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

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instruction, the International Baccalaureate Program (designated an IB school since June 1, 1980, current IB coordinator: Dean Zuberbühler), 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 .Harry Ainlay School Council AGM PDF (Tuesday, September 17, 2019) Since opening in 1966, over 40,000 students have graduated from Harry Ainlay. The school sports teams are the ''Titans''. The school is named after former Edmonton mayor

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Building

The engineers at Harry Ainlay High School were T. H. Newton Engineering Ltd.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=T_9kAAAAIBAJ&sjid=NoINAAAAIBAJ&pg=1888%2C2354351 , and the architect was Donald Bittorf of the firm of Annett and Bittorf. The building was constructed in 1965. 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. "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."

Canadian Student Leadership Conference

From September 25–28, 2018, the school hosted the Canadian Student Leadership Conference 2018. Speakers such as

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, Michel Chikwanine (a child soldier), Keith Hawkins, and Phil Boyte attended.

Academics

French Immersion

Harry Ainlay is one of three high schools in the Edmonton Public School System that offers full

for all core courses.

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. Having a diploma graduating class normally greater than fifty students, Ainlay has one of the largest IB classes in Alberta. 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. 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.

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. The school was locked down on October 5, 2016, after an online threat on a student's

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page titled "clown.yeg". 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.

Notable alumni

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– musician (

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) * Marc Belke – musician (SNFU, Wheat Chiefs) *

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- Canadian Football League head coach *

Lance Chomyc Lance Chomyc (born March 2, 1963) is a former placekicker from 1985 to 1993 for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League. In 1986 and 1991, he was a CFL All-Star. He was most recently an English teacher at Bear Creek Secondary Schoo ...

– Canadian Football League placekicker * Dwayne Goettel - musician (

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) *

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– Canadian Football League safety *

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– Canadian country/blues singer * Dion Phaneuf – National Hockey League defenceman * Steven Reinprecht – National Hockey League centerman * Kreesha Turner – pop singer

References

External links

Official site
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