Type Public School Principal Sebastien Picard Phone +1 403-777-7840 | Established 1964 Grades 6, 7, 8, 9 + Bridges | |
Motto Motto: English: "We will take your hands and help you soar." French: Nous te tendrons la main pour te soutenir et tu t'envoleras" Enrollment 734 (2016) (September 2016) Similar Central Memorial High Sch, Bishop Carroll High Sch, Connect Charter School, Bishop Grandin High Sch, Calgary Christian School | ||
Bishop Pinkham Junior High School is a public French immersion junior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It has classes for grades 6 through 9, offering French, English, and Spanish programs. Bishop Pinkham is located in the Lakeview community of Calgary. It used to be only for grade 6,7,8,9 but there used to be too many students at Westgate Elementary, so they had to come to Bishop Pinkham for grade 5 two years ago.
The school is named after the Bishop William Cyrian Pinkham who was the first Anglican bishop in Calgary.
School history
The School was founded back in 1959 and was named after Bishop William Pinkham who was a Bishop in the City of Calgary. The school was classified always Public. It features a late French immersion program, which starts in grade 7, as well as programs for continuing French immersion, Spanish immersion and English students. French students take 4 subjects in French (Math, Social studies, Science, and French Language Arts) and Spanish takes 2 (Spanish language arts and math )