Prince Andrew High School

Infobox_Education_in_Canada
name= Prince Andrew High School


imagesize= 300px
streetaddress= 37 Woodlawn Road
city= Dartmouth
province= Nova Scotia
postalcode= B2W 2R7
areacode= 902
phone= 435-8452
fax= 435-8398
email= [e-mail]
url= http://www.pahs.ednet.ns.ca
schoolnumber= HRSB ID 127
schoolboard= Halifax Regional School Board
superintendent=
trustee=
affiliation=
principal= Miss Donna MacKenzie
viceprincipal= Ms. Stephanie Bird, Mr. Don Clarke
schooltype= High school
grades= 10-12
language= English
area= 12000sq. ft
mascot= Panther
teamname= Panthers
colours= Blue & White
founded= 1959
renovations= 1970, 1978, 1986
enrollment= 1215 (September 2006)

Prince Andrew High School is a Canadian public school, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is operated by the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB) and is now an International Baccalaureate (IB) world school, offering the Diploma program.

Over 1200 students currently attend, and the graduating class of 2007 will have approximately 350 students.

The school was built in 1959 and has gone through numerous renovations throughout the years, now boasting the largest auditorium east of Montreal, and a second gymnasium added in renovation. Additionally, upgrades to the cafeteria and auditorium have given them a more modern design.

History

The school was built in 1959. In 1970 an addition to the school created a second gym, now known as the new gym, and a new wing. The additions in 1978 and 1986 added on wings, an auditorium, and expanded the library. Prince Andrew's unofficial rival school is Dartmouth High School, with whom they play an exhibiton football game against every Thanksgiving weekend called the Turkey Bowl

Fine Arts

Prince Andrew High School's Fine Arts program has a wide variety of courses including Visual Art, Film & Video, Band, Dance, and Drama.

Each year in March, April, or May, the theater group "The PA Players" performs a play or musical, previously including:

2008: Macbeth
2007: Footloose
2006: The Crucible
2005: Twelfth Night
2004: Anything Goes
2003: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
2002: A Midsummer Night's Dream
2001: Fame

Prince Andrew often hosts the Christmas concerts of its elementary feeder schools in its Auditorium. This is largely due to the fact that under fire code, the elementary school gymnasiums are not large enough to hold the number of people that attend those events.

The school is also home to a large number a bands including several members of Thy Goat and Various Artist, whose hit 'Underground Gnome Space Station' is often requested to be performed.

The Staff

In the 2006-2007 school year there were many staff changes including a new Vice-Principal. 19 teachers retired, moved out of Nova Scotia, or changed schools largely due to a change in the Nova Scotia Teacher's Union pension plan.

Courses, clubs, and teams

Courses

In the 2008-2009 school year the departments at Prince Andrew High School include Business and Technology, English, Fine Arts, Languages and Library Services, Math, Science, Social Studies, Wellness and Guidance. There are four levels of courses available within these departments— Essential, Foundation, Academic and Advanced.

Prince Andrew is an IB World School. It has been offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme since 2007, with its first graduates graduating in 2009.

Clubs

The clubs at Prince Andrew High School include:

*Safe Grad (a graduation celebration free of alcohol and drugs)
*SAC ( School Advisory Council)
*Student Council
*PA Lately, the school newspaper
*PA Tech,
*P.A. Robotics
*Choir
*Dance Club
*Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA)
*Wellness Cafe
*Big Bunch (Big Brothers and Big Sisters)
*Culture at Prince Andrew (C@PA)a.k.a. Culture Club a.k.a. Diversity Club
*(PAWEECA), Prince Andrew Woodlawn Environmental Enhancement Conservation Association— the only federally recognized, student operated, non-profit society with charitable status in Nova Scotia. The group was run for many years by now retired teacher Greg King and is currently under the guidance of teacher Colin MacEachern. Some projects have included work with the Children’s Wish Foundation, a replanting initiative at Point Pleasant Park, McNabs Island Clean-up, the Nova Scotia Mental Health Association, Dartmouth Senior Centre Activities, PAHS Scholarship Fund, Class Gift, Dartmouth Rotary, and their own “Trees for Kids” fundraiser for the IWK Youth Telethon. PAWEECA has also partnered with such organizations as Free The Children, Action Against Hunger, and the Nova Scotia Gambia Association. They sent shoes to Afghanistan in 2007 and were recognized with an award at a local ceremony honouring voluntarism.

Teams & Sports

Some of the sports offered at Prince Andrew High School are rugby union, hockey, cheerleading, soccer, volleyball, track & field, football, badminton, table tennis, softball, cross country, field hockey, water skiing.

See also

* Monarchy in Nova Scotia

External links

* [http://www.pahs.ednet.ns.ca/ Prince Andrew High School's website]
* [http://www.hrsb.ns.ca/tools/schoolfinder/findSchool.aspx?code=PAH School profile at Halifax Regional School Board]