Harry Ainlay High School

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Harry Ainlay High School
Harry Ainlay Composite High School Logo.svg
Address
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
Enrollment2846 (2020 – 2021) [2]
 •  Grade 10 955
 •  Grade 11 957
 •  Grade 12 977
Campus size25,272 m2 [1]
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)Royal blue, black and white    
Athletics conferenceBright Conference
MascotBambam
Team nameTitans
BudgetDecrease2.svgCA$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.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 June 1, 1980, current IB coordinator: Dean Zuberbühler), [3] Career and Technology Studies, and Registered Apprenticeship programs. The school has an enrollment of 2,889 students, making it the largest high school by student population in Alberta as of September 2019. [4] [5] Since opening in 1966, over 40K students have graduated from Harry Ainlay.

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The school sports teams are the Titans. [6] The school is named after former Edmonton mayor Harry Dean Ainlay. [7]

Building

The engineers at Harry Ainlay High School were T. H. Newton Engineering Ltd. [8] , and the architect was Donald Bittorf [9] of the firm of Annett and Bittorf. [8] The building was constructed in 1965. [10] 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. [11] [12] [13] "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." [14]

Canadian Student Leadership Conference

From September 25–28, 2018, the school hosted the Canadian Student Leadership Conference 2018. [15] [16] Speakers such as Chris Hadfield, Michel Chikwanine (a child soldier), Keith Hawkins, and Phil Boyte attended. [17]

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. [18] [19]

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. [20] 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. [21]

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. [22]

In the media

On July 6, 2016, at approximately 2 AM, two people were hospitalized for a shooting that occurred near Harry Ainlay and Confederation Leisure Centre. [23] The school was locked down on October 5, 2016, after an online threat on a student's Instagram page titled "clown.yeg". [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] 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. [30]

Notable alumni

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    The first threat "inciting violence against staff and students" at Harry Ainlay High School was made on a "creepy clown" Instagram account.
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