Mount Douglas High School
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Mount Douglas Secondary School is a four-year public secondary school
located in Saanich
, British Columbia
, Canada
, with around 1,200 students on roll. The school is part of the Greater Victoria School District, and is known locally as "Mount Doug". In 2003, the school changed from a Senior Secondary model, teaching grades 11 and 12, back to the current and original grades 9 to 12 structure.
The school was founded in 931, and over the years has occupied several buildings beginning at the current Cedar Hill Middle School Campus. In 1970, it relocated to the former Gordon Head Junior Secondary School building after that school relocated to the newly-constructed Arbutus Middle School campus. The informal motto of the school, as printed on shirts and other promotional material during the early 1970s, was "Mount Doug is High." The Mt. Doug building continues to be used with the addition of seven portable classrooms.
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, usually coming home with a win.
The senior boys soccer team has come close on numerous occasions to qualifying for AAA provincials. The RAMS Senior Volleyball team has placed first on numerous occasions in B.C. and many of the team members have placed high in Canada.
Football:
Mount Douglas fields both Varsity (Grade 11-12) and Junior Varsity (Grade 9-10) teams. The teams compete under the rules of the British Columbia High School Football Association (BCHSFA).
2009 saw the most successful year to date for both the Rams Varsity and Junior Varsity football teams. Playing in the 'AA' division of the BCHSFA, both teams went undefeated on their respective seasons culminating with each team winning the Provincial Championship at their respective level. Present and future star, grade 12 (as of 2011), Terrell Davis was outstanding in both victories scoring a total of 8 TD's; four in each of the two finals.(Vancouver Province, Dec 6, 2009)
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
, skiing
, chess
, foraging
, the school newspaper, yearbook, choir, jazz band, drama club, debate team, improv team, and the math club.
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Saanich
Saanich, British Columbia
The District of Saanich is a municipality on Vancouver Island in British Columbia. It is located north of the provincial capital, Victoria. It has a population of 108,265 people, making it the most populous municipality on Vancouver Island, and the seventh most populous in the province...
, British Columbia
British Columbia
British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, with around 1,200 students on roll. The school is part of the Greater Victoria School District, and is known locally as "Mount Doug". In 2003, the school changed from a Senior Secondary model, teaching grades 11 and 12, back to the current and original grades 9 to 12 structure.
The school was founded in 931, and over the years has occupied several buildings beginning at the current Cedar Hill Middle School Campus. In 1970, it relocated to the former Gordon Head Junior Secondary School building after that school relocated to the newly-constructed Arbutus Middle School campus. The informal motto of the school, as printed on shirts and other promotional material during the early 1970s, was "Mount Doug is High." The Mt. Doug building continues to be used with the addition of seven portable classrooms.
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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
to compete against more teams that offer stronger competition, usually coming home with a win.
The senior boys soccer team has come close on numerous occasions to qualifying for AAA provincials. The RAMS Senior Volleyball team has placed first on numerous occasions in B.C. and many of the team members have placed high in Canada.
Academic programs
Mount Doug is a host campus for the Challenge program, which offers students of gifted and talented learning the opportunity to learn in a classroom environment adapted to their unique needs. It is one of two schools in the district, along with Esquimalt High School, to offer it. MD also runs optional Honors and AP programs in addition to the Challenge program. There are 81 full-time teachers employed at MD.Athletic programs
The athletic teams are the "Mount Doug Rams"Football:
Mount Douglas fields both Varsity (Grade 11-12) and Junior Varsity (Grade 9-10) teams. The teams compete under the rules of the British Columbia High School Football Association (BCHSFA).
2009 saw the most successful year to date for both the Rams Varsity and Junior Varsity football teams. Playing in the 'AA' division of the BCHSFA, both teams went undefeated on their respective seasons culminating with each team winning the Provincial Championship at their respective level. Present and future star, grade 12 (as of 2011), Terrell Davis was outstanding in both victories scoring a total of 8 TD's; four in each of the two finals.(Vancouver Province, Dec 6, 2009)
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
Mountain biking
Mountain biking is a sport which consists of riding bicycles off-road, often over rough terrain, using specially adapted mountain bikes. Mountain bikes share similarities with other bikes, but incorporate features designed to enhance durability and performance in rough terrain.Mountain biking can...
, skiing
Skiing
Skiing is a recreational activity using skis as equipment for traveling over snow. Skis are used in conjunction with boots that connect to the ski with use of a binding....
, chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
, foraging
Foraging
- Definitions and significance of foraging behavior :Foraging is the act of searching for and exploiting food resources. It affects an animal's fitness because it plays an important role in an animal's ability to survive and reproduce...
, the school newspaper, yearbook, choir, jazz band, drama club, debate team, improv team, and the math club.
Varsity athletics
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- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- SoccerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
- RowingRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
- Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
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- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- BadmintonBadmintonBadminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
- BowlingBowlingBowling Bowling Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule Bowling (1375–1425; late Middle English bowle, variant of boule...
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
- CurlingCurlingCurling is a sport in which players slide stones across a sheet of ice towards a target area. It is related to bowls, boule and shuffleboard. Two teams, each of four players, take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones, also called "rocks", across the ice curling sheet towards the house, a...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
Junior Varsity athletics
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- RowingRowing (sport)Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...
- American FootballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- Rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- SoccerFootball (soccer)Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- DanceDanceDance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
Sports
- Indoor gym
- Access to university swimming pool and turf
- Football field
- Access to all-weather track
- Weight training facilities
- Baseball field
- Soccer field
Arts
- Dance studio
- Darkroom
- Digital media
- Costume closet
- Computer Drafting (CAD) Lab
- Drama Annex
- Band Room
Other
- Library
- Career Center
- Post Secondary Opportunity Center (includes scholarship information)
- Photography laboratory with darkroom
- 4 computer laboratories
- Leadership office
- S M Teacher lounge
- Multi Purpose Room
Notable alumni
- Nelly FurtadoNelly FurtadoNelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer-songwriter, record producer and actress. Furtado grew up in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.Furtado first gained fame with her debut album, Whoa, Nelly!, and its single "I'm Like a Bird", which won a 2001 Juno Award for Single of the Year and a 2002 Grammy...
- recording artist/songwriter - Russ CourtnallRuss CourtnallRuss Courtnall is a former NHL player. He played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Dallas Stars, Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings...
- Hockey Player (Class of 83) - Michael J. Bryant - former Ontario Attorney General (Class of 84)
- David FosterDavid FosterDavid Walter Foster, OC, OBC , is a Canadian musician, record producer, composer, singer, songwriter, and arranger, noted for discovering singers such as Michael Bublé, Josh Groban, and Charice Pempengco; and for producing some of the most successful artists in the world, such as Céline Dion, Toni...
- Music Producer - Steve NashSteve NashStephen John "Steve" Nash, OC, OBC is a South African-born Canadian professional basketball player who plays point guard for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association . Nash enjoyed a successful high-school basketball career, and he was eventually given a scholarship by Santa Clara...
- (Attended for two months) NBA Basketball Player (Phoenix Suns)(was scouted by SMUS) - Michael RossMichael RossMichael Bruce Ross was an American serial killer. In 2005, he was executed by the state of Connecticut, making it the first execution in Connecticut since 1960.- Early life :...
- Former spy and bestselling author/writer - Riyo MoriRiyo Moriis a Japanese dance instructor and model who won the Miss Universe 2007 title in May 2007.-Early life:...
- Miss Universe 2007 (Miss Japan) - Jeff MallettJeff MallettJeffrey Mallett is best known for building internet giant Yahoo! from its start-up phase into the global franchise it is today...
-Former president and chief operating officer of Internet media giant Yahoo! Inc.(Class of 82) - Mel BridgmanMel BridgmanMelvin John Bridgman is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1975–76 until 1988–89....
- Hockey Player - Ida ChongIda ChongIda Chong is British Columbia's Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development and was Minister Responsible for the Asia-Pacific Initiative as well as Minister of Technology, Trade, and Economic Development. She has served in this position since June 2008...
- British Columbia MLA and Cabinet Minister - Simon KeithSimon KeithSimon Keith, was born in 1965 in Lewes, England. Simon moved to Victoria, BC Canada in 1967. Simon went to Mount Douglas Secondary School 1981-83 where he played on a soccer team with notable teammates Jeff Mallett and John Hughes....
- Soccer Player - Beau MirchoffBeau MirchoffWilliam Beau Mirchoff is an American actor, best known for starring as Danny Bolen on the sixth season of ABC's Desperate Housewives . He also appeared in films such as Scary Movie 4 and The Grudge 3...
- actor - Atom EgoyanAtom EgoyanAtom Egoyan, OC is a critically acclaimed Armenian-Canadian stage director and film director. Egoyan made his career breakthrough with Exotica...
- film and theatre director