Auburn Drive High School

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Auburn High
Location
Auburn Drive High School
300 Auburn Drive

Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
,
B2W 6E9

Canada
Coordinates 44°41′16″N63°28′58″W / 44.68778°N 63.48278°W / 44.68778; -63.48278
Information
TypeHigh school
Motto"Blood, sweat, and teal"
Established1995 [1]
School district Halifax Regional Centre for Education
PrincipalKaren Hudson
Grades10-12
FemaleCO-ED
Enrollment834 (2024) [1]
CampusSuburban
Colours    Teal, black, and white
MascotBoomer the Eagle
Website abn.hrce.ca

Auburn Drive High School (ADHS) is a Canadian public high school located in the Sunset Acres neighbourhood of Westphal, Nova Scotia. It serves students from grades 10 to 12. Auburn's feeder schools include Astral Drive Junior High School and Graham Creighton Junior High School. Its elementary feeder schools are Astral Drive Elementary School, Colby Village Elementary School, Caldwell Road Elementary, Joseph Giles Elementary, Humber Park Elementary and Bell Park Academic Centre. In 2011, Auburn ranked fourth with a grade of B+ on the AIMS list.

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History

The school building was constructed in 1995. [1] In 2011, the Atlantic Institute for Market Studies (AIMS) High School Report Card ranked Auburn Drive fourth in Nova Scotia with a grade of B+. [2]

Courses

Auburn Drive offers French Immersion, Advanced Placement (AP) options, and the Options and Opportunities (O2) program. The school’s course catalogue lists offerings across English, mathematics, sciences (e.g., Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology 12, Oceans 11, Human Biology 11), social studies (e.g., Mi’kmaq Studies 11, African Canadian Studies 11, Law 12, Global Geography/History), fine arts (Drama 10–12, Visual Art 10–12, Instrumental Band 10–12), technology and business (e.g., Exploring Technology 10; Communications Technology 11; Design 11; Business Technology 11/12; Computer Programming 12; Construction Technology 12; Automotive Technology 11/12), and media courses including Film & Video Production 12, Applied Broadcast Journalism 12, and Audio Recording & Production 12. [3]

Arts

Auburn’s theatre program stages student productions and participates in Theatre Nova Scotia’s Nova Scotia High School DramaFest. In 2025, the Drama 11/12 class presented an original show for feeder elementary schools and took a separate production to DramaFest at Dalhousie University (7–9 May). [4] The school also hosted a dinner-theatre production, All-Star, in February 2025. [4] For 2025–26, Auburn announced a cabaret-style musical, Cabaret! Cabaret!, running 26–28 November 2025, with plans to mount a full musical in the following year. [5] Auburn students have also appeared at DramaFest in prior years. [6]

Sports

Varsity and junior varsity sports teams include Hockey, Basketball, Soccer, Rugby, Football, Volleyball and Table Tennis.

Teams compete as the Auburn Eagles. [7] The boys’ basketball team won the Nova Scotia Division 1 provincial championship three consecutive years (2013, 2014, 2015). [8] [9] [10]

Student council

Auburn’s student council organizes school spirit and community events and communicates updates via the school’s channels. Examples include Halloween week activities such as a haunted house, sensory-reduced trick-or-treating, and a “Humans vs. Zombies” evening, [11] as well as annual student council elections held at the end of May. [12] School newsletters also direct students to the @boomertheeagle Instagram account for student council and athletics updates. [12] [4]

Covid-19

The school was shut down on November 20, 2020, for two weeks after two COVID-19 cases were connected to the school. [13]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Auburn Drive High". Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Atlantic Canada's High School Report Card 2011 (RC9)" (PDF). Atlantic Institute for Market Studies. 2011. p. 10. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Course Selection Book 2025–2026" (PDF). Auburn Drive High (HRCE). Halifax Regional Centre for Education. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Newsletter – April 2025" (PDF). Auburn Drive High (HRCE). May 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Newsletter – September 2025" (PDF). Auburn Drive High (HRCE). October 2025. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Who's Loss Is It Anyway – Auburn Drive High School". YouTube. Theatre Nova Scotia / DramaFest. 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Auburn Drive High – Home". HRCE school website. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "SSNS 2024 Senior Basketball Championships". School Sport Canada. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  9. ↑ Wilson, Deon (9 March 2015). "Nova Scotia Basketball Dynasties – Auburn, Citadel Capture Provincial Titles…Again!". NorthPoleHoops. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  10. ↑ "Auburn Eagles Claim Triple Crown in Nova Scotia High School Basketball". NorthPoleHoops. 8 March 2013. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  11. ↑ "Newsletter – October 2024" (PDF). Auburn Drive High (HRCE). October 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  12. 1 2 "Newsletter – May 2024" (PDF). Auburn Drive High (HRCE). May 2024. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  13. ↑ "2nd COVID-19 case confirmed at Auburn Drive High School". Archived from the original on 2020-11-20.
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