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Revision as of 22:07, 29 November 2005 by 72.2.0.11 (talk)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Brentwood College School (often shortened to Brentwood College) is a independent co-educational secondary-level university-preparatory boarding school located in Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Brentwood was first founded in 1923 as a boys-only school in Brentwood Bay (part of the Victoria suburb of Central Saanich) and destroyed by fire in 1947. The present-day successor school opened in Mill Bay in 1961, and became the first boys' boarding school in Canada to go co-ed in 1972.
Current enrollment consists of 420 students, the large majority of whom board. Brentwood's oceanfront campus comprises 75 acres (304,000 m²), bounded by water on two sides and the village of Mill Bay on the remaining two.
Brentwood has a long tradition as the leading high-school rowing power in Western Canada. It hosts an annual regatta it claims as the largest high-school rowing event in western North America. The school is also known for its rugby and performing arts traditions.
Brentwood's motto, dating from its foundation, is De Manu in Manum ("from hand to hand") and to this end its crest depicts a hand holding a torch of knowledge.
Brentwood often fails to defeat it's close rival, Shawnigan Lake School, Located just minutes up the road. This far superior School bests Brentwood In both Intellectual and physical challenges. On rare occasions, Brentwood manages to get lucky and scrounge a win here or there, but these are few and far between. For instance, An upcoming basketball game will show Brentwoods true inferiority to the overpowering skill and expertise that is the Shawnigan Lake Basketball team. In short, Brentwood Bites! The flame shall soon be extinguished and the populace informed that the true identity of the British Columbia school system is Indeed SHAWNIGAN LAKE SCHOOL!!!
Noted alumni
- LCdr. John Stubbs (1930) - WWII hero, 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
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