Now that the new schools are built and almost open, it is only fitting for them to have their own websites. Students and parents can get information on registration, programs, school maps and more.
Category Archives: Royal Bay
Timetable & New Registration Information
If you are heading to Belmont or Royal Bay secondary school in September 2015, you will be one of the few to walk through the doors of a brand new school. You will set the pace for decades to come! This is an amazing school for you to enjoy, honour and respect along with everyone in our community. Congratulations!
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Insider peek: Royal Bay
Royal Bay Construction Update – June
Royal Bay – The End is in Sight!
Royal Bay Construction Update
Royal Bay Secondary Featured In City of Colwood Article
The City of Colwood has written an article featuring Royal Bay Secondary.
“With the exterior structure 98% complete, Royal Bay Secondary School on the oceanfront in Colwood is attracting a lot of attention. What do people working on the project say about it? Exceptional project…great teamwork…community minded…exceeding expectations.”
Read more to discover what makes Royal Bay Secondary School a unique project.
Left to Right: SD62 New Schools Project Director Dave Lockyer, Colwood Communications Manager Sandra Russell, Royal Bay Site Superintendent Rick Wenzoski, Royal Bay Secondary Principal Wendy Beadall and Sooke Board Chair Wendy Hobbs tour the new school.
Left to Right: City of Colwood Communications Manager Sandra Russell, Royal Bay Secondary Principal Windy Beadall, and Sooke Board Chair Wendy Hobbs stand beside the rooftop basketball court.
A Year In Review
It has been one year since ground first broke on the new high schools in SD62 and construction at Royal Bay and Belmont Secondary continues to be on time and on budget. The new high schools are halfway through the two-year build process.
Belmont Secondary, situated between Glen and Langford Lake is 80% structurally complete. By October, the roof is expected to be finished and by November Belmont will be mostly locked down with windows and doors installed. Finishing work on the school will begin in the new year. Belmont is built for 1,200 students and features one large gymnasium that can be split into two full-sized playing courts, a neighbourhood learning centre for day care and post-secondary classrooms, seven science labs and one multipurpose lab, and a theatre with seating for 300 people. Belmont is built to LEED Gold certification. Yellowridge Construction Ltd. was awarded the contract for the $53.9 million dollar school in June 2013.
Royal Bay Secondary, with its views of the Pacific Ocean is 98% structurally complete. The new high school will be 75% sealed within the next week, and the walls are 60% framed. Finishing work will begin the end of September, which includes dry wall, flooring, cabinets, and light fixtures and will continue over the next year. The asphalt rubber track will have its asphalt poured within the next month. Royal Bay features a teaching kitchen, theatre seated for 350 people, rooftop basketball court, asphalt rubber track, and neighbourhood learning centres. D.G.S. Construction was awarded the contract for the $40.8 million dollar school in June 2013.
New Schools Featured in Journal of Commerce
Royal Bay Secondary
“It’s not often that a school district simultaneously builds two new high schools, but the Sooke School District on Vancouver Island has been racing to have both facilities open by September 2015.”
Read the full article in the Journal of Commerce
Belmont Secondary
Royal Bay Construction
Royal Bay Progress for June 2014
