Bowness High School
Bowness High School is a public school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, which teaches grades 10 through 12. It is operated by the Calgary Board of Education.
| Bowness High School | |
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 Bowness High School in 2016 | |
| Address | |
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4627 77 St NW , , T3B 2N6 Canada | |
| Coordinates | 51.093345°N 114.199893°W |
| Information | |
| School type | Public |
| Motto | Once a Trojan, always a Trojan |
| Founded | 1956 |
| School board | Calgary Board of Education |
| Superintendent | Christopher Usih |
| Area trustee | Trina Hurdman |
| Principal | Jana Macdonald[1] |
| Grades | 10-12 regular program |
| Enrollment | 1184 [2] (September 2020) |
| Area | Area I, Ward 1 |
| Colour(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | Tommy the Trojan |
| Team name | Trojans |
| Communities served | Bowness, Crestmont, Greenwood, Montgomery, Silver Springs, Tuscany, Valley Ridge |
| Feeder schools | Twelve Mile Coulee Middle School, Thomas B. Riley Junior High, F.E. Osborne Junior High |
The school was founded in 1956 as a junior and senior high school to serve the town of Bowness . In 1964 the town was annexed by Calgary. No longer having a junior high component, the school now serves several Calgary communities in addition to Bowness.[3]
Some of the programs of the school include Pre-Engineering, Career and Technology Studies (CTS) and High Performance Athlete Development (HPAD). Bowness has an award-winning band program.
In 2016 Bowness officially opened its newly constructed southern wing of the school. This newly expanded wing comprises six new classrooms, a fully functioning culinary arts kitchen/cafeteria, fitness centre and Cosmetology; along with various common learning areas and new main foyer.
Notable alumni
- Amanda Forbis - Film maker won many awards including Golden Palm at the Cannes Film Festival for the short film When the Day Breaks in 1999.[4][5][6]
- Don Matthews - Lt.-Col pilot in Canadian air force successfully led a unit of CF-18 fighters known as the Desert Cats into Iraq in 1991 during the Gulf War, the first Canadian combat mission since the Korean War (excluding defensive peacekeeping operations).[7]
- Patti Stiles (née Atfield) - Actress internationally known for her work in improvisation.[8][9][10]
- Nicholas Wernick - Egyptologist, specializing in the military of ancient Egypt[11][12][13][14] and information technology. Founder of Ancient Egypt Online (AEO)- an online website based on Egyptology[15]
- Devan Dubnyk - NHL Goalie - Edmonton Oilers, Nashville Predators
- Nick Blevins - Professional Rugby player - Team Canada
- Jamie Mitchell- Professional baseball player - Tampa Bay Rays
References
- "Bowness High School staff".
- "Calgary Board of Education Bowness High School Profile".
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-05-20. Retrieved 2015-05-19.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Former Calgarian wins French film award". Calgary Herald. 1999-05-25. p. B.2.
- "When the Day Breaks". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2006-06-30.
- "Amanda Forbis". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2006-06-30.
- Musselwhite, Bill (1991-01-25). "Calgary pilot is first into the fray". Calgary Herald. p. A.1.FRO.
- Neighbours: The Perfect Blend | Interview: Patti Stiles
- Impro Melbourne | About Impro Melbourne Archived June 15, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-05-18. Retrieved 2007-06-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Ancient Egypt Magazine, Issue 31
- Ancient Egypt Magazine, Issue 51
- Calgary Society of the Study of Ancient Egyptian Antiquities (SSEA) Archived October 25, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
- "The 3rd British Egyptology Congress - Program of Lectures" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-24. Retrieved 2011-04-04.
- "Ancient Egypt Online".