Harry Ainlay High School

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Harry Ainlay High School
Harry Ainlay Composite High School Logo.svg
Location
Harry Ainlay High School
4350 111 Street

Edmonton
,
Alberta
,
T6J 0X8

Canada
Coordinates 53°28′47″N113°31′06″W / 53.4797°N 113.5183°W / 53.4797; -113.5183
Information
School type Public
MottoIn Omnibus Excelsior
In all things Excellence
Established1966 [1]
School board Edmonton Public Schools
SuperintendentDarrel Robertson
Area trusteeMichael Janz
PrincipalCamille Loken
Staff194
Grades10 – 12
Enrollment2722 (2023-2024) [2]
 •  Grade 10 955
 •  Grade 11 957
 •  Grade 12 977
Campus size25,272 m2 [1]
Campus typeUrban
Colour(s)Royal blue, black and white    
Athletics conferenceBright Conference
MascotBambam
Team nameTitans
BudgetDecrease2.svgCA$16,434,598 (2024–2025) [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.epsb.ca

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 1 June 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]

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The school sports teams are the Titans. [5] The school is named after former Edmonton mayor Harry Dean Ainlay. [6]

Building

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] [ better source needed ] "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." [11]

Canadian Student Leadership Conference

From 25–28 September 2018, the school hosted the Canadian Student Leadership Conference 2018. [12] [13] Speakers such as Chris Hadfield, Michel Chikwanine (a child soldier), Keith Hawkins, and Phil Boyte attended. [14]

Academics

French Immersion

Harry Ainlay is one of three high schools in the Edmonton Public School System that offers full French Immersion for all core courses. [15] [16]

International Baccalaureate Program

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. [17] 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. [18]

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. [19]

In the media

On 6 July 2016, at approximately 2 AM, two people were hospitalized for a shooting that occurred near Harry Ainlay and Confederation Leisure Centre. [20] The school was locked down on 5 October 2016, after an online threat on a student's Instagram page titled "clown.yeg". [21] On 13 September 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. [22]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 3 "2024-2025 Revised Budget" (PDF). Edmonton Public School Board. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Harry Ainlay - Edmonton Public Schools".
  3. ↑ "Harry Ainlay High School". International Baccalaureate®. Retrieved 12 October 2019.
  4. ↑ "Harry Ainlay - Edmonton Public Schools". epsb.ca. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  5. ↑ "Harry Ainlay Titans claim provincial football title". Edmonton Sun. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "About Us, Who was Harry Ainlay?". harryainlay.epsb.ca. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  7. 1 2 Composite School Site is Located Edmonton Journal - Feb 14, 1962
  8. ↑ "Donald Bittorf fonds - Archives".
  9. ↑ Karry Ainley infrastructure.alberta.ca
  10. ↑ "Our Story".
  11. ↑ Reports infrastructure.alberta.ca
  12. ↑ "CSLC-CCLE 2018 | Leadership Through the Looking Glass● Leadership de l'autre côté du miroir". 2 October 2018. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018. Edmonton Public Schools (EPSB) is very excited to host the 34th Annual Canadian Student Leadership Conference at Harry Ainlay School in partnership with...
  13. ↑ "Harry Ainlay- Harry Ainlay School". harryainlay.epsb.ca. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Speakers | CSLC-CCLE 2018". cslc2018.studentleadership.ca. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  15. ↑ "Program Choices - Languages - French Immersion". districtsite.epsb.ca. Archived from the original on 14 March 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  16. ↑ "French Immersion - Edmonton Public Schools". www.epsb.ca. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  17. ↑ "Program Choices – International Baccalaureate – Diploma Programme". Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 9 April 2007.
  18. ↑ "Individual School Profiles". Edmonton Public Schools . 21 June 2007. Retrieved 14 August 2007.
  19. ↑ Harry Ainlay High School
  20. ↑ "Shooting near Harry Ainlay High School sends man to hospital". CBC News . 6 July 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2019.
  21. ↑ "Edmonton clown defends his craft as 'bizarre' clown craze comes to Alberta | CBC News". CBC. 26 October 2016. Archived from the original on 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  22. ↑ Wakefield, Jonny (13 September 2017). "Lockdown at Harry Ainlay School after airsoft pistol, baton found in student's bag | Edmonton Sun" . Retrieved 9 October 2019.
  23. ↑ "Friends Salute Skinny Puppy's Dwayne Goettel". Edmonton Journal : D11. 25 August 1995.
  24. ↑ "Kreesha Turner". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 17 October 2018. When I went back to Canada I continued Grade 11 & 12 at Harry Ainlay High School
  25. ↑ "Aher Uguak". www.ctvnews.ca. 28 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
  26. ↑ "Montreal Alouettes Rookie Lwal Uguak Signs with NFL Tampa Bay Buccaneers". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  27. ↑ "DL Lwal Uguak re-signs with Alouettes". www.sportsnet.ca. Retrieved 19 September 2024.
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