Bellerose Composite High School

Bellerose Composite High School is a relatively new high school located in northwest St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.

The school mascot is "Rosie the Bulldog" and students are referred to as "Bellerose Bulldawgs". Bellerose Composite High School has an enrollment of approximately 1,200 students in grades 10-12 with close to 100 staff. The school was built in 1988 and an extension was added onto the back of the school in the early 1990s. The school is situated in the neighborhood of Deer Ridge and is close to surrounding Lacombe Park and North Ridge. Bellerose is home to several different programs catering to students needs, ranging from International Baccalaureate (IB) to Sports Academy for students that participate in higher level sports.

Bikeathon

Bellerose is known for its 60 hour bikeathon to raise money for cancer research. Students cycle in teams for 60 hours non-stop to raise cancer awareness. In 2006, Bellerose was one of the largest non-corporation contributors to the Cross Cancer Institute raising approximately $57,000 for cancer research or about $47.50 per student. In 2007, the school was able to perform a shorter bikeathon which raised $27,000 from 54 teams consisting of around 500 cyclists. During the bikeathon, many "Bulldawgs" shaved their heads for cancer which raised another $5,000 for the Alberta Cancer Society.

Course Offerings

Bellerose offers a variety of courses to its students:

*Career and Life Management Studies (CALM)
*Career and Technology Studies (CTS)
*English Language Arts (ELA)
*Fine Arts
*Languages
**French
**Japanese
**Spanish
*Mathematics
**Math 10/20/30/31
**Math Applied
**Math 14/24/Algebra 35
*Physical Education
*Sciences
**Biology
**Chemistry
**Physics
*Social Studies

International Trips

Bellerose Composite High School has offered the opportunity for international travel to its students. During Spring Break in 2006, Bellerose staff took some of the students on a 12 day excursion to Germany, France and Italy. They also toured Munich, Bavaria, Paris, Venice, Florence and Rome. As these Bellerose students traveled across the Atlantic Ocean to Europe, other Bellerose students traveled across the Pacific Ocean to Japan. The Japan trip was offered again by Bellerose in 2007 during Spring Break, however, the Europe trip was not offered.

External links

* [http://bchs.spschools.org/ Bellerose Composite High School]