Springbank Community High School


Springbank Community High School is a public senior high school in Springbank, Alberta, Canada. Located on the west side of the city of Calgary, the school provides programming to students in grades nine to twelve from the communities of Bragg Creek, Springbank, Redwood Meadows and parts of Calgary’s western edge.
The school falls under the jurisdiction of Rocky View Schools.
The high school shares a location with the Springbank Park For All Seasons which provides sports facilities including skating and curling.

History

The original 2,495 m2 high school was a one-storey building built in 1975. In 1980, two small additions comprising 521.6 m2 were added to provide CTS and Home Economics space.
In 1994, major new additions and modernization took place to provide permanent classroom space with reuse of some existing portables on site. The new addition consisted of 3317 m2 of library, science, classroom and physical education space. In 1990, four portables were relocated to the site and a new connecting corridor was added in the 1994 renovation. In 1999, four more portables were added with an additional area of 367 m2. In 2001, two additional portables were relocated to the site for an additional 188.5 m2. The total area of the current school building is 7,882.1 m2 and replacement cost in 2006 was estimated to be 13.8 million dollars.

Athletics

The school competes and participates in the South [Central Zone of the Alberta Schools' Association|South Central Zone] of the Alberta Schools Athletic Association. It has membership in the Rocky View Sports Association., and follows its guidelines and policies. Student athletes participate as Springbank Phoenix.

Community

The school is located south of the Transcanada Highway, near Calaway Park. Its feeder school, Springbank Middle School is also located just north of the school. Its other feeder school is Banded Peak School, located in Bragg Creek.
  • SCHS is considered one of the top public schools in the province of Alberta.

    Notable alumni

  • Jann Arden – singer-songwriter
  • Joe Colborne – Calgary Flames. Drafted 16th overall to Boston Bruins in 2008.
  • Kiesza – singer-songwriter
  • Cody Ko – YouTube and Vine personality, with 5 million subscribers on YouTube. He is also one-half of the Tiny Meat Gang duo.
  • Josh Morrissey – NHL defenseman, drafted 13th overall to the Winnipeg Jets in 2013.
  • Michael Sametz, paralympic bronze medalist

    Principals

  • ----- Jake Desormeaux
  • ----- David Noseworthy
  • ----- Alf Gould
  • ----- Mark Davidson
  • ----- Leslie Collings
  • ----- Karen Dittrick
  • --- Pam Davidson
  • --- Jeff Chalmers
  • --- No Aura
  • --- Rob Makreel

    Events

  • Phoenix Fest, a week-long student festival hosted by the Student Council. Includes a pancake breakfast, mini chuckwagon races and other school spirit activities.
  • Grad Fashion Show, and Casino Night, to raise funds to offset the cost of commencement activities. These are hosted by the Graduation Committee.
  • Fashion Show is considered to be the largest, and most widely anticipated school event in the area each year. It is hosted by the Graduation Committee. Most Grade 12 students participate in Fashion Show.
  • In recent years, due to Rockyview regulations, the Casino Night has been replaced with a silent auction/talent and awards night held in the late fall.