Mount Douglas Secondary School

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Mount Douglas Secondary School

Motto

Nulla Praemia Sine Opera (Latin for "No Reward without Effort")

Address

3970 Gordon Head Road Satellite image

Town

Saanich, BC

Established

1939

Community

Suburban

Type

Public Secondary

Religious Affiliation

None

Students

Co-educational

Enrollment

1,000+

Principals

Dr. John Fawcett, Mr. Rob House, Mr. Paul Thomas

Grades

9 to 12

Parent Advisory Council

RAMPAC

District

Greater Victoria School District

Colors

Purple and Gold

Newspaper

The Ramble

Mascot

Rambo the Ram

Nickname(s)

MDSS, Mount Doug, the Rams

Coffee Shop

Rambucks

Website

Link

Mount Douglas Secondary School is a traditional four-year public secondary school located in Saanich, British Columbia, Canada, and serving the Greater Victoria School District. Its common local nickname is "Mount Doug." With a student body of around eleven hundred, Mount Doug is considered an average-sized high school for greater Victoria.

Academically, Mount Doug is consistently ranked as one of the top fifty public schools across the nation. The school is best known for its sports teams -- especially the Varsity Football team, which annually underachieves. In fact, they have never won a championship. Due to the short distance between the Greater Victoria area and Western Washington, the Junior Varsity and Varsity football teams often travel south to the United States to compete against more teams that offer stronger competition.

The current Mount Doug building is in desperate need of expansion and renovation, as well as seismic upgrades for safety. A new fine arts wing, auditorium and cafeteria have been proposed, and construction is scheduled to begin in 2008.

1 History
2 Academic programs
3 Athletic programs
- 3.1 Varsity athletics
- 3.2 Junior Varsity athletics
4 Facilities and resources
5 Famous alumni
6 External links

[edit] History

First founded in 1939, Mount Doug has moved buildings over the years, starting first at the current Cedar Hill Middle School Campus. In 1970, MD received a brand new building to accommodate its increasing student body. This building is still in use today, but seven portable classrooms are also attached to the school and it is still in need of an expansion.

[edit] Academic programs

Mount Doug plays host campus to the district's Challenge and gifted student programs, which offer a select group of students the opportunity to challenge themselves with additional academic work and increased difficulty in normal schoolwork. MD also runs optional Honors and AP programs in addition to the Challenge program.

There are 81 full-time teachers employed at MD. The school day starts at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m., with early out at 1:45 p.m. on Fridays. Each class is 80 minutes long and there are four blocks per day. A full timetable would consist of eight 80-minute classes over two semesters each year. The first semester runs from September to the end of January and the second runs from February to June. For variety, the two morning blocks and the two afternoon blocks each semester 'flip' every other day (i.e. Monday/Wednesday/Friday blocks are AB CD, while Tuesday/Thursday blocks are BA DC).

[edit] Athletic programs

The athletic teams are the "Mount Doug Rams" and the school's main rivals are the "Lambrick Park Lions."

Note: This list does not include sports which are currently clubs and thus not officially recognized in the BC Inter-Scholastic Athletics Program. These "club" sports include Mountain Biking, Ski Club, chess, the school newspaper, yearbook, choir, jazz band, drama club, debate team, improv team and the math club.

[edit] Varsity athletics

[edit] Junior Varsity athletics

[edit] Facilities and resources

[edit] Sports

Indoor gym
Access to university swimming pool and turf
Football field
Access to all-weather track
Weight training facilities
Baseball field
Soccer field

[edit] Arts

Stages
Audio recording facilities
Video production facilities
- Video editing stations
Dance classroom
Darkroom
Digital media
Computer Drafting (CAD) Lab

[edit] Vocational shops

Auto shop
Wood shop

[edit] Other

Library
Career Center
Post Secondary Opportunity Center (includes scholarship information)
Photography laboratory
4 computer laboratories
Leadership office

[edit] Famous alumni

Nelly Furtado - recording artist/songwriter
Steve Nash - 2 Time NBA MVP
Beau Mirchoff - Actor
Atom Egoyan - Director

[edit] External links

Mount Douglas High School website

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