Vernon Barford Junior High

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Official name	Vernon Barford Junior High School
Principal	Mr. Stephen Lynch
Assistant Principals	Bryan Candler, Judy Hoeksema
Assistant Curriculum Coordinators	Iris Ciona (Language Arts) John Ioannides (Physical Education) Kevin Murphy (Science) Pat Proudfoot (Social Studies) Robert Wong (Mathematics)
Business Manager	Mary Kenny
School Office	Rebecca Connery, Lindsay Marchuk-Smith
Head Custodian	Hermes Yu
School system	Public
Operated by	Edmonton Public Schools
Location	32, Fairway Drive Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Grades	7-9
Primary language	English
Religious affiliation	None
Officially opened	February 16, 1968
Information current as of	May 7, 2007

Vernon Barford Junior High is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. It shares a field with Westbrook School. Google Map. Vernon Barford is a district site for Academic Challenge students, and provides strong programming for various different needs.

1 Opening
2 Location
3 Attendance
4 2007 Graduating Class
5 Academics
6 Extra Curricular
7 External links

[edit] Opening

Vernon Barford School was officially opened on February 16, 1968, as a Canadian centennial school. It was named after a famous musician, Vernon Barford. Cutting the ribbon was Dr. EW Buxton, chairman of the Edmonton Public School Board.

[edit] Location

Vernon Barford is located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Google Map

[edit] Attendance

The school is the largest junior high in Alberta, with over 900 students at highest enrollment. In the 2006-2007 school year VB had over 900 students, but the amount was cut down due to applicants' giving false addresses to be in district boundaries, automatically being accepted into the school.^{[citation needed]} Currently, there are over 800 students attending Vernon Barford.

[edit] 2007 Graduating Class

The 2007 graduating class was the largest graduating class in school history with over 300 grade nine students.

[edit] Academics

Vernon Barford is a district site for Academic challenge students. As a result, many awards have been won by VB students. This includes math contests (Gauss, Atlantic-Pacific, CNML, Pascal, AMC 8, Edmonton Junior High Math Contest), science club (Virtual Science Fair, Cardboard boat races, Science Olympics), and musical performances by Concert Bands grade 7,8,9, and Jazz/Stage Bands X and Y.

[edit] Extra Curricular

Vernon Barford School prides itself in being balanced with academics and athletics. Their school teams are dubbed the "Blues", the symbol being similar to that of the NHL hockey team St. Louis Blues. The "Blues" logo was designed, acknowledging Mr. Barford's music achievements, with a slanted quarter note, attached with wings, each representing a different aspect of the school. There are a wide range of extracurricular activities in the school including: