School District 61 Greater Victoria is a school district in the Canadian province of British Columbia. This includes Victoria, the municipalities of Esquimalt, Oak Bay, View Royal, and parts of Saanich.
History
The earliest history of schools in Western Canada is within the boundary of the current Greater Victoria School district. The first school in the area that is present day British Columbia was established at Fort Victoria in the 1840s. A plaque to commemorate this can be found on the side of the Christmas Store on Government and Fort Street in downtown Victoria.
The first public school was opened in 1853 near what is now Central Middle School. This building later became Victoria High School.
When the area became part of the province of British Columbia there were already three school districts in the area: the Victoria City School District (established on June 25, 1869), the Esquimalt School District (October 22, 1870) and Craigflower School District (July 23, 1870).
Schools School Location GradesArbutus Global Middle SchoolSaanich 6-8Braefoot Elementary SchoolSaanichK-5Burnside Community SchoolVictoriaK-5Campus View Elementary SchoolSaanichK-5Central Middle SchoolVictoria6-8Cloverdale Elementary SchoolSaanichK-5Colquitz Middle SchoolSaanich 6-8Continuing Ed SD 61Victoria12Craigflower Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Doncaster Elementary SchoolSaanichK-5Eagle View Elementary SchoolView RoyalK-5Ecole Intermediare Cedar Hill Middle SchoolSaanich6-8Esquimalt High SchoolEsquimalt9-12Frank Hobbs Elementary SchoolSaanichK-5George Jay Elementary SchoolVictoriaK-5Glanford Middle SchoolSaanich 6-8Gordon Head Middle SchoolGordon Head Middle SchoolSaanich6-8Hillcrest Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Home Learners' Link SD61VictoriaK-12James Bay Community SchoolVictoriaK-5Lake Hill Elementary SchoolSaanichK-5Lambrick Park Secondary SchoolSaanich9-12Lansdowne Middle SchoolSaanich6-8Ledger House School ProgramVictoriaMacaulay Elementary SchoolEsquimaltK-5Margaret Jenkins Elementary SchoolVictoriaK-5Marigold Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Mckenzie Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Monterey Middle SchoolOak Bay6-8Mount Douglas Secondary SchoolSaanich9-12Northridge Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Oak Bay High SchoolOak Bay9-12Oaklands Elementary SchoolVictoriaK-5Quadra Elementary SchoolQuadra Elementary SchoolVictoriaK-5Reynolds Secondary SchoolSaanich9-12Rockheights Middle SchoolRockheights Middle SchoolEsquimalt6-8Rogers Elementary SchoolSaanichK-5S J Willis Educational CentreVictoria9-11Shoreline Community Middle SchoolView Royal6-8Sir James Douglas Elementary SchoolVictoriaK-5South Park Family schoolVictoriaK-5Spectrum Community SchoolSaanich9-12Strawberry Vale Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Sundance Elementary SchoolVictoriaK-5Tillicum Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Torquay Elementary SchoolSaanich K-5Uplands Campus (international)Uplands Campus (international)Oak Bay 8-12Victor SchoolVictoria1-12Victoria High SchoolVictoria9-12Victoria SD Hospital ProgramVictoriaVictoria West Elementary SchoolVictoriaK-5View Royal Elementary SchoolView RoyalK-5Willows Elementary SchoolOak BayK-5
See also List of school districts in British Columbia
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