Holy Cross Regional High School, or "HCRHS", is a

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, under the administration of CISVA (Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese) school board located in

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, British Columbia, Canada. Robert Dejulius (March 12, 1943) served 28 years as principal since the high school opened in 1982 and retired at the end of school season in 2010. Chris Blesch is the current principal. Stanley Kazun has also served as vice principal since the opening in 1982. Ex-BC Lions linebacker Glen Jackson retired as a social studies, business ed, and athletics teacher.

Independent school status

Holy Cross Regional High School is classified as a Group 1 school under British Columbia's Independent School Act. It receives 50% funding from the Ministry of Education. The school receives religious donations. It is under charge of the

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School uniforms

The uniform is an important part of Holy Cross Regional High School standards as it seeks to promote unity in faith. It also helps to remove discrimination. Students are expected to wear their uniform to, from and at school. The uniform includes grey pants for boys, kilts for girls, black cardigan for both and polo and oxford shirts for both along with all black shoes.

Departments

Academics

Holy Cross was ranked by the

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in 2014 as 43 out of 289 British Columbian Secondary Schools. In 2008, 100% of the students graduated and 85%+ of those students went on to study at colleges and universities. The academic departments are

Business Education Business education is a branch of education that involves teaching the skills and operations of the business industry. This field of education occurs at multiple levels, including secondary and higher education Secondary education At secondary l ...

Drama Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been ...

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Information Communication Technology Information and communications technology (ICT) is an extensional term for information technology (IT) that stresses the role of unified communications and the integration of telecommunications (telephone lines and wireless signals) and computers, ...

Languages Language is a structured system of communication. The structure of a language is its grammar and the free components are its vocabulary. Languages are the primary means by which humans communicate, and may be conveyed through a variety of met ...

Math Mathematics is an area of knowledge that includes the topics of numbers, formulas and related structures, shapes and the spaces in which they are contained, and quantities and their changes. These topics are represented in modern mathematics ...

Music Music is generally defined as the art of arranging sound to create some combination of form, harmony, melody, rhythm or otherwise expressive content. Exact definitions of music vary considerably around the world, though it is an aspect ...

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, Social Studies, and

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Athletics

Athletic programs offered in Holy Cross include

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Volleyball Volleyball 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. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

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, Cross Country,

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, and

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. Sports events are held at Holy Cross like the

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, rated the BC's best sporting atmosphere, which features rivalries between all BC Catholic high schools. The basketball program is consistently ranked in the top 10 in both boys and girls and has placed provincially countless times in volleyball, track, basketball and football. Holy Cross's facilities include a full-sized wood floor gymnasium, a track oval, and a football and soccer field. The track oval is open for public use when school is not in session.

Music

The school has a Juno award-winning music program that includes three concert bands (Senior Wind Ensemble, Junior Wind Ensemble, and Grade 8 Concert Band) as well as choral groups (Senior Concert Choir: ViBE and Junior Concert Choir: ToNiC!). The Holy Cross Music Program also have Jazz programs in the school like jazz bands (Jazz One, and Jazz-Do-It) and jazz choir (Avenue 88). Each music groups compete in known music festivals such as the Kiwanis Music Festival, Cantando Music Festival, and Surrey (Envision) Jazz Festival. Holy Cross also has Combos (Combo 217 and Grade 8 Combo).

Advanced Placement

Current Advanced Placement Class that is offered in Holy Cross is Physics.

Extracurricular activities

Holy Cross offers many clubs including: *JEL Club *Student Leadership Team *Yearbook *Campus Ministry *Music Student Leadership *Athletic Media Leadership *WebTeam (Audio Visual Club) *Chess Club *Business club Many Holy Cross senior students take part in a biannual Mission Trip where they work in underprivileged communities.

Religious education

Holy Cross provides mandatory religious education. The course curriculum is organized by the

Current plans

Work is underway to replace the original 1982 school building in its entirety. The short-term plan involves building an additional school building while the long-term plan (projected to take 10 to 15 years) involves the outright replacement of the existing school with another new building.

Notable alumni

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– Singer *

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– Singer * Dario Zanatta – Soccer name="Bio"> * Jonathan Kongbo – 2019 Grey Cup Champion for the

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and former 2019 CFL first-round pick * Zach Verhoven – Soccer midfielder for

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of the

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References

External links

Holy Cross High School

Catholic Independent Schools of the Vancouver Archdiocese

The Fraser Institute School Performance Report Cards

BC High School Football
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