Bert Church High School

Bert Church High School
Address
1010 East Lake Boulevard Airdrie, Alberta, T4A 2A1 Canada
Coordinates	51°17′0.2″N 113°59′29.4″W / 51.283389°N 113.991500°W / 51.283389; -113.991500Coordinates: 51°17′0.2″N 113°59′29.4″W / 51.283389°N 113.991500°W / 51.283389; -113.991500
Information
Motto	Quaerite Excellentiam (Strive for Excellence)
Established	1983
School board	Rocky View School Division
Superintendent	Greg Bass
Chairman	Dr. Bruce Pettigrew
Principal	Laurie Johnston-Drebert
Colour(s)	Blue and Yellow
Sports	Football, Basketball, Soccer, Badminton, Curling, Golf, Volleyball
Mascot	Ram
Team name	BCHS Chargers
Website	http://bertchurch.rockyview.ab.ca/

Bert Church High School is a high school in Airdrie, Alberta, Canada with approximately 925 students in enrolment. The school is under the administration of Rocky View School Division.

Notable programs, courses, and clubs

The school offers an assortment of clubs and courses for students to choose from. Musical programs at Bert Church are known to be atop the province and include: concert choir, junior and senior concert band, as well as junior and senior jazz band, which have performed for Former Alberta Premier, Alison Redford. Bert Church also is noted for its drama and tech theatre course, which put on winter and spring productions. The school also offers a foods course which takes place in its professional, industrial-style kitchen. Bert Church High School is also the Under Armour Finding Undeniable 2013 winner.

Athletics

Bert Church offers a variety of athletic programs including football, volleyball, basketball, cross country running, soccer, golf, and curling. The school’s official team name is The Bert Church Chargers. Every year, The Bert Church Chargers football team host the Airdrie Bowl, in which Bert Church High School's rival school, the George McDougall Mustangs, compete in a game to be crowned as Airdrie's top high school football team. The Bert Church Cheer Team and Pom Team are noted for their first place wins. The Bert Church Basketball team holds an invitational Basketball tournament for both the senior and junior teams from all over Alberta, This is called BCI (Bert Church Invitational).

Theatre

Bert Church High School is noted for its 373 seat proscenium theatre which is used for both school productions, and professional productions. The theatre is also used as a teaching space for grade 9-12 drama classes. The Bert Church Theatre has put on numerous performances by bands such as, The Trews, Bif Naked, 54-40, and many other Canadian favourites.

Past school productions have included:

The Wizard of Oz (2009)

Anne of Green Gables (2010)

Peter Pan (2011)

While the Lights were Out (2012)

Annie (2012)

Grease (musical) (2013)

High School Musical (musical) (2014)

Back to the Eighties (musical) (2015)

Still Life (2016)

Cinderella (musical) (2016)

Notable alumni

Ty Rattie: Professional hockey player drafted 32nd overall in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft by the St. Louis Blues, currently playing for the Portland Winterhawks of the Western Hockey League (WHL).

References

High Schools in Calgary

Catholic	Bishop Carroll High School Bishop Grandin High School Bishop McNally High School Bishop O'Byrne High School Father Lacombe High School Notre Dame High School Our Lady of Lourdes School St Anne Senior High School St Francis High School St. Mary's High School

Public	Alternative High School Bowness High School Career and Technology Centre CBe-learn Centennial High School Central Memorial High School Crescent Heights High School Dr E P Scarlett High School Ernest Manning High School Forest Lawn High School Henry Wise Wood Senior High School Jack James High School James Fowler High School John G. Diefenbaker High School Juno Beach Academy of Canadian Studies Lester B. Pearson High School Lord Beaverbrook High School Louise Dean Centre National Sport School (Canada) Plains Indian Cultural School Neslon Mandela High School Queen Elizabeth High School Robert Thirsk High School Sir William Van Horne High School Sir Winston Churchill High School Western Canada High School William Aberhart High School

Francophone	École de la Rose sauvage École Sainte-Marguerite-Bourgeoys

Private	Bearspaw Christian School Calgary Academy Calgary Christian High School Calgary French and International School Calgary Islamic School Foundations for the Future Charter Academy Heritage Christian Academy Lycée Louis Pasteur Master's Academy & College Rundle College High School Webber Academy West Island College

Other	Alberta High School of Fine Arts Beiseker Community School Bert Church High School Bow Valley High School Chestermere High School Cochrane High School Foothills Composite High School Foundations for the Future Charter Academy George McDougall High School Holy Cross Collegiate Holy Trinity Academy Rocky View Learning Connections St. Gabriel The Archangel St Martin de Porres High School St. Timothy High School Springbank Community High School Strathmore High School W G Murdoch High School Westmount Charter School

See Also Calgary Board of Education Calgary Catholic School District Rocky View Schools

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