Brentwood College School is a co-educational boarding school. Brentwood is located on Vancouver Island in Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada.
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History
Brentwood was first founded in 1923. The original location was in Brentwood Bay near Saanich on Vancouver Island, from where its name was derived. The original school was destroyed by a fire in 1947, leaving only the chapel intact. The current school is located westward directly across the bay from the original site, in Mill Bay. The new version of the school opened in September 1961. In 1972, Brentwood College became the first all-boys boarding school in Canada to gradually integrate girls, starting with 20 grade 12 students, becoming officially co-ed for the fall session.
Campus
Brentwood's 77-acre oceanfront campus has a dozen tennis courts, four rugby fields, eight student residences, two academic buildings, a rowing boathouse, laundry facilities, a cafeteria, a sportsplex, and a health centre.
Sustainable buildings
Brentwood's sustainable building use a geothermal loop for heating and cooling as part of the school's commitment to sustainable energy.
In 2003, the T. Gil Bunch Centre was built. This 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) facility includes a 431-seat theatre, dance studio, media arts room, green room, four dressing rooms, and other production related spaces as well as a music suite.
In 2010, Crooks Hall was built featuring an oceanfront dining room and student services centre that seats 350 people at rectangular tables. Crooks Hall also houses The Saville Centre for Business and Entrepreneurship, School Store, and Laundry and Mail Services.
In 2012, Brentwood added a new facility to house the school's fine arts programs and humanities courses. This building is 30,000 sq. ft., located on Brentwood's oceanfront, and houses 16,000 sq.ft. of visual arts studios, two digital media studios, and a 25' high entrance leading into a long corridor art gallery.
Curriculum
Brentwood offers university preparatory education from grade 8 to 12. Brentwood has been ranked consistently as one of the top academic high schools in British Columbia. Students participate in Brentwood's tripartite program (academics, arts, and athletics). All graduates attend post-secondary education (78% to their first choice of university). The most popular countries for post-secondary education are Canada, Scotland, England, and the United States. Brentwood's 2015 graduates received offers from over 138 universities with 678 offers of admission, including Oxford University, Duke University, Brown University, Colgate University, Queen's University, University of Victoria, University of British Columbia, and University of St Andrews.
Students can take British Columbia provincial examinations, Advanced Placement exams, courses and the American SAT prep tutorials.
Scholarships
Currently, the school offers bursaries, financial aid, and The Governor's Entrance Scholarship to eligible Canadian students. Approximately 20% of students receive some type of financial assistance.
Athletics
Highlights
2016 Jr. Boys Basketball Provincial Champions
2015 Sr. Boys Soccer Provincial Champions
2009 Rowing Boys Overall Points National Champions
2009 Rowing Junior Boys National Champions (4 Gold)
2009 Provincial Champions, Girls' Rugby
2009, 2008 Provincial Champions, Boys' Rugby
2008 Canadian Junior Boys & Junior Girls National High School Champions, Rowing
2007 Sr. Girls Volleyball Provincial Champions
2006 Sr. Girls Volleyball Provincial Champions
2007 Finalist, Henley Royal Regatta, England, Rowing
2007 Rowing Senior Men National Champions (8 and 4)
2007 Rugby Provincial Finalists, Boys' Rugby
2006, 2003, 2002, 2000 Canadian Men's National High School Champions, Rowing
2006 Provincial, Vancouver Island and ISA Champions, Girls' Volleyball
2005 Canadian Junior Boys' National High School Champions, Rowing
2005, 2004 Provincial Girls' Rugby Champions (Tier 2)
2004, 2001, 2000 Provincial Tennis Champions
Rowing
Brentwood College has been continuing to gain a sound reputation in the rowing world. Brentwood College graduates include 2008 Beijing Olympic medalists Scott Frandsen (Class of 1998), Dave Calder (Class of 1996) in the Men's Heavyweight 2- event, and Malcolm Howard (Class of 2001) in the Men's Heavyweight 8+ event.
Brentwood has hosted its own regatta annually since the early 1970s, inviting high schools and junior clubs across Canada and the United States to participate in a 1,500 metre sprint. The regatta is held every year in April for three days. The Brentwood regatta is a large high school rowing regatta, attracting over 1,500 athletes and coaches in 2009.
Notable alumni
Lieutenant Commander John H Stubbs (1930) – WWII commander of HMCS Athabaskan
Hon. Alastair Gillespie, P.C. O.C. (1941) – senior member of Pierre Trudeau's cabinet
Dr. Wade Davis (1971) – ethnobotanist, author, and activist
Capt. Chris Van Vliet (1979) - Member of the Snowbirds Aerobatic fleet (2000-2001)
Olympic athletes
Ian Roberts-Equestrian
Blair Horn - Rower
Harold Backer - Rower
Darren Barber - Rower
David Calder - Rower
Tom Herschmiller - Rower
Scott Frandsen - Rower
Connor Grimes - Hockey Player
Malcolm Howard - Rower
Affiliations
CAIS - Canadian Accredited Independent Schools
FISA - Federation of Independent School Associations
NAIS - National Association of Independent Schools
SSATB - Secondary School Admission Test Board
TABS - The Association of Boarding Schools
WBSA - Western Boarding Schools Association