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| Bishops College | |
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| Address | |
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190 Pennywell Road , , Canada | |
| Coordinates | 47°33′40″N 52°43′30″W / 47.56111°N 52.72500°W |
| Information | |
| School type | High School |
| Motto | Laudimus Viros Gloriosos (Let us now praise famous men) |
| Founded | 1959[1] |
| Closed | 2015 |
| School board | Eastern School District |
| School number | 709-579-4107 |
| Principal | Bridget Ricketts |
| Grades | L1-L4 |
| Enrollment | 600 |
| Colour(s) | Red and white |
| Mascot | Snoopy & the Red Baron |
| Team name | Barons |
| Website | www |
Bishops College was a high school located in central St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. It was next to another high school called Booth Memorial High.
Bishops College had a French immersion and English stream programs and was well into its fifth decade as an educational institution. It offered grades 10 to 12 to a total student population of about 600 and operated under the Newfoundland and Labrador Department of Education curriculum. Bishops College was under the trusteeship of the Eastern School District.
It closed on June 25, 2015.[2] Students from Bishops and the neighbouring Booth Memorial High commenced the 2015-2016 school year at Waterford Valley High, which was built to replace both aging schools.
In September 2019, it was announced that the building will reopen after extensive renovations as Bishops Gardens, a state of the art seniors home.
- ^ Mellin, Robert (2011). Newfoundland Modern: Architecture in the Smallwood Years, 1949-1972. McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. p. 194. ISBN 9780773539020.
- ^ "For students at Bishops College, school's out forever | CBC News". CBC. Retrieved 16 March 2019.