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Bowcroft@cbe.ab.ca
Phone: (403)
777-6020
Fax: (403)
777-6028
School Hours: AM:
8:45
~
12:05
PM:1:00
~
3:30
School Location
3940 - 73 Street N.W.
Calgary
,
AB
T3B 2L9
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Situated on 8.58 acres, Bowcroft School is located in the northwest community of Bowness, serving the community of Bowness. Students from the Regular English Program and the German Bilingual Program move on to Thomas B. Riley for Grades 7 to 9 and then to Bowness High School.
About the School
Until January 24, 1953, Bowness students had been schooled in various church basements, the Scout Hall, the eight-room Main School, renamed Parkway (now Belvedere Parkway), then four-room Viscount Bennett School (now R.B. Bennett) and briefly, even the Legion.
January 25th, 1953 saw three classes of 1 to 3 move into the partially completed main floor of the "old wing" of Bowcroft Elementary. By that fall, the main floor was completed with six classrooms, a gym half its present size and a small room doubling as the office and staff room (now the nurse's room).
Registration of new students was unexpectedly heavy, making it impossible to accommodate all students. Fortunately, the school had been constructed for the addition of a second story. An additional seven classrooms on the second floor were ready to receive students by January 1954.
The opening ceremony of Bowcroft Elementary School was held February 19, 1954. Four hundred students, parents, taxpayers and city dignitaries attended. The Calgary Herald hailed Bowcroft as 'one of the most modern school buildings' in the Calgary district. In 1967, a new brick addition was built.
Today, Bowcroft is a vibrant school, embracing such projects as the German Bilingual program, Big Brother & Sisters, and Calgary Reads. The school utilizes both computer platforms (Windows XP and Macintosh). The local network serves a computer lab, library media area and classroom computers. The school is connected to the Calgary Board of Education's Wide Area Network which offers student email services, internet services, and staff access to student information services.
About School Name
The first sighting of the valley of Bowness was recorded by David Thompson in 1787. He journeyed a few miles west of the junction of the Bow and Swift (Elbow) Rivers to visit a large encampment of Peigan Indians on a broad plain.
Bowness was named sometime between 1890 and 1896. The community had always been managed by the Springbank Municipality, but by 1946 there was a real increase in growth in the Bowcroft area. In 1948 Bowness became a village and four years later, with a population of 2100, it became a town which included the Bowcroft area.
School Mission
To ensure quality learning for Bowcroft students and staff in a safe, supportive, and rich learning environment. Bowcroft supports the Calgary Board of Education Mission "Educating Tomorrow's Citizens Today" in a bilingual setting.
School Motto
We love to learn.
Unique Points
German Bilingual Program (K-6)
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Grants: visiting artists share expertise with all students K-6
AISI Learning Leaders support 21st Century Learning and Curriculum Diversity
Environmental Initiatives: Enmax Solar Project
Virtues Education using "Moral Intelligence" by Dr. Michele Borba
Effective Behaviour Supports "Project Respect & Responsibility": a program that supports the "Safe and Caring Schools" initiative
Daily Physical Education, Intramurals, K-6 Swim program
Focus on Nutrition and Active Living: TeamingUp4Health, SouperStars Program, N'Step Initiative
Music Specialist
Annual special events and activities (e.g. family dance, pancake breakfast, sports day)
German Language Parent Course offered through Chinook Learning Services
F&ST Site (Families and Schools Together)
FASSA Site (Families and Schools Stopping Abuse)
Dual Platform Technology (Windows XP & Macintosh)
Lunchroom Accommodation
Early Literacy Instruction
Calgary Reads
Roots of Empathy
Big Brothers/Sisters Mentoring Program
Student Enrolment
(September
2009
) Total Enrolment:
313
