Lockview High School is a
high school
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located in
Fall River, Nova Scotia
Fall River is a suburban community located in Nova Scotia, Canada within the Halifax Regional Municipality. It is located north-northeast of the Bedford Basin, northeast of Bedford and Lower Sackville and north of Waverley.
Fall River's name i ...
,
serving the areas of Fall River, Beaver Bank, Windsor Junction, Waverley, Wellington and a section of Enfield. It opened in 2000, relieving overcrowding at
Charles P. Allen High School
Charles P. Allen High School (CPA) is a senior high school located in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada.
This school serves Hammonds Plains, Bedford and a section of Halifax since 2010; for three years at the original CPA and current location since 20 ...
in
Bedford
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. The building itself is operated by Scotia Learning Centres and is currently being leased to the
Halifax Regional Centre for Education
The Halifax Regional Centre for Education (formerly Halifax Regional School Board) is the public school district responsible for 136 elementary, junior high, and high schools located in the Halifax Regional Municipality in Halifax County, Nova Scot ...
.
The Lockview High team mascot is a blue dragon named Miller. The school is located in Lockview, an area of Fall River along the
Shubenacadie Canal
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. Other schools in the immediate area include Georges P. Vanier Junior High School and Ash Lee Jefferson Elementary School.
Lockview High receives new students primarily from Georges P. Vanier Junior High School in Fall River and Harold T. Barrett Junior High School in
Beaver Bank (located approximately 7 minutes from
Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia
Lower Sackville is a community within the urban area of Halifax Regional Municipality, in Nova Scotia, Canada.
History
Before the European colonization in 1749, the Mi'kmaq lived in this area for thousands of years.
In August 1749, Captain ...
). Since Lockview spans grades nine through twelve, both Georges P. Vanier and Harold T. Barrett no longer have grade nine classes and instead, transfer the students to Lockview. By effectively removing a third of the population from each junior high, Lockview has helped to relieve what was once a severe overpopulation problem in its feeder schools. Lockview has almost 1300 students.
The School/Building
The "Lockview Overhead Key"
Numbers
# Main Office
# D-pod, Downstairs D holds the learning centre and dragon depot (the schools store) among a handful of classrooms, upstairs D holds the mathematics pod
# Downstairs B-pod holds the science pod, which contains regular classrooms among labs
# Upstairs B-pod holds the social studies pod
# Upstairs A-pod is home to the French immersion and core French classes, Downstairs A-pod is the English pod
# stairwell next to gym
# Gym
# Cafeteria/Stage
# Art Department
# Music/band room
# Drama room/Stage
# Outdoor rec area with concrete bleachers and a handful of basketball hoops
# Attic above the stairwell
Colours
* Red=Exit
* Blue=Entrance (Purple is main)
* Yellow=Stairwell (Orange is main)
* Green=library
* White= cat walk that travels over cafeteria (access points are stairwell opposite of number six, and backstage)
The Land
"Birds eye view of LHS"
Numbers
# The schools football field
# Staff parking 02
# Student parking
# Bus drop-off and pickup point
# Staff/Visitor parking
# See The school/building Number 12
The Blue Circle is a public park/walking trail
The black line is another path surrounding the football field with a fork off to Kinclaven Dr.
References
External links
Lockview High SchoolSchool profile at Halifax Regional School Board
Educational institutions established in 2000
High schools in Halifax, Nova Scotia
Schools in Halifax, Nova Scotia
2000 establishments in Nova Scotia
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