Westmount Charter School

Westmount Charter School
Address

728 - 32 Street N.W. (Elementary)

2215 Uxbridge Drive N.W. (Mid-High/Highschool)
Calgary, Alberta, T2N 4Y3 (Mid-High),

T2N 2V9 (Elementary)
Canada
Coordinates 51°04′17″N 114°07′59″W / 51.071268°N 114.133165°W / 51.071268; -114.133165Coordinates: 51°04′17″N 114°07′59″W / 51.071268°N 114.133165°W / 51.071268; -114.133165
Information
School type Charter
Founded 1996
School board Westmount Charter Board
Superintendent Joe Frank
Principal Hal Curties (Elementary)
Grades K-12
Language English
Colour(s) Purple, Gold
Team name Westmount Wild
Website www.westmountcharter.com

Westmount Charter School is a charter school based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada which educates students from kindergarten to grade 12. It was founded in 1996 as ABC (Action for Bright Children) Charter Public School, a school for gifted children. The school started with 116 students, from grades one to three, and is now hosting a student body of approximately 1,200 in grades kindergarten through 12.[1] The name was officially changed from ABC Charter Public School to Westmount Charter School in 2002, though the school remains publicly funded. Westmount's first graduation occurred in June 2006.[1]

Demographics

As of 2017, 25.1% of students at the elementary campus are ESL and 13.5% have special needs.[2] 19.9% of students at the mid-high campus are ESL and 13.4% have special needs. [3] As of 2015–2016, Westmount is ranked the 8th best school in Alberta by the Fraser Institute. [4]

Teams

Westmount has the following Mid-High sports teams:

Facilities

Westmount Charter School started out in 1996 with a small building in Bridgeland as their home. They have since progressed through a building in the old CFB Currie, and for ten years shared the Viscount Bennett Centre with Chinook Learning Services. In September 2011, Westmount moved to two buildings: Parkdale Elementary, which houses Kindergarten to grade 4, and Sir William Van Horne High School in University Heights, which houses grades 5 to 12.[1] These buildings are leased from the Calgary Board of Education, the public school board of Calgary.

In July 2013, during summer holidays the retractable roof located over the school's atrium was partially dislodged during a thunderstorm. After a year long renovation, it was transformed into the Learning Commons.

Westmount Charter School's current location at the Sir William Van Horne High School

Principals

  • Jo-Anne Koch, 1996-2002
  • Elaine McDougall, 2002-2005
  • Martha Faulkner, 2005-2011
  • Shelley Robinson, 2011-2012

From the 2012 school year onwards, each campus had its own principal:

Elementary campus principals

  • Hal Curties, 2012-present[6]

Mid-High campus principals

  • Janneke Frank, 2012 to 2018[7]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 "About Westmount". Westmount Website. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  2. ↑ "Westmount Charter School Calgary Alberta Academic school ranking". alberta.compareschoolrankings.org. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  3. ↑ "Westmount Charter School, Mid-High Campus Calgary Alberta Academic school ranking". alberta.compareschoolrankings.org. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  4. ↑ "Compare academic rankings and ratings of Alberta schools". alberta.compareschoolrankings.org. Retrieved 2018-02-13.
  5. ↑ "Mid-High Athletics". Westmount Website. Retrieved 2018-02-28.
  6. ↑ "Message from the Principals". Westmount Website. Retrieved 2018-03-04.
  7. ↑ "Dani Sever". MH Administration. Westmount Charter School. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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