Brentwood College School

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Brentwood College School is a co-educational boarding school that focuses on preparing students for the challenges of post-secondary education. Brentwood is located on Vancouver Island in Mill Bay, British Columbia, Canada.HistoryBrentwood was first founded in 1923. The original location was in Brentwood Bay near Saanich on Vancouver Island, from where its name was derived. The original school was destroyed by a fire in 1947, leaving only the chapel intact. The current school is located westward directly across the bay from the original site, in Mill Bay. The new version of the school opened in September 1961. In 1972, Brentwood College became the first all-boys boarding school in Canada to gradually integrate girls, starting with 20 grade 12 students, becoming officially co-ed for the fall session.CampusBrentwood's 77-acre oceanfront campus has a dozen tennis courts, four rugby fields, eight student residences, two academic buildings, a rowing boathouse, laundry facilities, a cafeteria, a sportsplex, and a health centre while stretching across two kilometres of ocean shores.Sustainable buildingsBrentwood's sustainable building use a geothermal loop for heating and cooling as part of the school's commitment to sustainable energy.T. Gil Bunch CentreIn 2003, the T. Gil Bunch Centre was built. This 20000sqft facility includes a 431-seat theatre, dance studio, media arts room, green room, four dressing rooms, and other production related spaces as well as a music suite.