Sir Winston Churchill High School is a public senior high school in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. It derives its name from Sir Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during World War II and the early 1950s. The high school is built in the Northwest community of Brentwood, and currently accommodates 2,004 students as of September 2011. The school offers the International Baccalaureate (IB) programme, various second languages, and numerous clubs and teams.
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