Performing Arts
Social Studies
Christian Education
English
Humanities
Information Technologies
Languages
Science
Physical Education
Visual Arts
Music

Athletic performance

St. John Brebeuf fields teams in basketball, volleyball, golf, soccer, tennis, track and field, and cross country.

In the 2008–2009 school year, the senior boys soccer team won the Single "A" Provincials that the school hosted. That year, the girls soccer team finished third in the Single "A" Provincials at Nakusp.

Artistic performance

Fine ArtsVisual Arts
DramaArt
Music

Music In the years 2007-2010 St John Brebeuf's Jazz Band led by Robert Woitowich, has won Gold status in the Kwantlen Jazz Festival.

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References

  1. "Home". cisva.bc.ca.
  2. "Fraser Institute - School Ranking". www.compareschoolrankings.org. Retrieved 2020-03-05.