Gonzaga High School is an educational establishment located in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada

Canada

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. The school began as a Jesuit sponsored all-boys school from grades 9 to 11. It is now a non-denominational coeducational institute for students from grade 10 (level 1) to grade 12 (level 3).

In 2009 and 2010, Gonzaga's concert band, jazz band and choir competed in the Heritage Festival

Heritage Festival

Heritage Festival refers to one of a number of musical festivals held throughout America where high school-aged musical ensembles are ranked on an international standard. These groups include choirs, bands, and orchestras as well as color guard and majorette competitions...

 held in New York City

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. Both years they won the Festival Sweepstakes Award for the highest overall average of the Festival.

Gonzaga's alumni include Darrell Power

Darrell Power

Darrell Power B.A., B.Ed. is a Canadian musician and former member of Great Big Sea . He performed vocals, bass, guitar, bones, mandolin, fiddle, accordion and harmonica.He left the band in 2003 in order to be able to spend more time with his family...

, Teddy Purcell

Teddy Purcell

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, Danny Williams

Danny Williams

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 and Greg Thomey

Greg Thomey

Greg Thomey was born May 8, 1961 in St. John's, Newfoundland.Hailing from Newfoundland, Greg has been a part of the comedy scene there for years as a writer and performer with the comedy troupe CODCO and in his own right as an actor and playwright...

. Five graduates of the school were killed in the Ocean Ranger

Ocean Ranger

Ocean Ranger was a semi-submersible mobile offshore drilling unit that sank in Canadian waters on 15 February 1982. It was drilling an exploration well in the Grand Banks area, east of St. John's, Newfoundland, for Mobil Oil of Canada, Ltd. with 84 crew members on board when it sank...

 disaster of 1982. Its sports teams are known as the Vikings.

In 2010 The Telegram named Gonzaga High School the second best high school in Newfoundland and Labrador, and the best in St. John's.

On May 27th, 2011, students and alumni of Gonzaga broke the Ga-ga

Ga-ga

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ball world record, having 507 players compete in the game.