Mount Douglas Secondary School

Mount Douglas Secondary School
Address
3970 Gordon Head Road Saanich, British Columbia, V8N 3X3, Canada
Information
Principal	Mr. Shawn Boulding
Vice principal	Mr. Gord Mitchell & Mr. Phil Pitre
School type	Public Secondary
Grades	9 to 12
Area	School District 61 Greater Victoria
Motto	'Non Sine Labore Premium' No reward without effort
Mascot	Rambo the Ram
Colours	Purple and Gold
Enrolment	1,200
Homepage	http://mtdoug.sd61.bc.ca/index.php

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 1931, 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.

Academic programs

Mount Douglas Secondary is a host campus for the Challenge program, which offers gifted and talented students the opportunity to learn in a classroom environment adapted for a better education. It is one of two schools in the district, along with Esquimalt High School, to offer it. Mount Doug also runs optional Honors and Advanced Placement programs in addition to the Challenge program. There are 81 full-time teachers employed at Mount Doug.

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, skiing, chess, foraging, the school newspaper, yearbook, choir, jazz band, drama club, debate team, improv team, and the math club.

Varsity athletics

• American Football
• Cross Country
• Track and Field
• Soccer
• Rowing
• Field Hockey
• Rugby union
• Basketball
• Volleyball
• Golf
• Tennis
• Badminton
• Softball
• Swimming
• Dance
• Curling
• Tennis
• Cheerleading

Junior Varsity athletics

• Volleyball
• Cross Country
• Rowing
• American Football
• Rugby union
• Swimming
• Soccer
• Basketball
• Dance
• Golf
• Track and Field
• Cheerleading

Facilities and resources

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

Vocational shops

• Auto shop
• Wood shop
• Small engine shop

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 Furtado - recording artist/songwriter
• Russ Courtnall - Hockey Player (Class of 83)
• Michael J. Bryant - former Ontario Attorney General (Class of 84)
• David Foster - Music Producer
• Steve Nash - (Attended for two months) NBA Basketball Player (Phoenix Suns)(was scouted by SMUS)
• Michael Ross - Former spy and bestselling author/writer
• Riyo Mori - Miss Universe 2007 (Miss Japan)
• Jeff Mallett-Former president and chief operating officer of Internet media giant Yahoo! Inc.(Class of 82)
• Mel Bridgman - Hockey Player
• Ida Chong - British Columbia MLA and Cabinet Minister
• Simon Keith - Soccer Player
• Beau Mirchoff - actor
• Atom Egoyan - film and theatre director

External links

• Mount Douglas High School website