{{Short description|Canadian school}} {{Infobox Historic building |name= Bishop Feild College |image= StJohns BishopFeildSchool.JPG |caption=Bishop Field College |pushpin_map= |coordinates = {{coord|47.5695336|-52.7059596|display=inline}} |location_town= Bond St, St. John's, NL |location_country=Canada |architect= Eustace G. Bird |client= |engineer= Anglin-Norcross Ltd. |construction_start_date=1926 |demolished_date= |cost= |structural_system= |architectural_style= Collegiate Gothic Revival |size= }} {{Infobox school | name = Bishop Feild School | image = | motto = | established = 1844 | type = Private | affiliation = | grades = K-6 | president = | principal = | staff = | enrollment = 350 | athletics = | colors = | campus = Urban | location = Bond Street, St. John's, NL | country = Canada | website = [https://bishopfeild.nlesd.ca/ Bishop Feild School official website] }}
'''Bishop Feild College''' (originally '''Church of England Academy'''; formerly '''Church of England College''' and '''Bishop Feild School'''; currently '''Bishop Feild Elementary'''), founded in 1844, is a school in St. John's, Newfoundland. Founded as the Church of England Academy, it was renamed in 1892 as the Church of England College in 1892, before its 1894 name change to Bishop Feild College.<ref name="RobertEdwardsHolloway">{{cite book|last=Gough|first=Ruby Louise |title=Robert Edwards Holloway: Newfoundland educator, scientist, photographer, 1874-1904 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o-cN-Ulw360C&dq=%22bishop+feild+college%22&pg=PA116|series=Canadian electronic library|date=2005 |publisher=McGill-Queen's Press |isbn=0-7735-2852-0|page=235}}</ref> The renaming was in honor of Bishop Edward Feild, a school inspector and second bishop of Newfoundland.
Originally an Anglican-affiliated boys school of the Newfoundland Cathedral,<ref name="Intheirownwords">{{cite book|last=Jonas|first=Holly Higgins |title=In their own words: Canadian choral conductors |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=puaimaP1wI0C&dq=%22bishop+feild+college%22&pg=PA67|series=Canadian electronic library: Books collection|date=2001 |publisher= Dundurn Press Ltd.|isbn=1-55002-358-6|page=67}}</ref> it later also admitted girls. BFC has functioned as a middle school and secondary school, but it now only admits students through grade 6. An independent private school until the 1960s, it eventually joined the school board. It is a member of the International League of Peaceful Schools. It currently teaches approximately 350 children in grades Kindergarten to Grade 6 that offers an English language stream as well as an Early French Immersion Program.<ref name="bishopfeild6amsoftware">{{cite web|url=http://bishopfeild.6amsoftware.com/about.php|title=About the School|publisher=Bishop Feild School|accessdate=14 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100908072859/http://bishopfeild.6amsoftware.com/about.php|archivedate=8 September 2010}}</ref>
Early headmasters of BFC came from England. Ralph Robinson Wood was the first headmaster born in Newfoundland.<ref name="Headmasters">{{cite web|url=http://www.bishopfeildarchives.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=3&Itemid=12|title=Headmasters|work=bishopfeildarchives.com|accessdate=14 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812063524/http://www.bishopfeildarchives.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=3&Itemid=12|archivedate=12 August 2013}}</ref> BFC alumni are referred to as "Old Feildians".<ref name="bishopfeildarchives">{{cite web|url=http://www.bishopfeildarchives.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=4|title=About The Archive|work=bishopfeildarchives.com|accessdate=14 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130812063524/http://www.bishopfeildarchives.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=4|archivedate=12 August 2013}}</ref>
''The Feildian'' was a monthly magazine pertaining to BFC and other Church of England schools in Newfoundland. Its objectives were to foster school spirit while chronicling the school's affairs through content such as correspondence, news, sports, and an alumni section. Established in 1893, it ceased publication in 1960. It was the first publication of its kind in Newfoundland.<ref name="TheFeildian">{{cite web|url=http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/document.php?CISOROOT=/feildian&CISOPTR=2345&REC=3|title=''The Feildian'' (Bishop Feild College)|year=1900|work=collections.mun.ca|publisher=Memorial University of Newfoundland Digital Archives Initiative|accessdate=15 August 2010}}</ref>
==Building== The current building, located at 46 Bond Street and built in 1926 by Anglin and Norcross, was designed by the architect Eustace G. Bird in Collegiate Gothic Revival style. This style was typical for Church of England buildings that were commissioned under Bishop Feild as he sought a "high-church" tone set around the Anglican Church. The building plan is a rectangular, long façade. Its defining elements include crenellation and rusticated stone. Indiana limestone is used, with limestone quoining at corners. At the entranceway, there are places that represent the coasts of arms of the school, city, province, and the diocese. Large windows are also located at the entranceway. Keystone trim can be found around windows.<ref name="BFCRegisteredHeritageStructure">{{cite web|url=http://www.heritagefoundation.ca/property-search/property-details.aspx?id=1466|title=Bishop Feild College Registered Heritage Structure|work=heritagefoundation.ca|publisher=Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland & Labrador|accessdate=14 August 2010|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716031149/http://www.heritagefoundation.ca/property-search/property-details.aspx?id=1466|archivedate=16 July 2011}}</ref> BFC was named as a Registered Heritage Structure by the Heritage Foundation of Newfoundland and Labrador in June 1994.<ref name="heritageBFC">{{cite web|url=https://www.heritage.nf.ca/society/rhs/rs_listing/104.html|title=Bishop Feild College (Bond Street, St. John's)|work=Registered Heritage Structures|publisher=heritage.nf.ca|accessdate=14 August 2010}}</ref>
==Alumni== {{See also|Category:Bishop Feild School alumni}} {{columns-list|colwidth=18em| * Thomas Ricketts * William G. Adams * Hugh Abercrombie Anderson * John Murray Anderson * Andrew Carnell * Chesley William Carter * John T. Cheeseman * William Coaker * Eric Dawe * Ewart John Arlington Harnum * William Richard Kent * Walter Learning * Moses Morgan * John Shannon Munn * Leonard Outerbridge * Bill Rompkey * Jack Henry Scammell * Reginald F. Sparkes * William Warren }}
==Academics== * Arthur Barnes, vice-principal
==References== {{Reflist|2}}
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