Bishop Pinkham Junior High School

Bishop Pinkham Jr. High School
Bishop Pinkham Jr. High School
Address
	3304 – 63 Avenue S.W.; Calgary, Alberta; Canada
Coordinates	50.997°N 114.128°W
Information
Type	Public School
Motto	Motto: English: "We will take your hands and help you soar." French: Nous te tendrons la main pour te soutenir et tu t'envoleras"
Established	1964
School board	Calgary Board of Education
Principal	Sebastien Picard[1]
Grades	7, 8, 9 + CSSI
Enrollment	478 (2019) (September 2019)
• Grade 7	165
• Grade 8	165
• Grade 9	165
Campus	Urban
Communities served	Lakeview, North Glenmore, Discovery Ridge
	School website[2]
	Last updated: Novembre 2019

Bishop Pinkham Junior High School is a public junior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has classes for grades 7 through 9, offering French, and English programs. Bishop Pinkham is located in the Lakeview community of Calgary. September 2017 was the last year that French grade 6 was offered at BP. As of September 2017, students leaving the elementary Spanish Bilingual program will enter middle school at AE Cross instead of Bishop Pinkham. At that point, Bishop Pinkham will only offer French and English to grades 7, 8, and 9.

The school is named after Bishop William Cyprian Pinkham who was the first Anglican bishop in Calgary.[3]

School history

The School was founded in 1959 and was named after William Cyprian Pinkham who was a Bishop in the City of Calgary. The school was classified always Public. It features a late French immersion program, which starts in grade 7, as well as programs for continuing French immersion, and English students. French students take 4 subjects in French (Math, Social studies, Science, and French Language Arts)

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Calgary Board of Education Archived February 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Schools.cbe.ab.ca (2010-05-05). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.
Biography of Bishop pinkham. Mhs.mb.ca (2009-07-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.

External links

"School Website".

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2016-02-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] Calgary Board of Education Archived February 1, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Schools.cbe.ab.ca (2010-05-05). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.

[3] Biography of Bishop pinkham. Mhs.mb.ca (2009-07-20). Retrieved on 2011-06-15.