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Harry Ainlay High School | |
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Address | |
4350 111 Street , , | |
Coordinates | 53°28′47″N113°31′06″W / 53.4797°N 113.5183°W |
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School type | Public |
Motto | In Omnibus Excelsior In all things Excellence |
Established | 1966 [1] |
School board | Edmonton Public Schools |
Superintendent | Darrel Robertson |
Area trustee | Michael Janz |
Principal | Dean Carter (acting) |
Staff | 194 |
Grades | 10 – 12 |
Enrollment | 2722 (2023-2024) [2] |
• Grade 10 | 955 |
• Grade 11 | 957 |
• Grade 12 | 977 |
Campus size | 25,272 m2 [1] |
Campus type | Urban |
Color(s) | Royal blue, black and white |
Athletics conference | Bright Conference |
Mascot | Bambam |
Team name | Titans |
Budget | CA$17,481,199 (2020–2021) [1] |
Communities served | Allard, Aspen Gardens, Bearspaw, Blackburne, Blackmud Creek, Blue Quill, Blue Quill Estates, Callaghan, Chappelle, Duggan, Empire Park, Ermineskin, Greenfield, Malmo Plains, MacEwan, Richford, Rideau Park, Royal Gardens, Rutherford, Skyrattler, Steinhauer, Sweet Grass, Twin Brooks, Westbrook Estates |
Website | harryainlay |
Harry Ainlay High School is a high school located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, in the Royal Gardens neighbourhood, south of Whitemud Drive on 111 Street. The school is operated by the Edmonton Public School System and has a wide variety of educational opportunities for students, including full French Immersion instruction, the International Baccalaureate Program (designated an IB school since June 1, 1980, current IB coordinator: Dean Zuberbühler), [3] Career and Technology Studies, and Registered Apprenticeship programs. The school has an enrollment of 2,722 students [4]
The school sports teams are the Titans. [5] The school is named after former Edmonton mayor Harry Dean Ainlay. [6]
The engineers at Harry Ainlay High School were T. H. Newton Engineering Ltd., [7] and the architect was Donald Bittorf [8] of the firm of Annett and Bittorf. [7] The building was constructed in 1965. [9] A notable element of the design of the school is the unusual lack of windows. This design feature has led to a local myth that the school was a repurposed bomb shelter. [10] [11] [12] "The school has several classrooms, science labs, a library, computer rooms, music room, industrial shops, two gymnasiums, an auditorium, a cafeteria, and several administrative areas." [13]
From September 25–28, 2018, the school hosted the Canadian Student Leadership Conference 2018. [14] [15] Speakers such as Chris Hadfield, Michel Chikwanine (a child soldier), Keith Hawkins, and Phil Boyte attended. [16]
Harry Ainlay is one of three high schools in the Edmonton Public School System that offers full French Immersion for all core courses. [17] [18]
Harry Ainlay was the second school in Alberta to introduce the International Baccalaureate program and is one of eight schools in the Edmonton Public School System offering an International Baccalaureate diploma program. [19] Having a diploma graduating class normally greater than fifty students, Ainlay has one of the largest IB classes in Alberta.[ citation needed ] However, this is often attributed to the large population base of the school, with about 450 students enrolled in the diploma program and 200 students enrolled in the certificate program each year. [20]
Harry Ainlay currently offers IB courses in Biology (HL), English Literature (A1)(HL), History (HL), Physics (SL, HL), Visual Arts (SL, HL), Chemistry (SL), French (B), Spanish (B), German (A1 or ab initio), Japanese (B or ab initio), Mathematics (SL), Mathematical Studies (SL), Music (SL), and Theatre Arts (SL). There have been several students who write A1 examinations in their native languages, including German, Arabic, and Japanese. [21]
On July 6, 2016, at approximately 2 AM, two people were hospitalized for a shooting that occurred near Harry Ainlay and Confederation Leisure Centre. [22] The school was locked down on October 5, 2016, after an online threat on a student's Instagram page titled "clown.yeg". [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] On September 13, 2017, a 15-year-old student was charged with bringing an airsoft pistol to school after an anonymous tip. The student was confronted at approximately 9:20 AM. [29]
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Edmonton Public Schools (EPSB) is very excited to host the 34th Annual Canadian Student Leadership Conference at Harry Ainlay School in partnership with...
Also earlier this month, two teens were charged with uttering threats for online posts involving Harry Ainlay, McNally and J. Percy Page high schools.
Earlier this month, two teens were charged with uttering threats — using the social media application Instagram — against staff and students at three Edmonton high schools.
The first threat "inciting violence against staff and students" at Harry Ainlay High School was made on a "creepy clown" Instagram account.
When I went back to Canada I continued Grade 11 & 12 at Harry Ainlay High School