Brentwood College School

Brentwood College School is a boarding school for boys and girls that helps students get ready for university.Thomson, Ashley and Sylvie Lafortune. Handbook of Canadian Boarding Schools. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 1999. This school is in a small town called Mill Bay on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. The school has modern classrooms, a theatre, and science labs. The school is next to the ocean. Students study the ocean and can go sailing, rowing, canoeing, and kayaking.

History
Brentwood College School was started in 1923 in Brentwood Bay. The old school was destroyed by a fire in 1947. The school was then moved to Mill Bay and opened again in 1961. In 1972, girls started going to the school.Prowse, Nicholas R.B. Kindled from the Ashes: A Short History of Brentwood College. Victoria: Brentwood, 2002.

The School Campus
Brentwood has tennis courts, rugby fields, student houses, and classrooms. There is a special building for rowing boats, a gymnasium, a medical building, and other buildings. In 1995, the theatre (T. Gill Bunch Centre ) was built. This is a 20,000 square Foot (unit of length) theatre with 431 seats for the audience. Students act, play music, and dance in the theatre.

The theatre uses a heating system that doesn't harm the environment. The school will have another sustainable development building with classrooms, a big dining room and clothes laundry in February 2010.

Lessons
Brentwood offers lessons that help students get ready for university. These lessons are for students who are in grades 9, 10, 11 or 12. Brentwood is a very good school in British Columbia. All the students go to university when they leave Brentwood.

These are the subjects students can study
 Art History
 Biology
 Calculus 
 Chemistry
 Comparative politics|Comparative Government and Politics
 Computer Science
 English Language
 English Literature
 Environmental Science
 French Language
 Human Geography
 Macroeconomics
 Microeconomics
 Music Theory
 Physics 
 Psychology
 Spanish Language
 Studio art|Studio arts

These are the sports students can play
 Aerobics
 Badminton
 Basketball
 Cross Country Running
 Cross-training
 Field Hockey (girls only)
 Golf 
 Ice hockey
 Karate, Judo
 Outdoor Pursuits (Kayaking, Canoeing, Hiking, Biking, Rock climbing, Survival skills)
 Rowing 
 Sailing
 Squash
 Swimming & Lifesaving
 Rugby
 Soccer
 Tennis
 Volleyball (girls only) 
 Weight training
 Yoga

These are the art classes students can take
 Acting and Musical theatre
 Art Foundation, Drawing, and Painting
 Audio engineering
 Choreography
 Concert Choir
 Creative Science
 Dance (Ballet, Tap dance, Jazz dance, Hip hop dance)
 Debating and Public speaking
 Digital art
 Digital photography and Traditional photography
 Computer-aided Drafting and Design
 Environmental art
 Film
 Jazz Band Ensemble and Jazz Combo
 Photojournalism
 Pops orchestra
 Portfolio Program
 Private tuition: Piano, Voice, Music theory, Guitar, Harp, Percussion, Woodwinds, Brass, Strings
 Rock Band
 Sculpture
 Theatre Production
 Video journalism and Video production

Clubs and Organizations
These are the clubs that students can belong to:
 Chess Club
 Community service
 Debate Club
 Foreign language Clubs
 Green Club
 Model United Nations
 Photography
 Science Club
 Stock Market Analysis
 Student Activities Council (SAC)
 Student Executive Council (SEC)
 Student Peer Assistance Resource Counselors (SPARC)
 Yearbook Publishing

Scholarships
Some of the students receive money to help them study at the school.

Athletic Highlights
The students have won a lot of awards for sports.

 2009 Canadian Junior Boys Rowing Pwn all
 2008 Provincial Champions, Boys’ Rugby
 2008 Canadian Junior Boys & Junior Girls National High School Champions, Rowing
 2007 Provincial, ISA & Vancouver Island Champions, Girls’ Volleyball
 2007 Finalist, Henley Royal Regatta, England, Rowing
 2007 Rugby Provincial Finalists, Boys’ Rugby
 2006, 2003, 2002, 2000 Canadian Men’s National High School Champions, Rowing
 2006 Provincial, Vancouver Island and ISA Champions, Girls’ Volleyball
 2006 Vancouver Island Champions, Boys’ Soccer
 2006 ISA Champions, Junior Boys’ Soccer
 2005 ISA and Vancouver Island Champions, Girls’ Field Hockey
 2005 Canadian Junior Boys’ National High School Champions, Rowing
 2005 Cowichan Valley High School Champions, Ice Hockey
 2005 Bronze Mid Island Championships, Junior Boys’ Basketball
 2005 Mid Island Champions, Junior Girls’ Basketball
 2005 Provincial bronze medallists, Boys’ Rugby
 2005, 2004 Provincial Girls’ Rugby Champions (Tier 2)
 2004, 2001, 2000 Provincial Tennis Champions
 2003 Canadian Women’s National High School Lightweight Champions, Rowing
 2001, 2000 Canadian National High School Champions, Rowing

Brentwood Rowing
Brentwood College has a very good rowing program.Brentwood College rowing coaches receive awards for 25+ years Some of the students have rowed in national (Canadian) races and at the Olympic Games. Many of the students who row go to American universities.

Every year Brentwood has a rowing regatta. The regatta is in April for three days. This regatta is the biggest high school rowing regatta in North America, with 1500 students rowing and 3000 people watching.

References

Other websites
 Brentwood College School website
 Google satellite map of campus

Category:Schools in Vancouver
Category:1923 establishments in North America
Category:1920s establishments in British Columbia