Eric Graves Memorial Junior High School
| Eric Graves Memorial Junior High School | |
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| Address | |
70 Dorothea Drive , , B2W 4M3 | |
| Information | |
| School type | Junior High School |
| Motto | Navigate Ad Futurum (To Voyage To Be) |
| Founded | 1977 |
| School board | Halifax Regional School Board |
| Superintendent | Howard Windsor |
| School number | HRSB ID 121 |
| Principal | Peter Wicha |
| Grades | 7-9 |
| Enrollment | 288 (September 2005) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Bel Ayr Park, Dartmouth |
| Colour(s) | Red Grey and White |
| Team name | Eric Graves Tigers |
| Affiliation | none |
| Website | http://www.egmjh.ednet.ns.ca/ |
| Last updated: April 18 2006 | |
Eric Graves Memorial Junior High School is a Canadian public school in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. It is operated by the Halifax Regional School Board (HRSB). It receives promoted elementary school students from both Bel Ayr Elementary and Mount Edward Elementary Schools. As of June 1st 2007, the school is 30 years old.
The school is named for Eric Graves, a student who died on April 21st, 1968, at the age of 16, due to a fatal injury while playing hockey game for a Shearwater team. He was a grade 10 student at Prince Andrew at the time.
The Eric Graves Memorial Award is an award presented in June to the most outstanding student in grade 9. This combines academic achievement and contribution to the school. The first graduating student to receive the awarad was Rhonda MacPherson.
Eric Graves' unnoficial rival is Ellenvale Junior High School.
After grade 9 students will continue their studies at Prince Andrew High School.
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