School District 61 Greater Victoria

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.

School District 61 Greater Victoria
Location
556 Boleskine Road, Victoria BC Canada V8Z 1E8 Greater Victoria on Vancouver Island Canada
District information
Superintendent	Deb Whitten
Schools	56
Budget	CA$134.3 million
Students and staff
Students	20,024
Other information
Website	www.sd61.bc.ca

History

Plaque commemorating first BC school

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	Grades
Arbutus Global Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Braefoot Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Burnside Community School	Victoria	K-5
Campus View Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Central Middle School	Victoria	6-8
Cloverdale Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Colquitz Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Continuing Ed SD 61	Victoria	12
Craigflower Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Doncaster Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Eagle View Elementary School	View Royal	K-5
Ecole Intermediare Cedar Hill Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Esquimalt High School	Esquimalt	9-12
Frank Hobbs Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
George Jay Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Glanford Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Gordon Head Middle School[1]	Saanich	6-8
Hillcrest Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Home Learners' Link SD61	Victoria	K-12
James Bay Community School	Victoria	K-5
Lake Hill Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Lambrick Park Secondary School	Saanich	9-12
Lansdowne Middle School	Saanich	6-8
Ledger House School Program	Victoria
Macaulay Elementary School	Esquimalt	K-5
Margaret Jenkins Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Marigold Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Mckenzie Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Monterey Middle School	Oak Bay	6-8
Mount Douglas Secondary School	Saanich	9-12
Northridge Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Oak Bay High School	Oak Bay	9-12
Oaklands Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Quadra Elementary School[2]	Victoria	K-5
Reynolds Secondary School	Saanich	9-12
Rockheights Middle School[3]	Esquimalt	6-8
Rogers Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
S J Willis Educational Centre	Victoria	9-11
Shoreline Community Middle School	View Royal	6-8
Sir James Douglas Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
South Park Family school	Victoria	K-5
Spectrum Community School	Saanich	9-12
Strawberry Vale Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Sundance Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
Tillicum Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Torquay Elementary School	Saanich	K-5
Uplands Campus (international)[4]	Oak Bay	8-12
Victor School	Victoria	1-12
Victoria High School	Victoria	9-12
Victoria SD Hospital Program	Victoria
Victoria West Elementary School	Victoria	K-5
View Royal Elementary School	View Royal	K-5
Willows Elementary School	Oak Bay	K-5

See also

• List of school districts in British Columbia