What school board did you go to growing up?

[asp integra]

Just curious as so which board you went to school with if you grew up doing any k-12 in Calgary; public, separate (catholic) or private.

[Graham_A_M]

I spent K to grade 9 in a catholic. I'd very highly recommend against it. It was probably the most fucked up thing I've ever experienced.
Teachers having affairs at school with other teachers, the principle beat a few of my classmates, it was just straight fucked. I can literally go on and on for the next hour but I wont. I found it funny my junior high religion teacher was living in his jeep for a good while since he was busted for having an affair.

For that Im public ALL the way now. Dont get me wrong Im sure Public schools have/had their issues as well, but some of the stuff that went on was brought to the attention of the Catholic school board of which routinely did absolutely nothing whatsoever. Like my science teacher who threw a desk at another kid missing her by 6", and yet they shrugged it off saying "Our teachers would NEVER do THAT!!!" and that was the end of it. No suspension, reprimand or anything for the teacher. This shit went on for years, and years.

For Highschool, I had experience in both Public (Grandin) then later to Private (Calgary Academy). For the social aspects (which are all so important in high school) I'd stick to public. It was quite a culture shock going from Grandin to CA. You go from tons of really cool kids from all walks of life to being surrounded by a bunch of spoiled little shits that have never had to fend for themselves in anyway.

Academically, the Private school cost *quite* a bit more, and had little to show for it despite of smaller class sizes. I'd just tell kids to do your best in public high school, and if there are academic problems that we'll find a good tutor to help you along.
I wouldn't wish the social pains of a private school, nor the costs involved to my worst enemy. :nut:

[Cos]

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[gamboa]

Originally posted by Graham_A_M
I spent K to grade 9 in a catholic. I'd very highly recommend against it. It was probably the most fucked up thing I've ever experienced.
Teachers having affairs at school with other teachers, the principle beat a few of my classmates, it was just straight fucked. I can literally go on and on for the next hour but I wont. I found it funny my junior high religion teacher was living in his jeep for a good while since he was busted for having an affair.

For that Im public ALL the way now. Dont get me wrong Im sure Public schools have/had their issues as well, but some of the stuff that went on was brought to the attention of the Catholic school board of which routinely did absolutely nothing whatsoever. Like my science teacher who threw a desk at another kid missing her by 6", and yet they shrugged it off saying "Our teachers would NEVER do THAT!!!" and that was the end of it. No suspension, reprimand or anything for the teacher. This shit went on for years, and years.

For Highschool, I had experience in both Public (Grandin) then later to Private (Calgary Academy). For the social aspects (which are all so important in high school) I'd stick to public. It was quite a culture shock going from Grandin to CA. You go from tons of really cool kids from all walks of life to being surrounded by a bunch of spoiled little shits that have never had to fend for themselves in anyway.

Academically, the Private school cost *quite* a bit more, and had little to show for it despite of smaller class sizes. I'd just tell kids to do your best in public high school, and if there are academic problems that we'll find a good tutor to help you along.
I wouldn't wish the social pains of a private school, nor the costs involved to my worst enemy. :nut:

Are you talking about Bishop Grandin? That's a catholic school.

[J-D]

I went to separate from K-9 and then public for 10-12. Being forced to take religion classes in school is awful, wouldn't wish it upon any kid.

[msommers]

K-12 in the public system, albeit my elementary in grade 5/6 was shifting from public to a private fine arts school.

I know quite a few students who are all finishing up med school and they all went public, it's not hindering your learning by any means. I'm always kind of curious how much of a difference there would be between say a public school and say The Edge/Strathcona Tweedsmuir.

I think most interesting would be to see the percentage of students who move onto post-secondary from each high school, regardless of school board.

[thager]

public all the way
i dont remeber the grades but , pineridge elm, falconridge elm, clarence sansom jr high, jack james high school.

[top_speed]

Originally posted by thager
public all the way
i dont remeber the grades but , pineridge elm, falconridge elm, clarence sansom jr high, jack james high school.

Ofcourse you don't remember you're grades, you went to Crack James.

[Darkane]

Public ECS-12.

Kilarney elementary, Woodlands elementary, Milton Williams Jr High, Wisewood.

[cancer man]

I went to HolyCross in the hood and in 1974 we had a ghetto
rumble with ianBalzel ghetto next door and we kicked thier asses.
Wasps lose...Religion is just a history lesson.
Fuck i miss the hood.

[KrisYYC]

I went to public schools.

Queensland Downs Elementary

Wilma Hansen Jr. High

Lord Beaverbrook high school. Class of 98

[G-ZUS]

Originally posted by cancer man
I went to HolyCross in the hood and in 1974 we had a ghetto
rumble with ianBalzel ghetto next door and we kicked thier asses.
Wasps lose...Religion is just a history lesson.
Fuck i miss the hood.

Went to Dr. Egbert in Jr. high. Were supposed to have a rumble with St. Marthas, then the teachers came running out with sticks. :facepalm: :rofl:

Roland Michener/Cappy Smart for elementary and Crescent Heights for high school

[Graham_A_M]

Originally posted by gamboa


Are you talking about Bishop Grandin? That's a catholic school.
Yes grandin. Lol was it? Such a change from my elementary, you couldn't even tell.

[JAYMEZ]

I went to Catholic in Calgary.

St Mikes / John Costello (First year it opened) / St Marys.

[drtoohotty1]

Public

Glamorgan elementary/Mitford middle school/Bow valley High school

[dj_rice]

K - James Short Memorial SE Penbrooke
1-6 G.W Skene SE Penbrooke
7-9 Clarence Sansom NE Rundle
9-12 Lester B Pearson NE Rundle
Class of 2000


In order for me to go to school at Clarence Sansom/Lester B Pearson, we had to use my aunts address who lived in Rundle. My parents thought if I went to school in Egbert/Jack James/Forest Lawn, that I'd end up joining the gang life. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

All the cool people I knew ended up at Crescent Heights.

[dandia89]

k-9 catholic (catherines, stephens)

10-12 public (scarlett)

catholic school was pretty fucked up.

[guessboi]

1 - 6 - St. Wilfrid
7 - 8 - Father Scollen
9 -12 Bishop McNally Class of 2000

Then out of the NE soon after. lol.

I don't think my daughter will be going to a catholic school when she grows up.

[heinz256]

Catholic

Father Doucette = K-1
Our Lady of Peace = 2-9
Bishop O'Byrne = 10-12

[Tik-Tok]

Public for most of it, Catholic for grades 3-5 (when I lived in Yellowknife, I'm not sure that my parents had a choice in that)

There's several people on Beyond I'm expecting a "Home-Schooled" reply from... patiently waiting for them to chime in.

[jsn]

Catholic for me too.

St Michaels, John Costello, back to St Michaels for junior high, then St Marys.

[AndyL]

Highwood, vanier, aberhart -fucking french immersion... graduated in Ontario though (not in french immersion, Alberta's isn't even in the same league - I wouldn't have stood a chance...)

[403ep3]

Catholic

St bede, st Helena, st Francis

School is school..

[ercchry]

Originally posted by Graham_A_M

Yes grandin. Lol was it? Such a change from my elementary, you couldn't even tell.

What did you think the bishop part was for? :rofl:

Depending on the years you went there it was also the drug school of the city.

Catholic for me... Fjw, o'byrne.... Both tried out experimental learning shit ie. Computer teaching us math. Learn at your own pass social studies... Stupid ideas. I remember a severe lack of funding in junior high. Had to bring your own paper for photo copies if you lost a handout. Besides that I think everything was on par with the public system besides us having an extra class. Just as many sluts, stoners, and dropouts. Winners and losers I would say are about the same from what I can tell from the additions to my facebook that I knew from back in the day (the public vs catholic kids)

I would say when making a choice look at the actual schools you will be putting the kids into. Not the board. It seems like both sides dump all their cash into the new schools and leave the old ones to rot for a few decades before they infuse more capital into them

[bulaian]

Originally posted by ercchry


What did you think the bishop part was for? :rofl:



Not always true... Bishop Pinkham is a public school.

[thager]

Originally posted by top_speed


Ofcourse you don't remember you're grades, you went to Crack James. is actually a good school , more trades classes than most schools, when i graduated my auto mechanic teacher told me to go challeng the 1st year auto mech test at sait.

[403ep3]

Originally posted by thager
is actually a good school , more trades classes than most schools, when i graduated my auto mechanic teacher told me to go challeng the 1st year auto mech test at sait.

What about English?:poosie:

jk!

[flipstah]

St. Thomas More
Father Scollen
Bishop McNally

IMO, The catholic school board wasn't bad and provided me with great tools to succeed. The crowd I hung out with was good and usually stayed away from the 'drama' clique's.

I swear to you, one involvement with them and you'll be in next week's episode of McNally's Creek.

"I don't want to wait..." :rofl:


Originally posted by guessboi
1 - 6 - St. Wilfrid
7 - 8 - Father Scollen
9 -12 Bishop McNally Class of 2000

Then out of the NE soon after. lol.

I don't think my daughter will be going to a catholic school when she grows up.

I'm still stuck in the NE. :cry:

[n1zm0]

St Cecilia
St Matthews
St Marys

French program ftl

[boxer23]

Public all the way

Hillhurst Gr. 1
Ogden Gr. 2
King Edward Gr. 3-7 closed due to lack of students and converted into private school I believe
AE Cross Gr. 8-9
Ernest Manning High School

[HuMz]

Catholic except for one year of HS public grade 10...grade 11 and 12 were done and O'byrne.

From experience I would say the only difference between public and catholic would be that you take the religion class a few times a week. Most people viewed it as easy credits, and if I remember correctly in the last few years you actually learn about all the different religions instead of just one.

Catholic or Public means nothing when it comes to the drama, fights, drugs, and partying.

[asp integra]

Originally posted by jsn
Catholic for me too.

St Michaels, John Costello, back to St Michaels for junior high, then St Marys.

haha i did the exact same!
st. marys class of 2004

[ercchry]

Originally posted by HuMz
... Most people viewed it as easy credits, and if I remember correctly in the last few years you actually learn about all the different religions instead of just one.


it was a joke! (at least 04-06) people rarely showed up. all i took away from that course is that its okay for a nun to gamble if it was for coffee money :rofl:

(there use to always be a game of poker going down in the student gathering for quarters, all day everyday)

[vengie]

1-6: St. Benedict
7: St. Stephens
8-9: St. Cyril
10: Bishop Carrol (stupid self learning school...)
11-12: Bishop Grandin

Catholic school to me was like any other... Except religion class, was not a fan of that.

[Sorath]

public all the way from singapore to toronto to calgary

exception of grade 9 toronto being in a private school

[btimbit]

Catholic in Medicine Hat, Grande Prairie and Calgary, Public in BC for a few years (Terrible schools there)

No difference between catholic and public high schools, other than religion class, which I didn't take anyway

I'd recommend avoiding catholic elementary schools, not really allowed to form your own opinions there.

[lison]

Public Sector
Lake Bonavista
Nickle
Dr. E.P. Scarlett

[tch7]

Public: Sam Livingston -> Nickle -> E.P. Scarlett

As bad as they seemed at the time, they were probably better than the alternatives...

[finboy]

public
1-9 @ Rosedale
10-12 @ Crescent Heights

[JfuckinC]

1-6 guy weaaaadick
7-9 annie gale
10-12 pearson ('05)

Public school :love:

[Sentry]

Uhhhh, Yellowknife Catholic School Board.

:D

K-8 Weledeh Elementary
9-12 St Patrick High School

[schocker]

Public for me
W.O. Mitchell, Montomery, Bowness ghettooooo

[leftwing]

Public

Clem Gardner 1-6
Bishop Pinkham 7-9
Central Memorial 10-12

[Gainsbarre]

Mix of all three here in Calgary (all French immersion)

Lycee Louis Pasteur for preschool/kindergarten (private)
Calgary French School For grade 1 (private)
Some god awful catholic school for grade 2 (separate)
King George for grades 3 to 6 (public)
GP Vanier for grades 7 to 9 (public)
Some guy who doesn't deserve to have a school named after him for grades 10 to 12 (public)

[thrasher22]

50/50 Catholic/Public

Started Public, switched to Catholic, then back to Public.
If I have kids, there is no way in hell they're going to a Catholic school... The difference between the systems was stunning, I'm pissed I spent any of my childhood in Catholic schools.

[Mibz]

1-6 Eugene Coste
7-8 Milton Williams
9 Our Lady of Peace
10-12 Scarlett

The only difference I noticed during that one year of Catholic school was Religion class. And having to say the Lord's Prayer every morning.

[Disoblige]

Pre-K: Banbury Crossroads
1-6: Connaught
7-9: Mount Royal
10-12: Western Canada

[nykz]

Started out in Catholic then went to public schools

K-4 - Father Scollen
4-6 - Cambrian Heights Elementary
7-9 - Simon Fraser Junior High
10-12 - John G. Diefenbaker High School

Don't remember too much of my time in a catholic setting, but it was quite different than public, it was pretty weird considering my parents are Buddhists.

[BigBearWest]

K-1 St Monica
1-6 St Benedict
7-9 St Cyril
10-12 Bishop Grandin 2002

I can't comment on the public side of things. But I can't see it being much different other than religion class.

[pinoyboy88]

1-9 father scrollen
10-12 bishop McNally

[cet]

I was all over the place.
K - Was in Ft. Mcmurry, don't remember which one other than it was french and catholic.
1 - Ecole St. Gerrard - Catholic School
2-5 - Don Bosco - Catholic School
6 - Centennial Elementry - Edmonton - Public
7 - Parkview Elementry - Edmonton - Public
8-9 - Robert Warren - Public
10-12 - E.P.Scarlett - Public

[98brg2d]

1 - Canyon Meadows Elementary (public)
2-4 - Riverview Public School (public, outside of Ottawa)
5-6 - Eugene Coste (public)
7-9 - Panabaker (public)
10 - Scarlett (public)
11-12 - Bellerose Composite (Protestant, private in St. Albert; public school in St. Albert was the Catholic board until very recently when they switched "Protestant" to Public and made Catholic the separate board).

[nj2Type-S]

7 - 9: dr. egbert
10 - 12: crescent

[mr2mike]

Originally posted by vengie
10: Bishop Carrol (stupid self learning school...)


:thumbsup:

10-12 - Club Carroll!!

[T-Dubbs]

Ecs- grade 6- catholic
grade 7-12 - private

[Kolbatron]

Public school for me, in Airdrie no less
k-1 A.E Bowers
2-4 Edwards Elementary
5-8 Ecole Airdrie Middle
9-12 Bert Church High School

Class of 2005!!

Currently SAIT Business

[[GaGe]]

Originally posted by Cos
K - Hillhurst Community School
1-6 - Marion Carson
7-9 - FE Osborne
10-12 - Sir Winston Churchill

lol we went to the same schools 1-12

[M.alex]

prince of whales
rt alderman
beaverbrook

WTF - nobody lives in the south here, lol?

[Cos]

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[bleu]

Originally posted by Gainsbarre
Mix of all three here in Calgary (all French immersion)

Lycee Louis Pasteur for preschool/kindergarten (private)
Calgary French School For grade 1 (private)
Some god awful catholic school for grade 2 (separate)
King George for grades 3 to 6 (public)
GP Vanier for grades 7 to 9 (public)
Some guy who doesn't deserve to have a school named after him for grades 10 to 12 (public)

LOL..Aberhart?

[austic]

Glamorgan 1-6
AE Cross 7-9
Ernest Manning 10-12
Public :poosie:

[Gainsbarre]

Originally posted by bleu


LOL..Aberhart?

Ya! Damn school ought to be renamed...

[Mitsu3000gt]

Catholic for me, though specifically for logistical convenience from Jr. High - High School. Would have gone to public high school if I could go back.

[nine5ej1]

Catholic. Haven't seen these schools named so I thought I would list mine.

k-6 Holy Redeemer
7-9 Bishop Kidd
10-12 Father Lacombe

[TomcoPDR]

Originally posted by M.alex
prince of whales
rt alderman
beaverbrook

WTF - nobody lives in the south here, lol?

Interesting choices :nut:

[remixsecret]

I've been everywhere :nut:

K-4 Albert Park
5 Prairie Waters
6 Erin Woods
7-9 Ian Baz
10-12 Forest Lawn

[Blue]

elementary - Alex Munro
Jr high - Sir john A Macdonald
highschool - Diefenbaker
Post secondary - SAIT