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École John Stubbs Memorial School is a K-8 school located in Belmont Park neighbourhood of Colwood, British Columbia, Canada, part of the Western Communities suburbs of Victoria. The school is part of School District 62 Sooke. The school's population currently stands at approximately 710 students, but is currently experiencing growth year-to-year. It is the only school in the area that offers service to students in the Early and Late French Immersion programs (for these grade levels) and the regular English stream.History of the school's nameJohn Hamilton Stubbs was the lieutenant commander of the Second World War navy destroyer HMCS Athabaskan. (This is not the Canadian academic of the same name.) Ever since he was a boy, he wanted to join the navy. When he was 10 years old, he joined the sea cadets, not knowing that in a few years he would be a Second World War hero.On April 28, 1944, two enemy German boats attacked Athabaskan and her sister ship HMCS Haida. Approximately 10 minutes after the first hit, Athabaskan was ripped under the water by another torpedo.The weight of the water pouring into Athabaskan's compartments had now dragged her down to the point where she was almost perpendicular. The last men to leave were sliding down her bow into the chilling water.