Prince Andrew High School


Prince Andrew High School is a Canadian public school, in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is operated by the Halifax Regional Centre for Education and is an International Baccalaureate world school, offering the Diploma program. It also offers the O2 program.
Named in honour of Prince Andrew, Duke of York, the school was reported in 2019 to be considering a name change because the name "no longer reflects the values of the community."
Currently 796 students attend, and graduating classes consist of approximately 250-300 students.
The school was opened in 1960 and has gone through numerous renovations throughout the years, and also a second gymnasium was added in renovations. Additionally, upgrades to the cafeteria has given it a more modern design.

Other

Prince Andrew High School was the founding location of the local Dartmouth jazz trio POI composed of Stainton Anderson, Caito MacDonald and Ethan Clark. All members of the band were students at Prince Andrew.

History

The school was built for the 1960/61 school year. In 1970 an addition to the school created a second gym, now known as the new gym, and a new wing. The additions in 1978 and 1986 added on wings, an auditorium, and expanded the library. Prince Andrew's unofficial rival school is Dartmouth High School.
Prince Andrew High School celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2010, when its 50th class graduated.

Fine arts

Prince Andrew High School's Fine Arts program has a wide variety of courses including audio recording, theatre, visual art, film & video, band, dance, and drama.
Each year, the theater group "The PA Players" performs a play or musical. In November 2019, they will be performing Mamma Mia.
Prince Andrew often hosts the Christmas concerts of its elementary feeder schools in its auditorium as well as community, Woodlawn Dartmouth, events.

Courses

In the 2019-2020 school year the departments at Prince Andrew High School include Languages, Fine Arts and Technology, Business and Social Studies, Math, Science, and Wellness. There are four levels of courses available within these departments— Essential, Foundation, Academic and Advanced.
Prince Andrew is an IB World School. It has been offering the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme since 2007, with its first graduates matriculating in 2009.

Sports

Some of the sports offered at Prince Andrew High School include canadian football, hockey, basketball, rugby union, track & field, volleyball, soccer, field hockey, cheerleading, badminton, cricket, table tennis, softball, cross country, skiing, golf and snowboarding.